Academic Support for International Students in the Department of Psychology at the University of...

Academic Support for International Students in the Department of

Psychology at the University of York

Presented by: Kim Manderson, International Student Support Tutor

Sheffield Hallam University, 9th June 2006

Some role responsibilities:

Arranging and delivering an induction for new international undergraduate and postgraduate students

Quickly identifying students with language problems; arranging and helping to provide appropriate support for them

Providing additional support as necessary for international students in all years

1 Electronics

2 Management

3 Economics

4 Computer Science

5 Environment

6Social Policy and Social Work

7 Psychology

8 Mathematics

9 Biology

10 Politics

2003/04

International student proportion of total undergraduate students

ranked by department at the University of York: 2003/04

1 Electronics

2 Management

3 Economics

4 Computer Science

5 Environment


7 Psychology (8.61%)

8 Mathematics

9 Biology

10 Politics

1 Electronics

2 Management

3 Economics

4 Environment


6 Computer Science

7 Mathematics


9 Educational Studies

10 Biology

1 Electronics

2 Management

3 Economics

4 Computer Science

5 Environment


7 Psychology

8 Mathematics

9 Biology

10 Politics

2003/04 2004/05



1 Electronics

2 Management

3 Economics

4 Computer Science

5 Environment


7 Psychology

8 Mathematics

9 Biology

10 Politics

1 Electronics

2 Management

3 Economics

4 Computer Science

5 Environment


7 Psychology

8 Mathematics

9 Biology

10 Politics

1 Electronics

2 Management

3 Economics


5 Mathematics

6 Environment

7 Computer Science

8 Educational Studies


10 BiologyBiology10

Educational Studies9

Social Policy and Social Work

8

Mathematics7

Computer Science6

Psychology5

Environment4

Economics3

Management2

Electronics1

2004/05



2005/06

Politics10

Biology9

Mathematics8

Psychology7

Social Policy and Social Work

6

Environment5

Computer Science4

Economics3

Management2

Electronics1

2003/04

Graph indicating the current number of international undergraduate students on the undergraduate degree programme in Psychology

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Psychology undergraduate schedule:

Autumn Spring Summer

Year 1 Term 1 Term 2 Term 3

Introduction to Psychology as a Biological Science

Developmental Psychology

Personality & Psychometrics

Scientific Skills for Psychologists

Data Analysis I Data Analysis II


Social Psychology Cognition Comparative Cognition

Perception Cognitive Neuroscience Psychopathology


Literature Survey Research Project Research Project

Advanced Module 1 Advanced Module 3

Advanced Module 2 Advanced Module 4

Psychology undergraduate schedule:

Advanced Module 4Advanced Module 2

Advanced Module 3Advanced Module 1

Research ProjectResearch ProjectLiterature Survey

Term 9Term 8Term 7Year 3

PsychopathologyCognitive NeurosciencePerception

Comparative CognitionCognitionSocial Psychology


Data Analysis IIData Analysis IScientific Skills for Psychologists

Personality & Psychometrics

Developmental Psychology

Introduction to Psychology as a Biological Science


SummerSpringAutumn

Scientific Skills for Psychologists: Objectives

Students will be able to:

demonstrate an understanding of the basic sources of evidence, methods and ethical issues in studying Psychology

demonstrate skills in finding, reading, summarising and critiquing scientific papers

Scientific Skills for Psychologists: Objectives (cont.)

demonstrate skills in planning, writing and presenting essays and reports in Psychology

demonstrate an understanding of basic concepts in experimental design and the presentation and analysis of simple data

demonstrate practical skills in the use of technology required to meet the objectives listed above, including basic use of communication and productivity tools and search facilities

Scientific Skills for Psychologists:In addition to lectures

Practical Sessions: Introduction to Computing Library information skills &

researching information using the web

Word processing Manipulating graphics and images Excel I - Basics Excel II – Functions and graphs Presentations using PowerPoint Web page design

Tutorial topics: Critical thinking Structuring an argument Abstract writing Quoting, referencing

and plagiarism APA basics Revision techniques

Scientific Skills for Psychologists: Assessment

Essay Practical report Assignment portfolio

Library literature search exercise Mini Literature Survey Essay writing exercise Create wiki (web page) Method writing exercise Results writing exercise Multiple choice quiz

Mini-project

English Language Support: York English for Academic and Research Purposes (EARP) Programme

Allocation of 100 free English Language Points (ELPs) for all international students good for:

one academic skills course 8 weeks at 2 hours/week or

a series of five 3-hour workshops or

up to 100 minutes of individual consultations with

an EFL tutor

English Language Support: EARP programme application in the Department of Psychology

ELS course offered in-house:

Based on the EFL Unit’s Advanced Academic Writing course, but with foundation in Psychology including:

Paragraphing & coherence Writing effective introductions Paraphrasing & quoting

Final assignment marked for both the use of English and the Psychology content

Scientific Skills for Psychologists: Assessment

Essay Practical report Assignment portfolio

Library literature search exercise Mini Literature Survey Essay writing exercise Create wiki (web page) Method writing exercise Results writing exercise Multiple choice quiz

Mini-project

English Language Support: EARP programme application in the Department of Psychology

ELS course offered in-house:

Based on the EFL Unit’s Advanced Academic Writing course, but with foundation in Psychology including:

Paragraphing & coherence Writing effective introductions Paraphrasing & quoting

Final assignment marked for both the use of English and the Psychology content

English Language Support: Student feedback

What part of the ELS course was the most helpful? “analysing everyone’s writing (both practice after class and

the final essay)” “giving a good example writing by the teacher on the topic

that we’ve done before”

Do you think that taking the ELS course was generally helpful to you? Why?

“Yes, from vocabulary to a whole essay/report, it covers almost everything we need to know in writing”

English Language Support: Student feedback (cont.)

Please provide any general comments or feedback on the ELS course.

“It’s a very helpful course. Thank everyone who arranged it for us. Students from other Uni are very jealous of us . . . I think the best way to improve writing is to read more, write more, and most importantly, to have someone check the writing and give us professional opinions. This course did so. I hope we can have more chance to do this.”

Additional Academic Support: An example from a first-year module

Personality & Psychometrics: Lectures Practical sessions Tutorials Assessment

Questionnaire Design (essay) Practical Report Examination

Graph demonstrating the interaction between international student marks and year of teaching on the Personality & Psychometrics course and a comparable first-year course

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Contact information:

Kim Manderson

Department of Psychology

University of York

Heslington, York

YO10 5DD

E-mail: [email protected]

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