Research Report

Background

According to the UK Higher Education Statistics Agency, the number of the international students in higher education is increased 9% in the UK during the academic year 2006/07. Generally, at the beginning the international students of the Academic Pre-session course are facing to adapt the new culture, social activities and academic situations in the institution or community. International students are now a very important part of the UK Higher Education institute and the institute should be concentrate properly on their specific needs. UK universities are trying to improve the services and offering many suitable facilities to attract the foreign students. However, at the beginning the international students who are studying in London are sometimes getting upset for few temporary problems. But after couple of months they could be solve their problems and adjust with the new environment, culture and feel easy to live and study as an international student. The International students get admission to the UK universities with high expectations and they definitely have a fine career goal. So, it is necessary to find out their problems and also find out the way to solve it which will help to achieve their success.

AIMS

The purpose of this research is to find out the main problems of international pre-sessional University students are having in their first few months, and secondly to see what they do to solve these problems, also try to find out which one they felt serious problem for their study and if they are aware of who they need to speak to in order to get help. A final aim was to observe do they need anything more for their new life in London.

Method

The Sample

First, I carefully select a sample of people to ask. Then the questions are designed by a small team within the department. Next the questions put into sequence and grouped together by topic. After that, we print the questionnaire and it is distribute to everyone in the sample.

The sample size was 10. These respondents size were of different ages and genders, and from different countries. They were all students of Pre-sessional Academic English course in London metropolitan university.

Data Collection

This was carried out through the use of a questionnaire. This questions about what problems the students have, what they do to solve these problems, which has helped them. There were two types of questionnaire, one type was multiple chose, and the second type was reasonable.

Initially the questions were trialled with a sample of 10 people. They were very helpful and have given all of the questions very clearly. Most of the students have been living in London from 2 weeks and others from before. A large number of students said that they got problems when they arrived in London. For example, some are faced to find out the university’s location and the majority of them faced to find an accommodation. All of the students have been thinking that part time job is necessary in London because it is an expensive

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City and they can able to bear their living expenses only by the part time job and it also helps to improve their English proficiency which is very important for their future career. Most of the problems they have solved by their friend.