2015 YOUR PATHWAY TO UNIVERSITY IN THE UK UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION AND MASTERS PREPARATION PROGRAMMES BUSINESS HUMANITIES SCIENCE ACCOUNTING ART&DESIGN LAW ACHIEVE SUCCEED GROW bellenglish.com CONTENTS 05 GAIN YOUR PLACE AT A LEADING UNIVERSITY WITH BELL 06 OUR UNIVERSITY PARTNERS 08 THE BELL WAY THE BELL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION PROGRAMME 12 COURSE OVERVIEW 14 ASSESSMENT 15 SUBJECT MODULES 18 BUSINESS FOUNDATION STORY 20 ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE FOUNDATION 22 SCIENCE FOUNDATION 24 HUMANITIES FOUNDATION 26 LAW FOUNDATION 28 ART AND DESIGN FOUNDATION For nearly 60 years, Bell has provided unforgettable learning experiences to students from around the world, helping to change the lives of over 32 MASTERS PREPARATION PROGRAMME 1 million people. Through excellent teaching, exceptional facilities, and outstanding guidance and support, Bell is committed to helping its OUR CENTRES students achieve their full potential. 34 CAMBRIDGE 38 LONDON 42 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS 43 ALUMNI SUCCESS Photograph: Frank Bell as a Prisoner of War in the 1940s. 1916 2007 FOUNDER FRANK BELL WAS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OBEIKAN BORN IN CALCUTTA, INDIA EDUCATION, THE TRUST IS APPOINTED TO 2014 MANAge ‘the largest ENGLISH BELL SECURES PARTNERSHIPS LANGUAGE TEACHING PROJECT IN THE WITH 16 UK UNIVERSITIES TO 1938 1972 WOrld’ aT KING SAUD UNIVERSITY IN GUARANTEE STUDENT SAUDI ARABIA. THROUGHOUT THE FOUR 2011 PROGRESSION FROM A UNIVERSITY FRANK WAS AWARDED A FRANK SET UP THE BELL EDUCATIONAL TRUST. YEAR PROJECT, OVER 20,000 STUDENTS THE TRUST MAKES A FOUNDATION PROGRAMME FIRST-CLASS DEGREE IN ALL FEES WERE REINVESTED TO IMPROVE IMPROVED THEIR ENGLISH TO PREPARE MULTI-MILLION POUND FRENCH AND SPANISH FROM 1955 STUDENT SERVICES AND FACILITIES FRANK ESTABLISHED THE FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES INVESTMENT IN THE ORIGINAL BELL LAUNCHES ITS SUCCESSFUL THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE FIRST BELL SCHOOL AT CAMBRIDGE CAMPUS TO UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION 9 CRANMER ROAD IN CAMBRIDGE IMPROVE FACILITIES PROGRAMME IN LONDON 1939-1945 1986 2011 2015 BELL LAUNCHES ITS FIRST 2004 BELL LAUNCHES NEW AS A PRISONER OF WAR DURING THE TRUST HAS FIVE YOUNG LEARNER YOUNG LEARNER PROGRAMME AT THE BELL LAUNCHES ITS FIRST SUBJECT PATHWAYS WORLD WAR II, FRANK TAUGHT CENTRES AND WELCOMES OVER 5,000 LEYS SCHOOL, CAMBRIDGE, UNIVERSITY FoUNDATION TO UNIVERSITIES HIS FELLOW PRISONERS STUDENTS EACH YEAR WHICH STILL RUNS TODAY PROGRAMME IN CAMBRIDGE INCLUDING SCIENCE SPANISH AND FRENCH, WHICH AND ART AND DESIGN LED TO THE CREATION OF A SECRET UNIVERSITY. DURING 1958 THIS TIME HE BECAME THE BELL SCHOOL MOVED TO 1990 2009 CONVINCED THAT THE ROUTE TO ITS NEW LOCATION ON RED THE TRUST THE TRUST LAUNCHES A TEACHER TRAINING CAMPUS INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION CROSS LANE IN CAMBRIDGE, ESTABLISHES A SCHOOL IN AT HOMERTON COLLEGE, PART OF THE UNIVERSITY OF 2010 AND UNDERSTANDING WHERE IT REMAINS TODAY GENEVA, SWITZERLAND CAMBRIDGE, AND WELCOMES OVER 800 TEACHERS IT IS ESTIMATED THAT OVER 1 MILLION STUDENTS HAVE BEEN EDUCATED LAY IN LEARNING EVERY SUMMER IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS AROUND THE WORLD WITH BELL SINCE 1955 Anna (left), a Bell University Foundation student 2013-14, with her sister Catharina, a former Bell graduate, GAIN YOUR PLACE AT at Anna’s end-of-course celebration. Anna is going to Leibniz Universität Hannover, one of the largest and oldest science and technology universities in Germany. A LEADING UNIVERSITY WITH BELL Our university pathway programmes are designed to prepare international students for undergraduate or postgraduate degrees taught in English. Our goal is to ensure you have the academic and language skills, as well as subject knowledge, to succeed at an English-medium university. GUARANTEED PROGRESSION A RECORD OF SUCCESS PROVEN TRACK RECORD TO A UNIVERSITY IN THE UK W e are proud of our teaching expertise Our partner universities offer a variety and proven track record of results with a UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION of undergraduate and postgraduate 97% student pass rate* on our University PROGRAMME STUDENTS PASS 2012-2013 programmes. They have been carefully Foundation Programme, of which, RATE selected based on their ranking, 68% achieved a merit or distinction. 2012-13 n 97% PASS RATE reputation, facilities, location and the wide Find out which universities our students n 68% PASSED variety of degree courses they offer. See have progressed to on pages 6-7. WITH DISTINCTION our university partners on pages 6-7. * Average pass rate across the classes of 2012 and 2013. We also provide advice and assistance if SUCCESS you wish to apply to other universities. GUARANTEED We have helped students on our University INDIVIDUAL CARE Foundation Programme secure places at AND ATTENTION T HE BELL many top universities including those in In addition to your weekly tutorial, you GUARANTEE the Russell Group. receive individual guidance on applying to Upon successful completion* university through our Higher Education of the Bell University Foundation Advisory Service. Our expert advisors Programme, we guarantee you A PROVEN will help you choose the best course and EDUCATIONAL APPROACH will be offered entry onto an university for you and help you create the undergraduate course at one of our W e help students achieve success and perfect personal statement. partner universities. If not, you will prepare for university by becoming more be offered free tuition and university confident and more independent learners advice until your place is secured. – a characteristic required by British universities. The Bell Way illustrates our * Minimum pass grade of 40%, a score of 5.5 approach to teaching and learning, see or above in each component of the IELTS test and an attendance record of at least 90%. pages 8-9. Conditional offers are also available before you start your foundation programme from selected university partners. “ T he university pathways team gave me great advice – one tutor sat with me for three hours helping to complete my university applications ” C HARLES, FROM BELGIUM UNIVERSITY+YOU CONNECTING YOU WITH UNIVERSITIES MEET REPRESENTATIVES FROM A RANGE OF UK UNIVERSITIES AT UNIVERSITY+Yo U, OUR HIGHER EDUCATION FAIR WHICH TAKES PLACE IN NOVEMBER EACH YEAR. (PICTURED ABOVE: STUDENTS AT UNIVERSITY+Yo U, BELL CAMBRIDGE 2013) 04 bellenglish.com/UniversityFoundation bellenglish.com/UniversityFoundation 05 OUR UNIVERSITY PARTNERS On successful completion of the Bell University Foundation Programme, our partner universities offer guaranteed entry to an undergraduate degree “ I’ve worked with Bell for a course, subject to admissions criteria. number of years and we’ve always P ARTNER UNIVERSITIES found the Bell students to be BELL STUDENTS quite special. They get fantastic 1 Anglia Ruskin University 9 University of Essex HAVE PROGRESSED TO counselling and facilities and 2 Oxford Brookes University 10 University of Hertfordshire 16 OF THE 3 Kingston University London 11 University of Kent UK’S TOP 20 always do well at university ” UNIVERSITIES† D AVID STREET, HEAD OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENT RECRUITMENT, 4 Middlesex University London 12 University of Leicester THE UNIVERSITY OF WINCHESTER 5 Queen’s University Belfast* 13 University of Reading 6 Southampton Solent University 14 University of Westminster PROGRESSION TO 12 TOP UNIVERSITIES 7 University of Brighton 15 University of Winchester 4 20 S tudents from Bell’s University 23 14 8 University College Birmingham 16 Richmond University Foundation Programme have 3 25 progressed to the following 14 1 Russell Group universities: 4 9 l D urham University 15 10 l T he University of Edinburgh 6 l U niversity of Exeter 7 16 OTHER UNIVERSITY DESTINATIONS l K ing’s College London 2 8 In addition to our partner universities, students who have completed the Bell University l N ewcastle University 5 3 Foundation Programme have also progressed to a variety of degree courses at other UK l Q ueen’s University Belfast universities including: l T he University of Manchester l U niversity of Sheffield l U niversity of Southampton 1 City University, London 14 University of East London l U niversity of Warwick 2 Durham University* 15 University of Greenwich Students from Bell’s Masters 3 The University of Edinburgh* 16 The University of Manchester* 26 Preparation Programme have progressed to the following 4 King’s College London* 17 The University of Nottingham* 16 Russell Group universities: 18 5 University of Warwick* 18 University of Sheffield* l U niversity of Cambridge 17 l T he University of Edinburgh 6 Goldsmiths, University of London 19 University of Southampton* l L ondon School of Economics 8 5 l N ewcastle University 12 7 Newcastle University* 20 University of St Andrews l U niversity of Oxford 1 13 8 Northumbria University 21 University of Surrey l U niversity of Sheffield l U niversity of Warwick 9 Royal Holloway, University of London 22 University of Sussex 2 9 l U niversity of York 10 10 SOAS (School of Oriental and African 23 University of the Arts London Studies) University of London 13 24 University of Exeter* 11 11 University of Bath 21 25 Regent’s University London 19 22 11 12 University of Dundee 26 Lancaster University 15 7 24 6 13 University of East Anglia * Russell Group universities. † The Independent University League Tables and Rankings 2013 compiled by the Complete University Guide. 06 bellenglish.com/UniversityFoundation bellenglish.com/UniversityFoundation 07 THE BELL WAY 97% CM OM ITTED TO SUCCESS OF STUDENTS would RECOMMEND BELL TO A FRIEND* T he Bell Way is a set of educational principles designed to help students become better learners, to build confidence and