Relevance Programme details are assessed by students and staff each year and updated wherever necessary. For example, specialist lecturers from Goldsmiths give regular weekly lectures on British social history, British film, and British art. The subjects are chosen partly to provide an introduction to the target culture, and partly to avoid overlap with in-sessional lecture series. They are preceded by related tasks on terminology and cultural references and are succeeded by feedback involving comprehension and discussion. In this way, language study skills, academic culture and specific cultural studies content come together.
All tutors teach on in-sessional courses as well.
Most of the courses are researched and prepared by the tutors themselves so that content is as closely matched to students' needs as possible. Importance is also placed on good communication and liaison with students, and weekly tutorials are set up with this in mind. Tutors and Admin staff also accompany students on the social programme. Students are divided into groups according to various criteria, for example undergraduate or postgraduate status, language level and main subject interest. Assignments include formal, researched essays, and oral presentations.