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Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction, David McNamara and Robert Harris Part One, Principles: Perspectives and Orientation 1. The Experience of Being an Overseas Student, Adrian Furnham 2. Overseas Students in the United Kingdom University System: A Perspective from Social Work, Robert Harris 3. Teaching and Learning for Overseas Students: The Hong Kong Connection, David Chan and Glenn Drover 4. Studying in Europe, John Brennan 5. Communication for Learning Across Cultures, Martin Cortazzi and Lixian Jin 6. Gender Matters: Access, Welfare, Teaching and Learning, Caroline Wright 7. The Purpose of Study, Attitudes to Study and Staff-Student Relationships, John Barker Part Two, Practice: Supporting Learning 8. The Induction of International Students to Academic Life in the United Kingdom, Murray Macrae 9. Through A Glass Darkly: Problems of Studying at Advanced Level Through the Medium of English, Nadine K Cammish 10. Counselling for Excellence: Adjustment Development of South-East Asian Students, Othman Mohamed 11. Supervising Overseas Students: Problem or Opportunity?, Liz Todd 12. Evaluating United Kingdom Courses: The Perspective of the Overseas Student, Jim Ackers Bibliography Index