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Engineering students around the globe have a second chance to sign up for the University of Birmingham's online training that will help them improve their technical English language skills - free-of-charge. Following the success of 'Electrical Engineering: Sensing, Powering and Controlling', the University is repeating the course, which aims to support students for whom English is a second language in mastering many of the key terms and concepts in Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering. Birmingham's MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) is based on real first-year modules at the University. Students can sign up for the free course online. The MOOC is aimed at direct entry students planning to attend Birmingham to study in the discipline of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering, but the content is helpful to any student planning to start in the first year of any engineering discipline. The three-week course runs from 22 January 2018 and has been developed by the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences. It is led by Dr Tim Jackson, Senior Lecturer in the School of Engineering.