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June 19, 2013
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Plymouth Medical School Fourth Best in England

Plymouth University’s medical school is the fourth best in England, according to the latest Guardian league tables.

Only Oxford, Cambridge and UCL ranked higher.

Across the whole of the UK the city’s Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry degrees were rated sixth and eighth respectively.

According to the Guardian University League Table 99% of its graduates are in employment six months after graduating.


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June 19, 2013
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UK Visa Applications not Decided Quickly Enough

Latest figures released by the UK Coalition Government show very poor performance for the year 2012 – 2013 in the processing of visa applications within published Service Standards.

The UK Border Agency (UKBA) only managed to process 51% of work-based visas within the four week Service Standard for postal applications.


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June 19, 2013
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Tightening of UK Student Visas to Prove Costly

A study recently released by Universities UK claims that the Coalition Government’s clamp-down on UK student visas could cause significant long-term damage. The could also be additional costs of £2.4 billion over the next decade.

Universities UK makes the case that tougher visa restrictions will see potential students choose other study destinations over the UK.


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June 19, 2013
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King’s College London Launches Delhi Summer School

King’s College London – a leading UK university – has announced the opening of its first international Summer School campus in Delhi, India.

Courses such as international relations, international political economy and e-business will be taught at Miranda House College, Delhi University.

“A Summer School is a fantastic way to enrich your portfolio of skills and to get a head start in today’s globalised and fast-moving world.”

“We are grateful to Miranda House College for hosting our courses and for the hard work that they have put in to make this happen,” Tayyeb Shah, director of international strategy at King’s College London, said.


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June 19, 2013
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VIDEO – IELTS Speaking 3 – Grammatical Range & Accuracy

We’ve collected some videos providing tips for the IELTS test.

We have four videos for the Speaking test and one for the Writing test.

Today’s video is about grammatical range and accuracy.



This criteria focuses on the range and accuracy of the test taker’s grammar while speaking.

The range of grammar includes using a variety of complex structures. These are complex structures.


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June 19, 2013
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Universities UK – Removal of Students From Migration Targets

Below follows a briefing document for the Commons’ Backbench debate on Student Visas from Universities UK.

Summary

  • International students bring a range of benefits to universities and national and local economies.
  • Universities UK has called on government to remove international university students from their target to reduce net migration to the ‘tens of thousands’ by the next election.
  • We want government to commit to supporting growth in higher education exports, a sector which is expanding internationally and in which the UK excels.

A sector in which the UK excels

The UK is the second most popular destination for international study.


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June 19, 2013
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UK Government Wants Latin American Students

A huge charm offensive to attract university students to the UK from Latin America has been undertaken by two British Ministers.

Vince Cable – UK Business Secretary – and David Willetts – Universities Minister – have travelled to Brazil, Mexico and Columbia recently.

There has been a large drop in the number of university students coming to the UK from traditional markets such as India.


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June 19, 2013
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Will the UK’s Student Immigration Crackdown Lead to a Loss of Talent?

Much has been said about the UK Coalition Government’s progress on its pledge to reduce net migration to the “tens of thousands” per year. Data recently released shows that for the period ending September 2012, net migration was down to 153,000 from 242,000 previously. But this has definitely come at a cost.


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June 19, 2013
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American Style Rate Your Lecturer Website Launched for UK

The UK now has its own version of America’s Rate My Professors, where students had publicly scolded their lecturers. Perhaps a few lecturers are shuddering throughout the UK’s universities.

Rate Your Lecturer hopes to, “generate an alternative ranking system to that of the norm” – its data shows scores out of ten on names lecturers by university.


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