Monthly Archive for January, 2011

Cardiff Students’ Union Response to Student Visa Consultation

Societies, Events and Activities Officer, Cosimo Montagu, has put together a Submission to the Home Affairs Select Committee, on behalf of the Students’ Union, in reply to the UK Border Agency’s (UKBA) Student Immigration System paper.


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The Coalition Government’s plans: Specific Proposals for Change

2 Specific proposals for change

2.1 Economic migration

The Coalition Agreement stated:

We will introduce an annual limit on the number of non-EU economic migrants admitted into the UK to live and work.


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The Coalition Government’s plans: Asylum and Illegal Immigration

2.4 Moving between temporary and permanent migration

The Home Secretary stated in November 2010:

Settling in Britain should be a cherished right, not an automatic add on to a temporary way in.


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Immigration and asylum policy: the Coalition Government’s plans

The Coalition Agreement committed the Government to introducing annual limits on non-EU economic migration.  These are due to come into effect from April 2011.  The Government intends to achieve an overall reduction in net migration levels over the course of this Parliament.  Consequently, all other immigration categories and routes to permanent settlement are also under review.


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18th annual Education UK Exhibition in Sri Lanka

Address by Tony Reilly, OBE Country Director British Council Sri Lanka

Janet Ford, Head UK Trade and Investment, British High Commission Sri Lanka, friends from the media, colleagues, good morning.


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A New Degree for the Current Climate – The Work Study BSc

KPMG has unveiled its new plan to secure the best talent from the UK – pay for undergraduate stars-of-the-future to go to university.


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Event Production Show to Target UK’s Emergent Knowledge Economy

The 2011 Event Production Show will give a distinct focus on the human capital and future talent of the live event sector.


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UK Education Providers may have no choice but to focus on off-shore

With the Coalition planning to shake-up the UK student visa system, many universities and colleges fear the worst. With reliance on international students and against a back-drop of harsh government funding cuts, many education providers have considered offering their services overseas.


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IELTS Scholarship Programme Extended by The British Council

2010 saw the start of The British Council’s International English Language Testing System (IELTS) scholarship programme which was such a success that is has been expanded for 2011.


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