Archive for the 'Studying in the UK' Category

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From Damian Green: Will the Changes Effect You?

Changes are coming to the student visa system- but will they have any effect on you? Even if you are not a foreign born student, these changes will matter to everyone.


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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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New Visa Rules Cost UK Economy £600m a Year

Recent research has found that tinkering with the UK’s visa system by successive governments has cost the UK economy more than £600m per year.


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Study Group and Kingston University celebrate opening of International Study Centre

Study Group, a leading provider of foundation and preparation courses for international students in the UK, recently opened its first London-based International Study Centre (ISC) at Kingston University.


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Study Group celebrates graduation of first International Study Centre students from University of Sussex

Study Group, a world leader in education and training for international students, recently celebrated the graduation and success of the first UK-based International Study Centre (ISC) graduates at the Royal Pavilion in Brighton.


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London SAM has Taken my Money but not Offered me a Place

HELLO DANIEL,
HELLO EVERYONE THIS IS TO INFORME ALL THE STUDENTS WHO APPLY IN LONDON SAM THAT THEY ARE THE LIER I HAVE APPLY IN LONDON SAM IN DECEMBER FOR JAN INTAKE BUT DUE TO SOME REASONS I GET ADDMISSION IN MARCH INTAKE BUT THAN IN JAN 20TH THE COLLEGE WAS SUSPENDED BY UKBA AND BACKS IN LIST ON 29TH APRIL ,
AFTER THAT I CONATCT WITH THEM FOR ANOTHER INTAKE FOR MBA THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY HAVE JULLY INTAKE FOR MBA AND TOLD ME THAT THEY CAN GAVE ME OFEER LETTER FOR JULLY TILL 6 TH MAY WHEN AGAIN I CONATCT WITH THEM ON 7TH MAY THEY(SEEMA AND NEENA STAAF OF LONDON SAM AHMEDABAD OFFICE) TOLD ME THAT IT WILL TAKE ONE WEEKS MORE TIME TO START THE PROCESS WHEN I CONATCT WITH THEM ON 14 TH MAY THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WILL TAKE ONE MORE WEEK I CONTACT WITH THE COLLEGE THEY ALSO TOLD ME THAT I GET OFFER LETTER BY 19TH MAY WHEN I AGAIN CONTACT AT AMH OFFICE THERE IS ARRUGMENTS BY THEIR SATFF THAT WHY R U CALLING AGAIN AND AGIN WHEN COLEGE START THEIR PROCEDURE THEY WILL CONATCT ME AND INSURE ME THAT I WILL GET OFFER LETTER BY 24TH EITHER 25TH MAY AND THAT WAS THE PROMISE
BUT AGAINON 25TH MAY WHEN I CONTACT WITH THEM THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WILL TAKE 7 WORKING DAYS TIME MORE THEY NOT TELLING THE EXCAT DATE AND KNW THEY R NOT PICKKING MY CELL (SEEMA AND NEENA )WHEN I WANTS TO CONTACT WITH THEM SOME OF THEIR STAFF PICKS THE PHONE AND PUT ME ON HOLD AND THAN SAY DONNOT CONTACT US WHEN WE WILL GET ASSURANCE FRM THE COLLGE THEY WIL GAVE ME OFFER LETTER
AND ALLEGATING ME THAT I AM TORTURING THEM BY CALLING THEM AGAIN AND AGAIN WAT THAT MEANS I PAY THE WHOLE FEE OF MBA IN ADVACNCE TO THE COLLEGE BUT STILL WAITING FOR THE OFFER LETTER FOR JULLY INTAKE
SIR PLZ I KNW THAT WAS NOT UR DUTY BUT PLZ CONATCT THE COLLEGE WHEITHER THEY HAVE JULLY INTAKE OR NOT SO THAT I CAN SHIFT TO ANOTHER COLLEGE BCOZ BY THIS I WASTE MY PRECIOUS TIME AND MONEY AND SENDING MYSELF INTO DUMP COZ EVERYTIME THEY MAKE ANY EXCUSE
IT IS THE HIEGHT OF TOLRANCE THAT I SUFFERD I AM MENTALLY ILL KNOW BCOZ OF THEIR EVERYTIME ONE WEEK ONW EEK

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Parliamentary Question – Entry Clearances for Overseas Students

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many entry visas for students attending colleges which were subsequently closed on the intervention of the UK Border Agency were issued in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008; and how many such visas were issued between 1 January and 31 October 2009.


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Study Abroad Programmes make Graduate Recruits more Attractive

Graduates around the world are disadvantaging themselves by not studying abroad, says new research from the Council for Industry and Higher Education in the UK.


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How will the British General Election Impact on International Students

How will the general election result impact you as a student thinking of studying in the UK? We’ll know soon enough but in the meantime here are the immigration policies of the three main British parties, with respect to international students.


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