Archive for the 'UK Student Visa' Category

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St Agnes College – The Final Frontier – Recommendations

KEEPING BRITAIN SAFE AND PRESERVING ITS EDUCATIONAL INTEGRITY

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Benchmarking

  • Students who do not attain to a minimum IELTS 6 level for each module of English should attend British Council run courses in their countries.


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St Agnes College – The Final Frontier

KEEPING BRITAIN SAFE AND PRESERVING ITS EDUCATIONAL INTEGRITY

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Purpose of this Report

St Agnes college representatives have consulted with selected stakeholders in the private education sector with regard to the highly valued and appreciated Tier 4 rules and taken note of the UKBAs published intention to promulgate amendments.


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Is the Points Based System Actually Subjective?

In addition to our previous post, we would like to know why is it that during our first student visa application in Dec 2009, we were given 10 points for our funds and “0″ for the school.


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IELTS 6.0 is too High for a UK Student Visa

Hi Bruce,

Thanks for your reply. I do not agree with students who use “student visa” as an easy route for working purposes or other reasons.


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IELTS 6.0 Should be the Minimum for a UK Student Visa

I am also a long-standing teacher of IELTS to students and have given much throught to the current admission standard for English to gain student visa privilege.


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Tier 4 Policy Guidance – Last Day to Use Visa Letter Approaching

Please remember that on Monday 22 February 2010 the final phase of Tier 4 of the Points Based System (PBS) will be implemented.


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Tier 4 Policy Guidance – Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies

Students applying under tier 4 for UK after 22nd February 2010 will no longer be issued with an original visa letter but with a virtual document in a further shakeup to the UK Border Agency’s tier 4 (general) student visa system.


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Update on Suspended Colleges From Tier 4

Following our earlier post, UKBA Removes Institutions from the Tier 4 Sponsor Register, we can now provide our readers with an update on suspended colleges from Tier 4, covering some of the issues raised by our readers.


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UK Government Responds to Tier 4 E-Petition

We previously posted about the e-petition urging the Government not to destroy one of its strongest export industries, the English language teaching sector.


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