ELT: LILA* enters further education sector
English language school LILA* Liverpool has announced a move into the Further Education sector with the launch of an independent Sixth Form College.
English language school LILA* Liverpool has announced a move into the Further Education sector with the launch of an independent Sixth Form College.
One of my main theories is to do many different things at once - you have to be broad-ranging to succeed. That, and having brilliant advice from friends and staff.
Professionals in the UK’s FE sector have slammed the Home Office’s reforms to student visa regulations, warning that the restrictive policy will affect the HE pipeline of international students planning to enrol and study at undergraduate level in the UK.
Greater differentiation among colleges in the FE sector could be an avenue that AoC members are keen to explore. Frustrations around SELT rule changes and other new regulations that impact on the UK's appeal were vented at the AoC International Conference.
Onshore international students in the UK applying to study at UK higher education institutions are twice as likely to be accepted as those applying from overseas, new research from British consultancy, The Knowledge Partnership (TKP), has revealed.
In a combative exchange of views this week at the Association of Colleges (AoC) International Conference, Minister for Skills and Enterprise, Matthew Hancock MP, challenged the FE colleges present not to use difficulties with the visa system as an excuse for not being able to invest in delivery of education and training in-country.
Latest migration data for the UK reveals an erosion in enrolments for the UK's FE sector, while an overall increase in EU migration was behind the net migration headlines. Further declines in Pakistani and Indian student enrolments was also charted as well as a big rise in Brazilian students coming to the UK.
New research commissioned by the UK government shows that restrictions on Tier 4 student visas (held by those studying a year or longer) have hit England's public further education (FE) sector hard, resulting in lower student recruitment, lost income and course closures. This was conducted by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS).