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International students are permitted to enter the UK to study at London Metropolitan University. Currently, there is a limit on the number of international students that the university can enrol. In line with Home Office policy, the university is now subject to a probationary period in order to build a track record of compliance with the new students as they enrol. The Home Office has overturned a ban on London Metropolitan University admitting students from outside... Read more »

In a dark period of credit downgrades and humiliating by-elections the drop in net migration looked like a glimmer of hope for the coalition. The pledge to bring net migration down to 'the tens of thousands' has filtered through from a Conservative Party manifesto to the forefront of immigration policy. After humiliating rises in 2010 the Office for National Statistics revealed that net migration had fallen by a third to 163,000. Immigration Minister Mark Harper stated that "our tough reforms... Read more »

Gherson will be attending the British Boarding Schools Weekend [link in Russian] in Kiev, held in the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Kiev, Ukraine on 16-17 February 2013. This will be the eighth year this event has taken place in Ukraine with up to 30 public schools from the United Kingdom attending each year and looking to recruit Ukrainian students for academic programmes. Gherson immigration professionals will be attending the event to answer questions from parents regarding... Read more »

My abiding perception after listening to the Home Office on Thursday is that it is all about 'abuse'. Stamp out abuse and the migration figures will start to resemble the government's projected targets. When Tier 4 was introduced, I thought I knew what 'abuse' was: bogus colleges that fronted as educational establishments with the sole aim of sponsoring illegal workers without any intention on either side to undertake a course of study. These abusers were giving genuine colleges and students... Read more »

As previously posted , Gherson recently attended the fourth annual Post-Secondary Transfer Options Fair at SAIT Polytechnic in Calgary, Canada. The Transfer Options Fair continues to grow, with institutions from around the world providing Canadian students with the opportunity to study abroad. The event was hugely popular with around 800 students stopping by and visiting the stands. Many students who were concerned with the restrictions placed upon them under UK... Read more »

Gherson will be attending the fourth annual Post-Secondary Transfer Options Fair at SAIT Polytechnic in Calgary, Canada on 15 November 2012. Thirty-eight colleges, universities and organisations from across Alberta, Canada, the USA, Australia, New Zealand and the UK will also attend to speak to students, alumni, faculty and staff about degree completion opportunities across the world. As you may recall from previous Gherson blog entries, students looking to come to the UK from... Read more »

It was announced by the UK Border Agency in July 2012 that following a 'successful pilot' carried out last year, a targeted interview system for students was being introduced, which would concentrate on high-risk applicants . If you are a student, you may be interviewed and asked a number of questions about your immigration and education history, study and post-study plans, and financial circumstances. The UKBA expects to interview up to 14,000 students in the next 12 months.... Read more »

For non-EEA students wishing to study in the UK, the UK is proving itself an inhospitable host. The UKBA's revocation of London Metropolitan University's sponsor licence , leaving thousands of foreign students to face deportation, was just one instance in what seems an emerging pattern of cynical disregard of non-EEA students. To add insult to injury, last week hordes of foreign students were forced to queue for hours outside the Overseas Visitors Records Office (OVRO), subjected... Read more »

Gherson are to attend the NAFSA Conference , Association of International Educators in Houston, USA from 27 May to 1 June 2012. With nearly 10,000 members, NAFSA is the world's largest non-profit professional association dedicated to international education. NAFSA and its members believe that international education and exchange - connecting students, scholars, educators and citizens across borders - are fundamental in order to: establish mutual understanding... Read more »

April was a month of bad news for prospective students hoping to come to the UK from outside the EEA. Reports reached the press that many private higher education colleges had closed and that the April changes to the Immigration Rules raised concerns about the desirability of going to university in the UK. However, negative headlines in the press should not deter those with a genuine desire to study and build a successful career in the United Kingdom. An article appeared... Read more »