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Study English in the UK
Perfect your skills in the home
of the English language
ICEF Oct 2014
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• Study English in the UK
• British Council accreditation
• Education agent training programme
• Working with us
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Study English in the UK
• The home of the English language
• 600,000 students to the UK each year
• Quality assurance since 1982
• Over 550 quality centres to choose from
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British Council Accreditation
• Inspectors are ELT specialists
• Rigorous inspections
• Inspect 4 main areas
• Student Visitor Visa (up to 6 months)
• Extended Student Visitor Visa (up to
11 months)
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Top 10 facts - British Council inspections
• 120 criteria
• Cost - £2,000 - £5,000 per
inspection
• Publicity checks
• Accommodation checks
• Specific criteria for juniors
• Special criteria for studying
in the UK
• independent complaints
procedure
• student emergency support
fund
• full inspection reports
published
• support for schools under
review
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Ranking Country/Region Percentage (%)
1st Italy 11.31
2nd Spain 10.51
3rd Rest of Middle East 6.12
4th S Korea 5.86
5th Rest of Europe 5.54
6th Saudi Arabia 5.52
7th Brazil 5.45
8th Turkey 5.45
9th France 5.00
10th Russia 4.54
11th Colombia 4.43
12th China/Hong Kong 3.97
Top 10
countries /
areas
by student
number for
ELT courses
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British Council Agent Training
The purpose of the course is to:
• Develop agents capacity to work effectively with UK institutions
• Improve knowledge and understanding of the UK as a study destination
• Increase knowledge of UK study programmes
• Enable agents/representatives to provide high quality information, resources and services to students seeking an international education
• Provide agents/representatives with the skills and resources needed to provide relevant, accurate and trustworthy information.
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British Council Agent Training • Foundation certificate
• specifically for education agents
• Face-to-face workshops
• 2 online modules – 8 weeks – 60 hours
• 1 written exam – 2 hours
• New Advanced certificate
• British Council-designed and certified
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Foundation Certificate – Unit 1
• Studying and living in the UK
• Lifestyle
• Costs and finance
• Working while studying
• Visas, immigration and dependants
• Accommodation
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Foundation Certificate – Unit 2 • Why choose a UK education
• How the UK education system works
• English language learning
• School and tutorial college education
• Further and work based education
• Higher education - undergraduate study
• Higher education - postgraduate study
• Study for a UK qualification in your own country
• Resources and support
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Which visa?
• Child / Student Visitor Visa (CSVV / SVV)
– Valid for 6 months
– No minimum language requirement
• Extended Student Visitor Visa
– Specially created for English language students aged 18 and above
– available for a maximum of 11 months.
– There is no minimum language requirement.
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Working with us
• 24 October 2014: Education UK agent workshop in Beijing
• April – May 2015 : UK summer school programme VISA agent
online training
• August 2015 : UK ELT sector FAM Trip
• September 2015 : Guide book: Learning English in the UK
• October 2015 : UK study programme China road show –
agent workshops
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May Huang
Assistant Director Education
Marketing
British Council China
Su Si
Education Marketing Officer
British Council China
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