Cabinet split on immigration as Vince cable condemns net migration target by Juliette Jowitt, political correspondent Business secretary attacks ‘enormous damage’ that policy could cause, hours before party leader Nick Clegg is due to call for tougher measures on visa abuse. Read more here: Cabinet split on immigration
Government changes course on for-profit VAT by John Morgan George Osborne’s budget has revealed that the government appears to be scrapping plans to grant VAT exemptions to for-profit education providers… Read more here: Government changes course on for-profit VAT
Cameron rules out overseas student change by John Morgan The Prime Minister has rejected calls to withdraw overseas university students from the government’s target to reduce net migration, saying the move “would not make any difference to our student migration policy”. Read more here: Cameron rules out overseas student change
Labour immigration policy will focus on short-term student visas by Alan Travis, home affairs editor Speech by Yvette Cooper will warn of dangers of excluding overseas graduates, but condemns short-term student visas as ‘bogus college of the government’s own making’. Read more here: Labour immigration policy will focus on short term student visas
For-profit advice: deal careful hand on SLC cash by John Morgan The government should allow private providers to treble their share of public-backed student loan funding or risk “snuffing out” the sector altogether, the founder of one of the UK’s biggest for-profit institutions has said. Read more here: For-profit advice: deal careful hand on SLC [...]
Sheffield's international students give £120m boost to local economy by Rebecca Ratcliffe Universities hope the news will prompt the government to rethink its policies on international students. Read more here: Sheffield's international students give £120m boost
Welcome to my second blog of 2013. It’s been a busy time at the British Accreditation Council, with a number of visits and events requiring BAC involvement. Meetings and Events On Tuesday 23 January, I attended the Westminster Higher Education Forum reception at the House of Commons where I was able to network with other [...]
A warm welcome to all the BAC’s accredited colleges and non-accredited providers of private education and training. I note that further and higher education, and in particular student immigration policy, remained high on the media agenda throughout December and into January. In particular, we had the Home Secretary’s announcement on 12 December 2012 that consular [...]
After ten years in the role, Mr Tim Cox is stepping down as Chairman of the British Accreditation Council (BAC). He became a member of the Council in the late 1980s and assumed the role of Chair in 2002. He is being replaced by Mr Peter Williams CBE, former Chief Executive of the Quality Assurance [...]
"I had no plans to change jobs this year and absolutely no intention of moving to a very different part of the sector. I started my career at the University of Exeter and stayed there throughout a period of growth and change, during which it moved firmly towards the top of the league tables. After [...]