Study English in the UK Perfect your skills in the home of the English language ICEF Oct 2014
Study English in the UK
Perfect your skills in the home
of the English language
ICEF Oct 2014
• Study English in the UK
• British Council accreditation
• Education agent training programme
• Working with us
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
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)
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
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
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.
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
Foundation Certificate – Unit 1
• Studying and living in the UK
• Lifestyle
• Costs and finance
• Working while studying
• Visas, immigration and dependants
• Accommodation
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
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.
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
May Huang
Assistant Director Education
Marketing
British Council China
Su Si
Education Marketing Officer
British Council China
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