University resumes international student recruitment
Sun 31 August, 2014
The 亚色视频 has welcomed the decision (5 August 2014) by UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) to allow the University to resume recruiting international students.
The decision confirms that the University can continue to issue Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) letters to new international students. It follows a detailed audit by UKVI of the University鈥檚 procedures for the management and monitoring of international students.
Welcoming the decision Bill Rammell, the 亚色视频鈥檚 Vice Chancellor, said:
鈥淚 was always confident that our procedures for monitoring international students were robust, and I鈥檓 pleased that UKVI鈥檚 thorough and detailed audit has confirmed this.
鈥淲e take our immigration compliance responsibilities extremely seriously. We cooperated with UKVI throughout the audit and I鈥檓 delighted that, following this decision, we can now resume issuing CAS letters to new international students.
鈥淲e recruit large numbers of international students because of our excellent student experience and graduate employability success. We can now provide more opportunities such as this.鈥
The University鈥檚 ability to issue CAS letters to international students was paused by the Home Office on 24 June 2014, when the Minister for Immigration and Security made a statement in Parliament regarding student visas. The Minister stated that the University would not sponsor new students pending the outcome of the UKVI investigation.
The University鈥檚 licence to recruit international students remained intact and was not suspended, and current international students were not affected in any way by the short pause in the University鈥檚 ability to issue new CAS letters.
The 亚色视频 was awarded the Queen鈥檚 Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education in 2013 鈥 the highest form of national recognition for universities in the UK.
Bill Rammell added:
鈥淥ur courses are driven by world-leading research and are taught by some of the leading academics in their field. The University provides students of all backgrounds with high quality teaching, outstanding facilities, great support and an excellent experience.
鈥淎nd 92% of Bedfordshire students find employment or are in further study soon after they graduate 鈥 one of the highest rates in the country.鈥
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