UK Post Study Work Visa Options
If you’re an international student in the UK, there are a number of visa routes for you to consider that will allow you to remain in the country after you graduate. Your UK post study visa options will depend largely on your circumstances and your plans for after you finish your course. For example, do […]
Immigration Issues for the Education Sector
The UK immigration system is failing UK academia. Visa processing is protracted, expensive and unpredictable, undermining the efforts of educational institutions to attract and retain global academic talent. The challenges are affecting both short-term academic visitors and longer-term recruitment programmes. The sector is missing out on staff and speakers and is in danger of losing […]
Global Mobility Issues for the Education Sector
The quest for excellence is encouraging a growing number of higher education institutions (HEIs) to reach out to international audiences, partners and collaborators. Increasingly, national governments are also recognising the advantages international engagement brings to their education systems, economy and society. The landscape that UK HEIs operate in is changing. The market for higher education […]
HR Issues for the Education Sector
The UK education sector has changed dramatically in recent years. The demands and challenges on schools, colleges and universities have increased, placing more pressure onto HR personnel. Students as customers Education institutions currently face having to represent a hybrid model – perceived as having both an important public duty to carry out but also […]
Employment Law Issues for the Education Sector
A number of significant recent employment cases and imminent legislative changes are affecting employers in the education sector. Age discrimination & justifying pay policy In Ewart v The Chancellor, Master and Scholars of the University of Oxford, the employment tribunal held that the dismissal of a University professor under an Employer Justified Retirement Age […]
Immigration Skills Charge & Rising Costs of Hiring Skilled Migrant Workers
The latest planned changes to UK immigration rules take effect in April 2017. They bring with them considerable financial implications for employers of skilled workers from outside the EEA, namely those hiring under the Tier 2 route. New Immigration Skills Charge From 6 April 2017 organisations who sponsor Tier 2 migrant workers will have to pay […]
UK Registered Traveller Service expanded to 16 new countries
The Home Office has announced the expansion of its Registered Traveller Service to include 16 additional countries. Membership will now be open to passengers from: Argentina Belize Brazil Brunei Chile Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Israel Malaysia Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Uruguay The changes take effect Monday 21 November 2016. According to Home Secretary […]
Radical Changes for Education Sector Sponsors
We are used to the Home Office publishing new Sponsor Guidance and 6 April 2015 saw yet another number of key changes to Sponsor Guidance for Tier 4 sponsors. The greatest change to affect our clients within the education sector are the measures that will bring about an end to Highly Trusted status for Education […]
Tier 2 cooling-off for University lecturers
Universities who recruit new Tier 2 staff from within the UK can instinctively primarily focus on Resident Labour Market Test (“RLMT”) issues. Some lecturers begin working at a university on a part time basis while they are studying at it, and once their course has completed, they switch immigration category from a Tier 4 visa […]
Tier 2 Applications for Teachers
The start of a new term has many exciting aspects – new members to the teaching staff, is just one of many. We have already begun the application process for the new 2015 new hires our clients within the education sector, for the 2015 – 2016 academic term. Unfortunately, much of the recruitment that our […]
