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Julie Allen
International Student Immigration Manager
Tier 4 and HE
Issues for HE – an LSE perspectiveHighly Trusted SponsorshipPremium ServiceDoctorate Extension SchemeCredibility interviewsConflicting messagesInstitution and student experience
Highly Trusted Sponsorship?Since April 2012, all sponsors are required
to be ‘highly trusted’Increased control over processes from
Home OfficeMay 2013: HEAT team – Higher Education
Assurance TeamAugust 2013: Premium Service
Premium Service£8000 per annumAccess to individual Account Manager and
Senior Account managerCAS management informationCan check on individual student casesCourtesy visits
Doctorate Extension SchemeScheme introduced April 2013PhD students can remain in UK for 12
months to work after completion of studyStudents remain sponsored by education
institutionEducation institution has monitoring and
reporting responsibilities
Tier 1 Graduate EntrepreneurIntroduced April 2012Sponsored by education institution for 12
months to set up own businessOption to continue for further 12 monthsApril 2013
additional allocation for MBA students ‘genuine and credible’ business ideacan work for an employer – unlimited hourseasier application process – apply inside and
outside UKcan switch to Tier 2 or Tier 1 Entrepreneur
Tier 1 Graduate EntrepreneurLow uptake:April – April – does not fit with HE cycleTier 2 – more secure option?During studies, Tier 4 students cannot ‘be
self-employed’
Credibility interviewsAll students applying outside the UK to be
interviewed by video conference (with link to Sheffield)
Follow up with face to face interview if deemed necessary
Non-risk based
Immigration BillNHS levyLandlords checksRemoval of appeal rights except on human
rights grounds. This means:Replace with equivalent of ‘administrative
review’Loss of independent scrutiny of Home Office
decision making
Unwelcoming messagesProposal for £3,000 bond for visitors
(recently scrapped)‘Go Home’ vansRemoval of Post Study WorkImmigration bill proposalsPlan to increase visa application fees
Welcoming messagesBIS Report July
2013International Education: Global Growth and Prosperity
UKTI Sirius programme http://www.siriusprogramme.com/
UKTI Entrepreneurs Festival
Institutional experience
Student experience