Updates@BCES

Institutions Updates@BCES

  • Robert Gordon University has announced a New Course: MSc Diagnostic Radiography (16th November, 2011)
    Robert Gordon University is introducing a new full time course titled "MSc Diagnostic Radiography" for those students who are looking for an exciting, challenging and rewarding career in a dynamic, fast changing area of healthcare.

    The course is starting in January 2012 and is of two years. The tuition fee for the same is £12,200 per academic year and the first intake is for the session January 2011-2012. Students will be taught at state-of-the-art, purpose-built Faculty of Health building at Garthdee campus which includes a clinical skills centre and digital image library and X-Ray suite. This will help students in getting trained in just 2 years so that in the later stage they can apply for registration with the Health Professions Council. The course includes five clinical placements allowing students to gain hands-on experience of a variety of workplace settings across Scotland, viz-a-viz:

    • Trauma, accident and emergency
    • CT scanning
    • MRI
    • Nuclear medicine
    • Medical ultrasound
    This course is open to international students, who have who have a good Honours Degree in a related science or healthcare subject.  As a pre-registration course, it is not suitable for students who have already studied Radiography at Undergraduate level. Select the following link for detailed information:

    www.rgu.ac.uk/health-professions/study-options/postgraduate-taught-full-time/diagnostic-radiography-pre-registration-
  • University of Bedfordshire is Introducing New Course of Hospitality "MSC International Tourism and Hospitality Management" (12th November, 2011)
    University of Bedfordshire is introducing a new course in Hospitality titled "MSC International Tourism and Hospitality Management" in the coming year for the February 2012 intake.

    The course is available at Luton campus and is of eighteen months duration. The tuition fee for the same is £9650 with scholarship of £1500 on paying full fees before or at the time of registration.

    Students who are looking forward for this course are expected to have a good Honours degree in the field of Tourism, Hospitality or wider areas of social sciences as areas will include:

    • Strategic Tourism and Hospitality management
    • International Tourism Marketing
    • Financial Management for Hospitality Industry.
    • Managing people
    • Business Principles and practice in Hospitality
    • Research Philosophies and principles
    • Organisation and operation in the Hotel and Hospitality industry
    • Planning for leisure and Tourism
    • Sport Tourism
    • Event Tourism
    • Research practice in tourism
    • International Tourism Development
    • Dissertation
    Standard university requirements will be applicable for all the applicants of this course. For further information feel free to contact our counsellors.
  • New policy guidance on the marriage visa age of 21 Issued by UKBA (7th November, 2011)
    The UK Border Agency has issued new policy guidance following the judgment of the Supreme Court for the case which challenged the requirement under paragraph 277 of the Immigration Rules for both foreign spouses and their sponsors in the UK to meet a minimum age of 21 before the foreign spouse could be granted a visa to enter or remain as a spouse or partner.

    Paragraph 277 (along with other paragraphs of the Immigration Rules) was amended on 27 November 2008 to raise the minimum age from 18 to 21. The Supreme Court has ruled that, whilst they recognised that the Secretary of State was pursuing a legitimate and rational aim of seeking to address forced marriage, the change to the rule (increasing the minimum marriage visa age from 18 to 21) disproportionately interfered with the Article 8 rights of those who were in genuine marriages.

    The guidance primarily affects applicants whose applications for entry clearance or leave as a fiancé(e), proposed civil partner, spouse, civil partner, unmarried partner or same-sex partner were refused under paragraphs 277, 289AA, or 295AA of the Immigration Rules solely because they or their sponsor were aged between 18 and 20 and whose application was refused on that basis between 27 November 2008 and October 2011. This applies to applications made within or outside the UK. The guidance sets out how such applicants can apply for a review of the original decision to refuse a visa which might now result in a visa being issued.

    Changes to the Immigration Rules have been laid in Parliament today to reinstate a minimum age of 18 for a spouse, civil partner, fiancé(e), proposed civil partner, unmarried partner or same-sex partner and for their sponsor in order to qualify for entry clearance, leave to enter, leave to remain or a variation of leave on that basis. These rules will come into effect on 28 November 2011.

  • Good News from University of Bedfordshire for students with 5.0 on IELTS score! (10th November, 2011)
    A new 8-week English Pre sessional has been set up for April/ May intake for students with 5.0 IELTs score by University of Bedfordshire. The start date of the same is Monday 27th February, 2012 and the finish date is Friday 20th April, 2012. This is an academic programme, induction /registration will start from Monday 23rd April, 2012 and teaching is scheduled from Tuesday 8th May, 2012.

    All the interested may now send their applications of students to University of Bedfordshire who have scored IELTS 5.0 for this programme.

    The new policy guidance explains how applicants affected by the judgment can request a review of an earlier refusal due to the age requirement by 31 May 2012. For further information select the following link:

    http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/newsarticles/2011/november/10-marriage-visa-age
  • Update on scholarships from University of East London (4th November, 2011)
    University of East London will be offering scholarships of up to £5,000 for Masters Students for all the programmes for January 2012, eligibility for the same depends on the level of academic qualification. They will also be offering full international sports scholarships.
  • Chevening Rolls Royce Science & Innovation Leadership Program at University of Oxford: Open for applications (3rd November, 2011)
    Applications for the Chevening Rolls-Royce Science and Innovation Leadership Programme for the academic year 2012 are now open.

    The Chevening Rolls-Royce Science and Innovation Leadership Programme presents a remarkable and challenging eleven week opportunity at the said Business School, University of Oxford to explore innovation and science policy, from an academic, practical and a personal perspective.

    • Research
    • Technology
    • Manufacturing
    • Business development
    • Business and public administration
    Only online applications will be accepted, select the following link to apply online:

    http://www.britishcouncil.org/india-scholarships-chevening-silp.htm

    The last date to apply is 5 December, 2011.
  • Update for February 2012 intake from Glyndwr London School of Management and Science (2nd November, 2011))
    This is to inform students that intake for February 2012 will not be available for B.Sc (Hons) in Health Studies programme. So, Students who have been issued with COL's or expecting COL's for the programme need to pay the fees before 11th November, 2011 for issue of CAS.
  • Update on scholarships from University of Cambridge,UK (1st November, 2011)
    University of Cambridge have announced Dr Manmohan Singh Scholarships 2012 for doctoral studies at St John's College. The details of the Programme are now available on the website of BRITISH COUNCIL; select the following link for detailed information:

    http://www.britishcouncil.org/india-scholarships drmanmohansingh.htm#prog

    The deadline to submit the application from is 31 December 2011.