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

• Agent.china@britishcouncil.org.cn

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

May.huang@britishcouncil.org.cn

Su Si

Education Marketing Officer

British Council China

Su.Si@britishcouncil.org.cn

Contact