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National Technology Institute	NZQA Level	Duration	Campus	Programme Fee	Resource Fee
Computing and Information Technology
National Diploma in Computing	5	1 year	Auckland / Tauranga	NZ$14,500	NZ$1,500
Diploma in Computing	6	1 year	Auckland / Tauranga	NZ$14,500	NZ$1,500
Diploma in Computing	7	1 year	Auckland / Tauranga	NZ$16,000	NZ$1,500
Hospitality
National Diploma in Hospitality (Operational Management)	5	1 year	Auckland / Tauranga	NZ$14,500	NZ$1,500
National Diploma in Hospitality (Management)	5	2 years	Auckland	NZ$14,500 per year	NZ$1,500 (1st year) NZ$750 (2nd year)
National Certificate in Hospitality (Operations Supervision)	4	Six months	Auckland	NZ$7,250	NZ$750
National Certificate in Hospitality (Food and Beverage Service)	3	Six months	Auckland	NZ$7,250	NZ$750
Hospitality Short Courses
Hospitality Standards Institute (HSI) Certificates of Achievement:
Certificate of Achievement in Barista		2 to 4 weeks	Auckland	NZ$490	NZ$100
Certificate of Achievement in Customer Service		2 to 4 weeks	Auckland	NZ$290	NZ$100
Certificate of Achievement in Food Safety		2 to 4 weeks	Auckland	NZ$290	NZ$100
Certificate of Achievement in Hospitality Operations		2 to 4 weeks	Auckland	NZ$750	NZ$150
Certificate of Achievement in Host Responsibility		2 to 4 weeks	Auckland	NZ$100	NZ$50
Certificate of Achievement in Licence Controller Qualification		2 to 4 weeks	Auckland	NZ$150	NZ$50

Concordia Institute of Business	NZQA Level	Duration	Campus	Programme Fee	Resource Fee
English
General English	3	4 to 72 weeks	Auckland / Tauranga	NZ$320 per week	NZ$5 per week
Business English	4	4 to 72 weeks	Auckland	NZ$320 per week	NZ$5 per week
General English + IELTS Preparation	4	4 to 72 weeks	Auckland	NZ$320 per week	NZ$5 per week
General English + Academic English	3	4 to 72 weeks	Auckland	NZ$320 per week	NZ$5 per week
Certificate in TESOL	4	5 weeks	Auckland / Tauranga
Business and Management
Certificate in Business Administration for International Students	4	6 months	Auckland	NZ$14,500	NZ$1,500
Diploma in Commerce	5	2 years	Auckland	NZ$19,500	NZ$1,500
Diploma in Business Management	5	1 year	Auckland / Tauranga	NZ$14,500	NZ$1,500
Diploma in Business Management (Advanced)	6	1 year	Auckland / Tauranga	NZ$14,500	NZ$1,500

NZ Institute of Learning and Development	NZQA Level	Duration	Campus	Programme Fee	Resource Fee
Adult Education
National Certificate in Adult Education and Training	4	6 months	Auckland	NZ$14,500	NZ$1,500
Business and Management
National Certificate in Quality Management	4	6 months	Auckland / Hastings	NZ$14,500	NZ$1,500

What tests are approved by the UK Border Agency?

Guide to Secure English Language Tests

If you need a Tier 4 General Student Visa to come to the UK, you may need to pass an approved English language test first. The rules vary depending on your nationality, the type of course you want to follow and the type of college or university where you plan to study. The following list of frequently asked questions provides some background information to help you understand the rules. Approved tests (known as secure English language tests, or SELTS) must be taken in person in a secure environment, so the identity of the student sitting the test can be verified. The UK Border Agency decides which tests are approved and the minimum English level required.

Frequently Asked Questions

• Do I need a Secure English Language Test to study English in the UK?
• Do I have to take a Secure English Language Test for academic courses?
• What tests are approved by the UK Border Agency?
• What test score will I need to achieve?
• How do I book a Secure English Language Test in my country?
• When should I sit my Secure English language test?

Do I need a Secure English Language Test to study English in the UK?

No. However, if you plan to study for 11 months or more, you will have to demonstrate to your English school that you are at a level of at least CEFR B1. For more information about the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR), please see our section on English language qualifications.

Do I have to take a Secure English Test for academic courses?

If you want to study an academic course for 6 months or more, the UK Border Agency will require you to take a test unless:

• You are studying at or above degree level at a government funded college or university (if you are studying at a private institution, you will need to take a test);
• You are under 18 and coming to study in the UK on a Tier 4 (Child) Student Visa;
• You are over 18, but you have studied as a child student in the UK for at least 6 months within the last two years;
• You are from one of the following countries, which the UK Border Agency considers to be majority English speaking: Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, New Zealand, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent & Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, United States;
• You have a completed an academic qualification, at least equivalent to a UK bachelor's degree, which was taught in a majority English speaking country.

Note: if the UK Border Agency does not require you to take a test, your sponsor may still ask you to take a test to demonstrate your English level is sufficient for the course you want to study.

What tests are approved by the UK Border Agency?

The most popular approved tests are IELTS (Academic), Pearson PTE (Academic), Cambridge ESOL and TOEFL (IBT). Other approved tests include City & Guilds ESOL, TOEIC, BEC, ILEC, ICFE and BULATS. Please note that the GCSE and iGCSE English are not approved.

What test score will I need to achieve?

If you are studying a course below degree level (e.g. A Level, national certificates and diplomas), you will need to pass at a level equivalent to CEFR B1. Minimum scores are as follows:

IELTS 4.0 (with a minimum of 4.0 for listening, reading, writing and speaking)
TOEFL iBT (listening - 13, reading - 8, writing - 17, speaking 19)
Pearson PTE Academic (minimum of 43 in listening, reading, writing and speaking)
Cambridge ESOL (Minimum level PET) 

If you are studying at degree level or above, you will need to pass at a level equivalent to CEFR B2. Minimum scores are as follows:

IELTS 5.0 (with a minimum of 5.0 for listening, reading, writing and speaking)
TOEFL iBT (listening - 21, reading - 22, writing - 21, speaking 23)
Pearson PTE Academic (minimum of 59 in listening, reading, writing and speaking)
Cambridge ESOL (Minimum level FCE)

Important note: TOEFL, Pearson and IELTS expire after 2 years.

How do I book a Secure English Language Test in my country?

To find a test centre and book a test in your country, please use the links below. If you have difficulty finding a test centre, please contact your student advisor at click-courses.com.

IELTS: www.ielts.org
Pearson: www.pearsonpte.com
TOEFL: www.ets.org
Cambridge ESOL www.cambridgeesol.org

When should I sit my Secure English language test?

You will need to pass your secure English test before you can apply for a student visa. If you are planning to come to the UK to study, you should make arrangements to sit your English test as early as possible.

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New Student Visa Rules for the Future 2011

New Student Visa Rules for the Future

Published on April 25, 2011 in UK Immigration News 2011. 0 CommentsTags: changes in uk immigration rules, english uk, extended student visitor, student visitor, tier 4 changes, tier 4 student visa.

Following our summary of the new student visa rules in place from 21 April 2011, we’ve had requests for a similar simple approach to the future Tier 4 student visa rules changes. So here it is!

July 2011 Onwards

Your Family (Dependants)

There will be only two types of student who will be able to bring their dependants to the UK during their studies: postgraduates and government sponsored students. Students must be studying a course of 12 months or more in duration.

Students should be sure to check with their education provider what duration of course has been entered on their CAS. Some Masters courses in the UK can be as short as nine months, so be sure to check if you want to bring your dependants with you.

If you qualify to bring your dependants with you during your studies, they will be able to work full time during their stay.

If you do not meet the requirements to bring your dependants all is not lost. You could consider having them come to the UK as visitors. But, there stay would be limited to just six months and they would not be able to work. They could of course come using any other route of the Points Based System, should they qualify.

Low Risk Students

Students from the following countries should not need to submit any financial documents or previous qualification certificates in support of their student visa application:

• Argentina
• Australia
• British National Overseas
• Brunei
• Canada
• Chile
• Croatia
• Hong Kong
• Japan
• Mexico
• New Zealand
• Singapore
• South Korea
• Trinidad and Tobago
• United States of America

Do remember though that it is a requirement to have access to the required maintenance money and that students from the above countries could still be asked to produce proof. Any documents that you could be asked to submit must meet the criteria laid out in the Tier 4 Policy Guidance documents.

Time Limit on Staying in the UK

Students will have new limits placed on the amount of time that can spent in the UK on back-to-back student visa.

The good news is that students of specialist courses that take longer to complete – Dphil, medicine, architecture etc – will be excluded from the limits.

Students studying at either postgraduate or undergraduate level will only be able to spend a maximum of five years in the UK.

Students following courses below undergraduate level will be able to stay for only three years.

There is concession made for students who will study a combined course of below and above undergraduate level study. These students will be able to remain in the UK for a maximum of eight years.

If students are following one of the exempt courses above, they are eligible to stay beyond the eight years if their course demands it, however, students will not be able to apply for a new Tier 4 visa if they have already been in the UK for more than eight years.

Academic Progression

Any student who is extending their student visa in the UK and will not be studying a new course at a higher level, their education provider will have to explain the situation in their CAS. A common example of this would be a student studying two consecutive Masters Programmes.

Students are advised to liaise with their education providers and/or agents to make sure the wording in the CAS properly explains the situation.

April 2012 Onwards

Closure of Post-Study Work Route

The current Tier 1 Post Study Work visa, allowing graduates to remain in the UK for two years following their studies to look for work, will be closed.

Post-Study Work will be replaced by a new class in Tier 2 of the UK’s Points Based System: the Work Permission Route. Graduates will now require a job offer from a UKBA registered sponsor with a minimum salary of £20,000 in order to remain in the UK following their studies.

Students must apply to switch to Tier 2 before their current Tier 4 General Student visa expires. Importantly, these Tier 2 applications will not come under the Coalition Government’s immigration cap, in any way.

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Cameron on Immigration – We’re Getting to Grips With It

British Prime Minister David Cameron declared, “…we’re now getting to grips with it” in his immigration speech in Hampshire on 14 April. A crackdown on the widespread abuse was promised with a particular focus on bogus students and dodgy colleges.

The Prime Minister talked about abuse of the student route which he cited as the most popular of all non-EU immigration into the UK. “Immigration by students has almost trebled in the past decade. Last year, some 303,000 visas were issued overseas for study in the UK. But this isn’t the end of the story. Because a lot of those students bring people with them to this country: husbands, wives, children…we know that some of these student applications are bogus, and in turn their dependents are bogus. Consider this: a sample of 231 visa applications for the dependents of students found that only twenty-five percent of them were genuine dependents. The whole system [is] out of control and we’re now getting to grips with it. That badly needs to be done”, he said.

UK educational providers that sell places on fake courses in order to secure entry clearance – so called bogus colleges – are firmly in the Government’s sights. Cameron went on to say, “We’re making sure that anyone studying a degree-level course has a proper grasp of the English language. We’re saying that only postgraduate students can bring dependents. And we’re making sure that if people come over here to study, they should be studying rather than working, and that when they’ve finished their studies, they go home unless they are offered a graduate-level skilled job, with a minimum salary.”

The problem of bogus colleges and fraud in the immigration system has grown in recent years. Concerns are echoed by the slow uptake of the UK Border Agency’s Highly Trusted Sponsor licence. In January 2011, only 131 of 744 listed colleges had been awarded Highly Trusted Sponsor status. However, figures released by the British Government show that since January 2011, those non-Highly Trusted Sponsors have sponsored a total of 280,000 students. “The potential for abuse is clearly enormous,” Cameron said.

Cameron cited many examples in his speech of supposed students found to be doing everything but studying: students found working 280 miles from their sponsor, students working in 20 different locations and severe under-staffing in some institutions: 2 lecturers for 940 students, for example.

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The Demise of Tier 1 and the Threat to Business Education

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There is no doubt that following the scrapping of Tier 1 Post-Study visa of the UK Points Based System student numbers are down. Many UK business schools have reported enrolments down compared to this time last year. The Association of MBAs contacted its 47 member education providers in the UK and discovered shocking concerns. Over 90% of members were against scrapping the post-study route, citing fears of damage to competitiveness, reputation and finances, not only of the schools themselves, but also the wider economy.

MBA degrees are targeted primarily at mature students who already have a wealth of business experience behind them. Many are taking the next steps in advancing their careers, often spending between £30,000 and £50,000 on tuition alone. According to a recent survey by the Association of MBAs, 51% of students are self-funded, 32% receive company sponsorships, 10% use bank loans and none receive government assistance.

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Ireland Targets International Students to Help Deficit

Published on April 21, 2011 in Events. 1 Comment

Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton, has launched a new trusted agents programme to promote Irish higher-level education in India.

This programme is aimed at increasing Ireland’s share of the more than 100,000 Indian students who travel overseas for education each year.

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Another UK University Proposes Cuts – Are They Justified?

Published on April 21, 2011 in University. 0 CommentsTags: cuts in university funding, cuts to university funding, education spending cuts, higher education cuts, university budgets, university cuts, university cuts uk, university funding cuts, university job cuts, university places cut, university spending cuts.

Modern languages look set to be ravaged at the University of Glasgow, with seven courses likely to be scrapped. Polish, Czech, Russian, German, Italian, Portuguese and Catalan are likely to go, leaving just French and Spanish.

As we’ve heard before, cuts such as these are justified as necessary, strategic, important. Across the UK, the story is the same. Cuts to university funding, changes to how research output is assessed and the impact of the global economic meltdown on their budgets, see universities finances squeezed. The University of Glasgow is no exception, with some £35m shortfall in funding over the next three years. Traditionally, universities have been able to bridge their finances with money from international students but with the Coalition’s focus on reducing net migration, cuts this time are argued as required.

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Leading Scottish University’s Sponsor Licence Suspended

Published on April 21, 2011 in University. 3 CommentsTags: highly trusted sponsors, home office, license suspended, suspended colleges from tier 4, uk points based system, ukba.

A leading Scottish university has had their licence to sponsor student migrants suspended amid claims of breaches of immigration rules.

Some nursing students at Glasgow Caledonian University have been accused of working full time leading to their sponsor’s licence suspension, the first time such a step has been taken against a university.

Calling the action “disproportionate” a University spokeswoman added that international students voted the University as “top in Scotland for international student support”.

The situation arose following UK Border Agency suspicions that several nursing students from the Philippines were either working full time in care homes or only being at university for one or two hours per month. The Glasgow Caledonian University nursing degree requires 15 hours per week contact time.

The action comes following a major tightening of UK immigration policy by the Home Office set against a backdrop of wide-spread abuse.

Phil Taylor, a UK Border Agency Regional Director said, “I can confirm that Glasgow Caledonian University’s Tier 4 licence has been suspended following concerns about abuses of the immigration system.

“Highly Trusted Sponsors bringing in international students must ensure that they are attending the course for which they are enrolled and that they are complying with the requirements of the immigration rules.

“The UK Border Agency makes regular checks on sponsors, and where we find evidence that they are not fulfilling their duties, we may suspend their licence.”

All is not lost for Glasgow Caledonian University as they now have 28 days to show the Home Office that their worries have been addressed. Failure to do so however, would see the university have their licence permanently withdrawn.

A University spokeswomen said, “GCU is co-operating with the UK Border Agency to address issues specific to a group of international students on the BSC Nursing (Professional Development) and we expect to have these resolved in the near future.

“As conversations are ongoing, the UKBA has asked the university to implement a 28 day suspension of our processing of immigration paperwork, as their processes require.

“While we feel that this action is disproportionate, we are working with them to fully understand the issues and implement any changes needed as a result.

“Our duty of care to our students is our absolute priority and they have time and again recognised that by voting us top in Scotland for international student support. We are proud of that, and will ensure it remains the case as we make any changes requested of us.

“GCU operates at the highest standards and our reputation is hard earned and well known. The Quality Assurance Agency Scotland recently wrote to again express its confidence in Glasgow Caledonian University – the highest judgment it can award in its regular reviews of standards in universities and colleges across the UK.”
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