The Australian government has approved a plan to let 160 international students back into the state of South Australia, in a small but hopeful step forward towards a larger return plan in the future.
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The UK Home Office has announced that the deadline for university students to arrive in the UK to qualify for the UK graduate route visa has been extended to 27 September 2021.
The graduate work visa, also known as the post-study work visa or PSW visa, allows all international students who have successfully completed a degree in the UK to stay in the country for work for up to three years post-graduation.
The IELTs Prize is an annual prize that supports IELTs test-takers with £3,000 towards their university tuition fees. Applications are now open for students who will be starting an undergraduate or a postgraduate course by September 2022.
The prize is eligible for students who are applying to institutions where the IELTS is an admissions requirement.
Australia has signalled that the majority of international students will not be able to return until the second half of 2022.
Since January 2021, of the country’s visa-holding international students have been unable to enter the country and return to university because of Covid-19 border restrictions.
The UK government has announced that India will join the Covid-19 red list due to fears of a new virus variant spreading, but there are some exemptions for international students.
The red list details countries from which there are strict restrictions on travel to Britain. From 23 April 2021, no one travelling from India will be granted entry into the UK, unless they have residence rights. Pakistan and Bangladesh are already on the red list.
Students will be able to apply for the new post-study work visa from 1 July 2021, the UK government has announced.
The visa is open to international students who successfully complete a degree at undergraduate level or above in the UK and allows them to stay in the country to work or seek work for two years. This is extended to three years for doctoral students.
School teachers in the UK will determine grades for A-level and GCSE students this summer, the government has announced.
Education secretary Gavin Williamson stated that teachers will be able to use a range of resources such as mock exams, coursework or other work, including essays and in-class tests, completed as part of a pupil’s course.
As the clock struck midnight on 1 January 2021, the start of the new year also marked the end of the UK’s membership in the European Union.
And with that, it also meant that the UK was no longer a part of the EU’s Erasmus+ programme, which has enabled university staff and student exchanges across Europe.
The UK has instead created its own programme, the Turing scheme (named after pioneering computer scientist Alan Turing).
However, Turing differs from Erasmus+ in a few ways.
For the 2021 National Student Survey results click here
Brighton and Sussex Medical School is one of the top universities for student satisfaction, according to the 2020 National Student Survey.
For the 17th year running, Harvard University has topped the Academic Ranking of World Universities compiled by consultancy ShanghaiRanking.
The top three in the annual ranking remains unchanged from last year, with California Institute of Technology (ninth), and the University of Chicago (10th).