Following the much hyped new visa regulations for students wanting to study in the UK for periods longer than SIX months, English UK has now drawn up a document listing all the possible dangers of the new system along with several important proposals for the government to think about.

At the heart of all the problems facing the UK private language school industry is that under the new regulations, ALL students must be B1 standard to enter the UK to study on a language course. This is tantamount to saying that a student has to be able to speak English to get on an English course! It is as simple and illogical as that. Language schools by their nature teach the majority of the classes at A2 level to elementary stadard students. These will now be barred from long-stay courses.

The impact on the industry will be massive with, as English UK point out, a possible loss in revenue amounting to well over 300 million pounds and as many as 3,400 jobs in realted and dependant sectors.

To complicate matters further, the government are now planning a new 'banding' for institutions which can issue the new CAS visa application numbers. All these colleges and schools must be on a list entitled: 'highly trusted status' to be able to issue these. Surprisingly, all public institutions will automatically ascend to this status but private institutions must 'earn' this privilege. Many schools are not plaesed with such a subjective assessment of our industry and Pariament is being petitioned at the moment to get the rule amended, changed or dropped as soon as possible.

As a result, the whole area of visa issuing from private institutions is still as chaotic and unresolved as it has been for the past 12 weeks or so with no sign of it improving either. Agents are advised to contact ALL their partner schools in the UK to ascertain if they all have been given the authority to issue the CAS numbers and to get clarification on individual school strategies re. visas. Also check school websites - these are being updated almost on a daily basis at the moment.

[ Posted: 2010-03-04 ]

There are many changes at ¡¥Manacad¡¦ in 2010. First we have introduced the teacher training programme (TKT) at our school. The provisional dates for the two-week course to be held in the UK are 21st June to 2nd July 2010. The price of the two-week course will be ¢G 250 per week. This fee does not include the Cambridge assessment fee for each module (there are three of them) which is ¢G17.71 per candidate per module.

We have also substantially updated our website (www.manacad.co.uk)

We have undergone a refurbishment over the New Year, removing a classroom to double the student lounge in size and extending the reception area and we have also renovated both the male and female toilets on the first floor.

Exciting times at the Manchetser Academy of English. For more information on courses and dates and fees for 2010 please contact Celine or Emma Kneale at: info@manacad.co.uk

[ Posted: 2010-02-11 ]

[ Posted: 2010-01-25 ]

[ Posted: 2009-11-20 ]

MHC finally has produced its long-awaited 2010 brochure and mightily impressive it looks! Agents can go to this link to download the brochure if they are too impatient for it to arrive by post:

http://www.malvernhouse.com/other/file/2010-brochure-.pdf?utm_source=MailingList&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Malvern+House+Autumn+News

And there is also a special promotion for early bookers!

PROMOTION: any enrolment sent by 31st December 2009 will be charged at 2009 prices.

Contact Stephan and Ann for more: stephan@malvernhouse.com

[ Posted: 2009-10-29 ]

For any student travelling to Malta to follow a course at IELS any time between this month and the end of December 2009, we are happy to offer accommodation at our Day¡¦s Inn Residence for FREE!

All the student will need to pay is a nominal service fee of £á21 per week whether he/she chooses to stay in sharing or single accommodation on a room only basis!!!

Our Day¡¦s Inn Residence which is only within 5 minutes walking distance from our Adult Centre has 55 studio apartments and 45 hotel rooms. The residence is fully air-conditioned, has free

Wi-Fi access in the reception area and a lovely roof top swimming pool and solarium.

Surrounded by shops, restaurants and cafeterias, it is the ideal accommodation for our students.

A great place to meet people from different countries and make new friends.

[ Posted: 2009-10-13 ]

[ Posted: 2009-07-27 ]