UK Border Agency awards contract to outsourcing firm Capita.
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18:09 19/09/2012
The UK Border Agency (UKBA), one of Britain's main immigration authorities, has placed a contract to find and deport illegal immigrants in the hands of a private sector company, Capita. The contract...
Universities minister seeks to protect UK's reputation with foreign students
18:54 13/09/2012
The universities minister David Willetts today addressed a conference of UK universities in Keele and said that the government would be doing all it could to send out a message to international...
Chinese applications for Australian student visas up by 20%
9:56 12/09/2012
The Australian newspaper reports today 12th September 2012, that applications from mainland China to Australian educational institutions are soaring after several years of decline. A Chinese...
UK immigration authorities admit laying off too many staff to save costs
18:15 11/09/2012
Dame Helen Ghosh, the civil servant who is Permanent Secretary to the Home Office, has said that the UK Border Agency (UKBA) and the UK Border Force (UKBF) had persuaded too many staff to leave with...
London Metropolitan University banned from teaching foreign students
18:17 30/08/2012
The United Kingdom Border Agency (UKBA) has stripped London Metropolitan University (LMU) of its Highly Trusted Sponsor Status (HTS). This means that it can no longer provide overseas students with...
UK opens visa application centre in Kathmandu, Nepal
16:16 30/07/2012
UK Ambassador to the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, John Tucknott, opened the new UK visa application centre in Kathmandu, Nepal this month. "Migration and people to people contact are...
