Why have you brought in a new requirement whereby an external student, who is studying externally for a degree at a bona fide private education institution, must be registered with the UK degree awarding body?
The UK Border Agency has encountered a number of applications where it has been discovered that external students who have started degrees courses at private education institutions have not been registered with the UK degree awarding body. In some cases, the external student has not had the requisite entry qualifications to be accepted to sit their final exams. The concern is that, in the absence of the external student being registered with the UK degree awarding body, these degree courses are being used as a means of remaining in the UK, rather than to study at degree level or above, for the purposes of switching in-country into the student category. This new requirement seeks to prevent the opportunities for the abuse of such courses and strengthens the criteria for bona fide private education institutions which have now been incorporated into the Immigration Rules (see above). It also serves to protect genuine students against those less reputable institutions who are more concerne
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