Anger from UK student visa holders over unrecognised diploma
December 03 2009 by Liam Clifford
UK visa holders find out that the course they have paid £5,500 for is not as they perceived.
Student UK visa holders who have paid to study in the UK through
Edinburgh School of Business were disappointed to discover that the course they
had signed up for had no officially recognised status.
Some 130 overseas
students paid £5,500 each to study at the college on a UK visa that allows them and
their families to live in the UK while they are studying.
Now, the UK
immigration authorities have inspected the college and removed its licence to
accept overseas students. Meanwhile, the Herald newspaper discovered that the
diploma in question was designed by a member of staff and has not been
officially recognised.
The students who paid the money to come and study
at the college were led to believe that the course they had chosen was
accredited by the Scottish Qualifications Authority. Many also thought that
completing the course would allow them to progress to the final year of a
business degree at Glasgow Caledonian University.
Students who study a
course that later becomes accredited can not be awarded the qualification
retrospectively, so those who have already started the course have wasted their
money. Some of the students are now considering legal action against the
college.
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