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Affordable Nursing Programs at Buckinghamshire New University in UK

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Students interested in pursuing a career in the field of Nursing should have a look at this item

BUCKS or Buckinghamshire New University was ranked No.1 for Nursing in London (2009) out of nine universities working in partnership with NHS London and in the Top 3 across London for every field of nursing specialism (2010). The School of Nursing is based in the vibrant town of Uxbridge (West London, only 20 minutes from Heathrow airport), offering students an exciting experience in specially adapted facilities in close proximity to many prestigious London Hospitals and numerous private care home facilities.

There are 3 Nursing courses to choose from namely
BSc in Nursing Program
MSc in Nursing Program
Overseas Nursing Program

They are competitively priced, especially with the £1000 discount and both the BSc and MSc include an option to complete the ONP (Overseas Nursing Programme) at no extra cost during the course!

BSc Hons Professional Studies in Nursing
The programme is designed to enable students to develop their theoretical knowledge further. This Top Up degree is specifically designed to enable nurses from overseas to meet their continuing professional development needs and develop their expertise in health care practice.

Entry Requirements
A Graduate Diploma of General Nursing or BSc. Nursing,
IELTS Score of 6.0, Work Experience Clinical Nursing of 1
Year
•Duration: 1 Year Full time
•Start Date: February and September
•Fee: GBP 9300/‐ (Sept start) with discount potential of
GBP 1000/‐

Note- This course does not lead to nurse registration in the UK, however, if students meet additional requirements and already hold a Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) decision letter, an IELTS score of 7 (in all 4 components) and have recent relevant healthcare experience, they may opt to study the Overseas Nursing Program (ONP) as part of this course or after completion of the course.

MSc Professional Studies in Nursing
The programme provides a full time route (1 year to 18 months) to the completion of an MSc Professional Studies in Nursing for students who have successfully completed the equivalent to a Degree in Higher Education.

Entry Requirement
An equivalent Bachelors Degree, IELTS score of 6.5,
Work Experience Clinical Nursing of 1 Year
• Duration: 1 Year to 18 months
• Start Date: September
• Fee: GBP 9500/‐ with discount potential of GBP 1000/‐

Overseas Nursing Program
This course has been designed to the changes required by Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) for preparation of Overseas Trained Nurses to be registered in the UK.

Entry Requirements:
Students holding an appropriate equivalent Diploma/ Bachelors Degree Nurse training, an in date Nursing a Midwifery Council decision letter, IELTS 7 (in all 4 components) and recent relevant health experience. Students will need to have a placement with a named mentor, within a health setting that has been audited for this Overseas Nursing Program (Bucks New University can assist with this).

• Duration: 15 weeks for overseas trained adult and mental health
• Start Date: October and February
• Fee: Waived for international students if being studies as a part of BSc or MSc (Professional Nursing Courses).

Otherwise, approx GBP 1200/

Note- This course (without the ONP) does not lead to nurse registration in the UK, however, if students meet additional requirements and already hold a Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) decision letter, an IELTS score of 7 (in all 4 components) and have recent relevant healthcare experience, they may opt to study the Overseas Nursing Program (ONP) as part of this course or after completion of the course.

For application priocedure check out the niversitys’s webszite.

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MSc Robotics and MSc Embedded Systems Introduced at Sheffield Hallam; University Closure Dates Out For The Month!

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Sheffield Hallam University in UK just made some striking announcements. Check out below to match them with your application schedule!

Undergraduate course closures for UK and EU students
Due to a large number of applications, a number of the university’s undergraduate courses are now closed to UK and EU students.

The majority of these courses and others across the university are still open to international students.
One can check out the whole list at the university’s official website.

Update from the Faculty of Arts, Computing, Engineering and Sciences
The Faculty of ACES are now offering 2 new postgraduate courses for September 2011 entry – MSc Robotics and MSc Embedded Systems.

MSc Robotics
Robotics integrates the disciplines of control, mechanics, software and signal processing. This course provides an integrated set of modules that will provide you with the ability to design and exploit robotic systems in a range of manufacturing and industrial applications alongside staff from the Centre for Automation and Robotics Research (CARR) at Sheffield Hallam University.

Tuition fees – Home and EU students are typically £4,320 and International students are typically £10,080

English Language requirements- at least IELTS 6.0

MSc Embedded Systems
Embedded systems are designed to operate within and interact with the physical world, often with a real-time operating constraint. Typical application areas for such systems include consumer electronics, aerospace and automotive engineering as well as medical equipment. This course will equip you with a deep understanding of the underpinning technologies allowing you to select the most appropriate implementation technologies for a particular application.

Tuition fees – Home and EU students are typically £4,320 and International students are typically £10,080

English Language requirements- at least IELTS 6.0

Visa Information Update
The government has recently published changes to the immigration rules for students and their dependants. The new rules come into force on April 21st 2011.

Also, further to the previous Agent Bulletin, CAS statements have now been amended to include further information, such as full name, passport info, and level of study to assist with the applicants’ visa.

Free Airport Pick Up Service
Sheffield Hallam University now offers a free airport pick up service for students from Manchester Airport. The pre-booked service pick-up service dates and times are as follows-

Pre-sessional English courses starting on 4th July – a pick up service will be provided between 2nd and 3rd July from 9:00am until 5:00pm

Pre-sessional English courses starting on 8th August - a pick up service will be provided between 6th and 7th August from 9:00am until 5:00pm

There will also be services available for courses starting in September between Monday 5th September and Tuesday 13th September from 9.00am until 5.00pm.

This free service will make the students’ arrival in the United Kingdom much easier; they will also meet other new students and be taken directly to their accommodation.

It is important that students register for the service at least one week prior to their arrival by using the online registration form which is available at the university website!

University Closure
Please note that the university is closed for Easter holidays, a Royal wedding and May Day as follows in April and May:

22nd April Good Friday
25th and 26th April Easter Monday and Tuesday
29th April Royal Wedding
2nd May May Day

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Full Time Scholarships on International PhD PROGRAMMES at UCLAN

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Full Time Scholarships on PhD programmes are being offered up at one of the most sought after universities of UK i.e. University of Central Lancashire. The university which also popularly referred to as UCLAN has come up with appealing scholarship Programmes for international PhD study programmes. Students coming from all over the world to study in UK for their PhD degrees might find this scholarship option quite an attractive one!

Here are the details about international PHD scholarship programme offered by UCLAN

International PhD

Scholarship Project Title

A critical evaluation of the current role and future potential of news storytelling within the context of continuously changing digital news formats and platforms University of Central Lancashire – School of Journalism, media and Communication.

Applications are invited for a full-time scholarship available in the School of Journalism Media and Communication. The scholarship is tenable for up to 3 years for a PhD (via MPhil route) [subject to satisfactory progress] and is open to international applicants only.

UK/EU applicants are not eligible to apply. The scholarship will provide £15000 towards the cost of the International tuition fee over 3 years.

Project Title

A critical evaluation of the current role and future potential of news storytelling within the context of continuously changing digital news formats and platforms

Project Description

News, like many other forms of communication, fundamentally is about storytelling. The ways in which stories have been told historically has varied in relation to changes in language use and sophistication, culture, technology, political and economic pressures, among other things.

Most crucially, the business of what is a good story and how audiences can be made interested in it is the result of a continuous process of dynamic interaction between all of these things, but technology is becoming increasingly important.

The radical acceleration of the development of digital technology that has occurred in the twenty-first century has introduced so many new different formats and platforms of news delivery that the technology has now outstripped the rate of news providers’ corresponding ability to rethink and reformulate their storytelling strategies.

This project will investigate in detail the nature of the interaction between this technological development drive and current news storytellers’ rates of adaption, together with the so far unrealized potential of various of the new platforms/ formats for facilitating new forms of creative news writing.

It will investigate the potential of new technologies for harmonizing story telling techniques with different sectors of the audience as they shift from one new platform/format to another.

It will explore also the potential of new formats/storytelling techniques for expanding the level of attention given to the detail rather than the headlines of the news. It will do this specifically with regard to platforms that contain inherent and limiting technical characteristics that encourage sampling and quick views rather than in-depth news viewing.

[NOTE: Applicants should have, or expect to receive a qualification
equivalent to a high class UK honors degree]
**Application Forms can be found at: www.uclan.ac.uk/studentships
**Completed application forms should be emailed to uclanindia@gmail.com

The closing date for applications to the Graduate Research Office
Friday 12 May 2011 and the Proposed Interview Date: 1 June 2011

Thames Valley Changes Its Avatar – Now Becomes ‘The University Of West London’

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Recently Thames Valley University announced that it has changed its name to ‘The University of West London’. The new name highlights a strategic shift for the University, with a repositioning of their operations onto the Ealing and Brentford sites at West London campus.

It also emphasizes the university’s mission which is to raise aspiration through the pursuit of excellence, underpinned by a value proposition that has touted it as the ‘University for creative
professionals’.

Approval for the name change came from the Privy Council last year and since then Thames Valley University has been undertaking the careful process of re branding the University for the future, and are now rolling out a new logo as part of their visual identity.

This is a new name and there has been no change of legal identity. These changes come during an academic year that will see The University of West London welcome its new Chancellor- Laurence Geller. Laurence is currently President and CEO of Strategic Hotels and Resorts and one of the most distinguished alumni of the university. He will take up his term of office on 12 May.

With this new name comes a continuing commitment to all the partnerships of the university, along with the added value that the new ‘West London’ name will bring. In addition, the university plans to continue to work productively with businesses, cultural organizations, and the voluntary sector while taking the opportunity to rebrand their visual identity in a way that reinforces our long-standing and ongoing partnerships in the region.

The response to the name change has been overwhelmingly positive amongst all the current and prospective student bodies of Thames Valley University and the university anticipates that this will be reflected in their recruitment figures moving forward.

The university is now in the fortunate position of being recognized both nationally and internationally, which alongside their London location and continuing strong partnerships, makes them proud of their past but also really excited about the future.

As the Thames Valley University has been saying ‘Our proud heritage of over 150 years in teaching and professional education’, the ideologies remain the same just the names changes to The University Of West London!

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Scholarships for Offer at Queen’s University of Belfast for September 2011 Intake

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Queen’s University of Belfast in Belfast, UK has announced scholarships to the value of £1500, £2000 and £3000 for the students holding conditional or Unconditional offer for Sept 2011 intake.

The deadline for sending the scholarship application is 31st May, 2011.

Queen’s University Belfast has announced the availability of central scholarships for current international applicants holding an unconditional or conditional offer for a full-time postgraduate taught Masters Course starting in September 2011.

The scholarships to the value of £1,500, £2,000 or £3,000 are payable towards course tuition fees. They will be awarded to selected applicants on the basis of academic merit, Queen’s regional priorities, and the course applied for. Preference for an award of £2,000 or £3,000 will be given to applicants intending to study courses at Band 2 or Band 3 tuition fee level.

Queen’s University Belfast
As a Russell Group University, it is one of the UK’s 20 leading universities, providing world-class education underpinned by world-class research. The university offers quality courses that are recognized globally, with 22 subjects ranked in the top 20 in the UK (Times Good University Guide 2011).

Criteria for the awards
•To apply for a scholarship you must hold an unconditional or conditional offer for a full-time postgraduate taught course starting in September 2011.
•You must intend to enroll for your course in September 2011. Scholarships cannot be deferred.
You must be regarded as an overseas student for fees purposes.
•You must be self-funding.
•You must satisfy the academic merit criteria for the award of a scholarship.
•A scholarship may not be held in conjunction with another Queen’s University tuition fee reduction or scholarship.

How to Apply
If you hold a conditional or unconditional offer for a postgraduate taught Masters course at Queen’s, download and complete the Scholarship Application Form available at the university’s website before 31st May 2011!

The closing date is 31 May 2011.

Note- The scholarships are not open to students progressing to Queen’s through partnership arrangements.

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MSc Project Management at London Metropolitan University Starting this September

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There was only one thing missing from making London Metropolitan University a number one choice amongst international students i.e. the absence of masters in Project Management programme. Now the university has managed to get even MSc Project Management in their kitty full of undergrad, post grad, professional and various other English and foreign language courses.

Starting this September, London Metropolitan University would be introducing MSc in Project Management study programme which would give graduates a chance to formulate their careers in the right direction.

This MSc in Project Management is aimed at graduates and experienced managers building academic qualifications and early-career graduates building experience to develop their careers.

Studying Project Management empowers experienced managers and equips early-career managers to meet the challenges of the future global economy, a world of rapidly changing risks and complexity requiring assured decision-making.

Developed in partnership with industry leaders, the Project Management Institute PMI and the Association of Project Managers APM, the MSc ensures excellence in professional project management. This programme also works closely with international standards and governance organizations, including BSI , ISO and ANSI and researchers based at London Metropolitan Business School: the Cities Institute, the Centre for International Business and Sustainability (CIBS and the Security Industry observatory (SIO).

Experienced managers develop their team-leadership skills and early-career graduates develop their technology skills to fulfill requirements for professional bodies. Membership of thesebodies is available at discounted rates. This MSc navigates students to professional accreditation. On completion, students will be equipped with state of the art knowledge and practice and in a position to influence the strategic direction of their current employment as well as being able to progress on research through to PhDs, DBAs or professional doctorates.

The MSc is taught in the City of London at Moorgate Campus, next to the Crossrail transport link, one of the largest “project management” infrastructure developments in Europe. We
also work in partnership with many companies and organizations. We anticipate dissertations will be written in collaboration with participants’ own organizations, and with our partners, research institutes and centers.

The course is designed for graduates of a range of disciplines. Work experience in project management is an advantage but not a requirement.

The course structure includes

Project Management Fundamentals

Project Management Systems and Practice

Project Management Finance and Risk

Project Management Organization and Behavior

Elective module – from the post-graduate catalogue

Research methods

Dissertation

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University Of Liverpool –Four New Programmes, IELTS Requirement Changes & Better Opportunities!

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University Of Liverpool one of the top 20 research led universities of UK has introduced four new courses under its University of Liverpool Management School and Computer Science Department citing the rising popularity of such business management courses amongst international students. The university which is known for its world class location and plethora of career opportunities is offering students four new courses starting this September in 2011.

All those students who wish to excel in the corporate world can really benefit a lot from this sling of new courses namely.

  • MSc Economics and Finance
  • MSc International Business
  • MSc Entrepreneurship
  • MSc Computation and Game Theory

Three new MSc programmes under University of Liverpool Management School for 2011 entry, which are:-

MSc Economics and Finance

Core- Theoretical as well practical knowledge about economics and finance and its practices.

Duration- One year [full time] , two years [ part time]

MSc International Business

Core- Theoretical as well practical knowledge about international business and its practices.

Duration- One year [full time], two years [part time]

MSc Entrepreneurship

Core- Theoretical as well practical knowledge about entrepreneurship and its practices.

Duration- One year [full time], two years [part time]

NEW CHANGES

MSc Finance – Currently closed for 2011/12

The admissions for MSc in Finance from University Of Liverpool for the September intake 2011 are closed. The Management School has received a very large volume application for MSc Finance this year, so the School has decided to stop recruiting for 2011 entry. New applicants will be given choices of 2012 entry or entry into MSc Economics and Finance this year.

IELTS entry requirement changes to certain postgraduate programmes

As proposed by the new UK student visa rules declared on 6th April 2011, here are the revised IELTS entry criteria for various post graduate programmes

  • MA TESOL: IELTS 7.0 with no band below 6.5
  • All postgraduate taught programmes in Management School: IELTS
    6.5 with no band below 6.0
  • LLM at Law School: IELTS 6.5 with no band below 6.0
  • Postgraduate programmes at Politics department:  IELTS 6.5 with
    no band below 6.0
  • Pre-sessional EAP (English for Academic Purpose) courses are available if
    students do not reach the above level of English.

 

MSc Computation and Game Theory – new for 2011 entry

Core- Advanced knowledge about the applications and theories of Algorithmic Game Theory which is at an intersection between computer and economics.

Duration- One Year [Full Time]

TOEFL test & UK visa

Please note that the only approved UKBA TOEFL test is the iBT test. The
paper-based test is not accredited.

 

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Top UK Universities Acts as Savior for International Students for Second Masters in UK

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Indian students wishing to pursue MBA after doing their masters in UK can finally let a sigh of relief. In a recent turn of events, the top UK universities who are member of UUK [ universities UK] an apex body of Britain’s top most universities came out in full support for international students wishing to pursue their second masters in UK.

According to the new proposed rules by the British government, it was being made a little rigid for the post graduate students in UK to get their MBA degree also from UK. But according to a statement issued by the UUK chief executive Nicola Dandridge, things will become easier for the students now. The British government has withdrawn its earlier designed new rules thus making it accessible for the Indian students to apply for their second masters in the top universities of UK.

As a matter of fact, the statement made by Dandridge ‘continue to be able to move from a master’s course to an MBA’ clearly indicates the amount of support an Indian student would get from these highly famous universities of UK.

According to the British proposed new rules, a student pursuing his master’s degree from UK can move to the second master’s degree only if the university showcases that the second master’s degree is an academic advancement.

For example, a student earning his masters degree in Economics from London School of Economics and Political Science [LSE] can join MBA programme at London School of Business and Finance College [LSBF] only if LSBF endorses the fact that this MBA degree is an academic progression.

There has been tension and a certain degree of unrest amongst Indian students since UK government came out with its rigid set of new rules for student visa. However, with the current turn of events and support shown by UUK will lay all their worries to rest and give them another shot at earning their MBA degree from UK only.

UUK or Universities UK currently consists of 133 member universities including the entire world’s highly ranked names like The Cambridge University, Oxford, London Business School, LSE, Imperial College and many more. Incidentally all the above top rung universities of UK are a favorite amongst Indian students.

Apply now for your student visa for UK and get a chance to earn not only one but two masters in UK in your desired college!

UK Announces Visa Cuts for Non EU Students-The Competition Rises for Indian Aspirants

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In an announcement that was as expected as it was the monsoon rains, UK government declared that it would be cutting down the number of Visa issued to Non EU students coming to study in UK. The government would bring down the student visas issued by a large amount up to 80,000 an year.

This decision has come in light of the rise in abuse of study in UK route as an easy method of migration into the country. This has caused serious reasons of worry to the British government since quite some time now.

It had made its concerns public earlier too on various occasions and this decision in visa cuts for Non EUs was dreaded by many especially India and China who are going to be most affected by it.

According to Indian stats, there are around 34,000 students pursuing studies in UK at present. British data which takes into account sub-graduates also show more than 50,000 Indian students studying in UK, the second largest after the population of Chinese students in UK.

The UK government has made its target quite clear. It wants to ensure that only serious students get admission into genuine colleges of UK and put a stop to all the bogus degree awarding institutions of the country.

This would also reflect in the work permit granted to post graduate students. Only those Non EU students who posses offer of skilled jobs from sponsoring employers will be allowed to stay back in UK.

The number of studying opportunities for Indian students will in indeed become limited after the decision came out on last Tuesday. Indian government though apprehensive about this decision has shown its full support to the British government.

Home Secretary Theresa May affirmed that they too like UK wants to maintain the quality of education. The students should be able to go to UK colleges but only those with a fair chance who wish to study in genuine courses.

UK government is hoping to bring down the number of Non EU immigrants from 2, 00,000 [in 2010] to tens of thousands by the year 2015.

Not surprisingly enough, UK universities have shown their disapproval over this decision. After all, it would cut down into their annual income of rupees 30 trillion amounting from foreign students alone.

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MBA Not the Only Option-Try Masters In Finance/Marketing from UK

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So what if you are not getting admission into MBA in UK? For some it seems like the life has come to a standstill and the future might looks bleak. But for others, who decided to take the matters in their own hands and change their destiny, it is another matter altogether! Masters in your desired management or any other stream subject is highly recommended these days.

Of course, MBA has its own reputation. But don’t take masters in anyway lightly at all. Masters in either human resource or accounts or marketing for that matter is climbing the popularity charts amongst students from all over the world especially in Asia.

A recent survey conducted by Recent QS TopMBA.com application Survey 2009, it was found that out of all the places of the world, Asian students show the most inclination towards management courses.

These younger sets of international student population who are immediate graduates with no work experiencde3 often remain behinds in the race of MBA seats in UK. Most of the UK universities and colleges give preference to experienced students with more than 3 years of work experience. This means a lot of valuable seat by an otherwise interested Asian student.

To accommodate the needs of such focused students Masters in business management courses are offered. These specialization masters courses in UK focuses on a particular subject granting you specialization which is lacking on the MBA degree as it takes the general overview of management.

Some other factors in favor of masters degree in management in UK than MBA courses

•You get focused study of one particular subject say masters in finance will focus on finance only, masters in marketing will focus on marketing research and its related subjects and masters in entrepreneurship deals with leadership and entreprenrial tasks

•Only 25% focus is present on your desired subject in MBA while the focus increases by 90% when you do a specialized masters in management from very UK universities

•Salary difference is not that wide. MBA in UK of one year and masters in marketing of one year are more or less the same in the job market. In fact employers looking for marketing specialists will normally prefer the masters in marketing graduates over MBA.

You can find whole lot of these business courses at universities like UCLAN, Nottingham Trent, Oxford, Manchester, Essex, Newcastle etc. Most of the universities offer specialized MS.C or masters in marketing, accounts, finance, human resources etc. one can easily collect information about them.

Broaden your horizons with specialized masters in management courses from UK like marketing, financing and many more!

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