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Graceisallineed:
Thanks for your response. I appreciate.

What about if the main applicant is a female and will still need her husband to join her and support her. So that as d woman is studying and doing part time job, husband will be working full time.

Do you still think option 3 is the best option?

mimilyrics:
Visa fee is £348 for a standard application, priority visa processing costs £348 visa fee + £220 priority processing fee, super priority costs £348 visa + £956 super priority fee. Priority and super priority processing have faster turnaround than the standard processing.

IHS fee to use the NHS is £450 (£300 per year + £150 for the extra 4-6 months granted after the course ends) for one year programs. You have to pay this online after you submit your application but before you can pay your visa fee and book your biometrics appointment.

For a standard visa for 1 year programs, total costs in naira will be close to N400,000 (including IHS) depending on the exchange rate used.

$ equivalents are taken from your payment card if it's not a $ card.

See links:
https://www.gov.uk/tier-4-general-visa

https://www.gov.uk/healthcare-immigration-application/how-much-pay

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visa-regulations-revised-table/home-office-immigration-and-nationality-fees-29-march-2019

https://pos.tlscontact.com/lgv_en/added-value-services

rs172:
Good evening everyone, I'm confused about the Visa fees, checking the ukvisa website Standard visa fee cost almost 175,000,
Then priority Student visa i saw something like 110,000 then super priority visa 458,000.

I'm a little bit confused, can someone please guide me on the visa fee?

Mobilipia:
yea it might be the reason, it's against the rule of nairaland.we are all here to learn from each other, so if people decided to be using Whatsapp the information will be limited. That's why justwise will not hesitate to block anybody that comes with such.

gsk4reality:
Is it acceptable to use microfinance bank statements for UK visa processing....
I spoke with my school representative here in Nigeria. She said as long as the microfinance bank is approved Under cbn

Mikeval001:
The UK Government site is now open, if you need an ATAS certificate you can apply for one now.

Mobilipia:
@Tolextonia

don't kill this thread please. Share all your experience here so that others too will benefit. We are all here to learn, what you'll share might help others in the next coming years. Let's be our brothers keeper.

Hoephase:
Did they request for test for English? Did you use NECO or WAEC?

Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Guidance and support
Part of Education and childcare during coronavirus
Department for Education
Guidance
Higher education: reopening buildings and campuses

Published 3 June 2020

Introduction

The higher education system in the United Kingdom has a world class reputation. During the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, and with great agility, it has adapted to online teaching and learning, while universities have continued with some activities on campus, especially in their contribution to the fight against coronavirus (COVID-19) and the development of a vaccine.

This document is designed to help providers of higher education in England to understand how to minimise risk during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and provide services to students, keeping as many people as possible self-isolating and out of educational settings if they are symptomatic, practising good hand and respiratory hygiene and keeping 2 metres apart from those they do not live with. We hope it gives you freedom within a practical framework to think about what you need to do to continue, or restart, operations during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. We understand how important it is that you can work as safely as possible and support the health and wellbeing of staff and students in the current public health emergency. We hope this guidance will help those in settings that are already operating as well as helping people think about how to prepare for the reopening or restarting of premises or activities. This will ensure that providers can demonstrate that campuses are once again ‘open for business’ for forthcoming academic years, while minimising the risk to staff and students.

In the same way that you are making plans for academic year 2020/21, prospective and continuing students will be making important decisions about their academic future. In spite of ongoing uncertainty, it continues to be important that you provide students with the right information at the right time. This includes making prospective and current students aware of any potential for changes at the earliest opportunity. We expect providers to ensure continuing and prospective students receive the clear, accurate and timely information needed to make informed decisions. It is important that consumer protection law obligations continue to be met, including in relation to information provision, terms and conditions, and complaint handling.

We expect higher education providers to be open for academic year 2020/21, although there may be some differences from previous years, reflecting the measures that you are putting in place to ensure that you are minimising the risks to students and staff, in accordance with public health guidelines. This guidance may therefore be updated in future, depending on the scientific advice at that time.

The Office for Students (OfS), the regulator in England, has committed to protecting the interests of students - both domestic and international - throughout the present crisis and has produced guidance on practical ways in which students can complete their studies whilst ensuring quality and standards are upheld. This Guidance for providers about quality and standards during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is clear that standards must be maintained. We are also working closely with the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education to ensure that students continue to leave university with qualifications that have real value, reflect their hard work and allow people to progress.

The key message of the government to the public is clear: we all must stay alert in order to control the virus and save lives. Guidance on how to protect yourself and others can be found at Coronavirus (COVID 19).

The government’s strategy for recovering from coronavirus (COVID-19) is available at The UK Government’s COVID-19 recovery strategy. This strategy sets out a cautious roadmap to easing existing measures in a measured way that minimises the risk, subject to successfully controlling the virus and being able to monitor and react to its spread.

How to use this guidance
Higher education providers are autonomous institutions and we expect you to make your own judgements about provision based on the latest public health guidance. This guidance is intended to help you make decisions about how you can make your facilities and other provision available in a way that minimises risks to all students - both domestic and international - and staff, in line with the government roadmap and guidance.

We set out below the range of advice and guidance we expect you to be taking into consideration when making decisions on when and how to reopen your campuses and buildings, as long as that can be done in line with public health advice at the time.

Each HE provider will need to translate this into the specific actions you need to take, depending on the nature of your business, including the size and type of business, and how it is organised and operated.

We expect all providers to set out clearly what provisions you have made to ensure that students and staff can return confident that steps have been taken to reduce the risks to their university experience, in accordance with government guidance. To help you decide which actions to take, you should carry out an appropriate coronavirus (COVID-19) risk assessment, just as you would for other health and safety related hazards.

Principles for higher education provision
Although some buildings and parts of campuses have physically closed in response to the outbreak, education has been ongoing. In considering action to reopen buildings and campuses, we recognise that a great deal of work is currently being undertaken by providers on planning for reopening the higher education estate to staff and students. We encourage all institutions to share practice in order that there is a consistent approach to reopening that puts the health and safety of all students and staff at its heart and also recognises the importance of providing access to the high-quality provision that typifies our HE providers.

We expect that HE providers will take account of the need to avoid disadvantaging:

students or staff who may be shielding or are more likely to be at risk: there is general guidance on shielding and protecting people defined on medical grounds as clinically extremely vulnerable. For students in residential settings (halls of residence or houses of multiple occupation), this guidance on isolation for residential educational settings may be helpful
international students who may have returned home: when reopening settings you should pay particular attention to those international students who have returned home and have been unable to return to the UK. They should not be disadvantaged when it comes to teaching provision, exams and other core elements of the learning experience
all students who may have been released from accommodation contracts and would have nowhere to stay if needed on campus
Higher education provision
Reopening laboratories
We are aware that universities are keen to resume research work quickly. We published guidance on Working safely during coronavirus (COVID-19), including in laboratories and research facilities. The same considerations might apply to laboratory science teaching as well, if it can be done in a way that reduces risks to those using the facilities.

This guidance includes advice on carrying out a risk assessment to assess the risk of coronavirus (COVID-19) and the need to protect clinically vulnerable and clinically extremely vulnerable individuals. It points out that the Health and Safety Executive may take action to improve control of workplace risks if needed, e.g. through the issue of enforcement notices to help secure improvements.

Reopening other buildings
It would be for HE providers to assess the risk of opening other buildings and to implement suitable precautions. It may be appropriate to consider reopening low-density buildings first, for example computer laboratories, as a phased way of extending access to the campus while safeguarding the needs of staff and students. Depending on the nature of facilities, the guidance on Working safely during coronavirus (COVID-19) provides examples appropriate to HE.

Libraries are currently required by law to cease their business during the emergency period (regulation 5(1) of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2020). However, they are allowed to provide services for orders made via website or on-line communications, telephones and text messaging, and post. You might therefore consider how to make library services available in line with those methods.

Social distancing on campus
In order to determine what level of attendance is appropriate in HE settings and in conducting open days, outreach activity, and the assessment of prospective students on campus, particularly in the forthcoming academic year, you should conduct risk assessments in order to understand:

the number of learners and staff likely to be included in a learning space and whether they can be accommodated as safely as possible
the availability of staff, including contingency plans should individuals be shielding or self-isolating
supporting services required in increasing the number of individuals on-site (for example, catering) and how they can be provided as safely as possible
what measures in addition to those that have already been undertaken during the current lockdown will need to be in place to accommodate additional numbers (including additional cleaning required of spaces and equipment following use)
Settings should implement a range of protective measures including increased cleaning, reducing ‘pinch points’ (such as at the start and end of day), and utilising outdoor space. You may find the general guidance for safe workplaces, particularly managing entrance to, exit from and movement around buildings, as well as signage, a useful resource. Any additional costs would be funded from existing budgets. Staff and students will be eligible for testing if they develop symptoms of coronavirus (COVID-19), as will members of their households if they become symptomatic. A negative test will enable staff and students to get back to their education. If they test positive, you will need to take measures to protect other students and members of staff. New workplace guidance on the test and trace programme will be relevant to providers.

We recognise that, for many courses, online teaching and learning is working effectively and has a high degree of learner engagement (while it will also benefit those who are not able to physically attend, for example those with family members who are shielding). You should identify the appropriate mix of online and face-to-face content for each subject, reflecting what will maximise learning as well as supporting more vulnerable learners, and enabling the provider as a whole to minimise transmission risk.

Certain types of course, for example in the performing arts, have involved a degree of practical face-to-face teaching and assessment. Some providers have found alternative methods during the current period of lockdown. You might consider how to encourage new ways of delivering in-person teaching and assessment that adhere to guidelines on social distancing, so that all students can receive a high-quality educational experience in a way that protects both students and staff.

Some providers will have programmes designed for “elite” athletes (for example, who are on elite development pathways). In such cases, the guidance on returning to training for elite sport will be of relevance.

In considering allowing people back onto campus, you should take account of public health guidance on staying safe outside one’s home and in public spaces. The public health guidance is to avoid crowds and maintain safe social distancing. Providers will find relevant guidance at:

Staying safe outside your home
Staying alert and safe (social distancing)
Risk assessments
As part of the process of opening up buildings and campuses to staff and students, you should produce risk assessments for both working and communal environments, which will vary significantly based on the needs and circumstances of individual institutions. We encourage HE providers to share examples of best practice.

Transport
Transport will be important for students, and for many staff, who need to travel to the campus. Providers may also arrange transport. You will therefore want to have regard to the guidance for passengers and operators. The current advice is to avoid public transport where possible or to take precautions where social distancing is not possible:

Coronavirus (COVID-19): safer travel guidance for passengers
Coronavirus (COVID-19): safer transport guidance for operators
International students and social isolation
Institutions and students will need to have regard to guidance that relates to residents or visitors travelling to the UK, who will be required to self-isolate for 14 days and complete a contact detail declaration from 8 June.

Students will also need to have regard to pre-existing transport guidance to ensure that they are safely travelling from their entry port to their accommodation (see further advice on using transport safely above). While it is for institutions to decide how they support international students, we believe it is important that you make every effort to welcome them to the UK and your responsibilities should start as soon as a student lands, if not before.

Similar to the advice provided for students - both domestic and international - who isolated during the lockdown, you are responsible for ensuring students are safe and well looked after during the 14 day self-isolation period. Existing guidance is available at isolation for residential educational settings.

You should also consider the needs of students, including international students, who may be suffering hardship or be without the ability to travel as a result of the outbreak.

Accommodation
In advance of the next academic year, you will want to prepare accommodation for students. Some of this accommodation has been used for housing students who were not able to go to family homes during lockdown. Where students have contracted coronavirus (COVID-19) while in student accommodation, rooms and other facilities will need to be cleaned, following guidance on cleaning non-healthcare settings.

DfE has issued guidance for students and providers about how students may safely collect belongings left in student accommodation in a safe and managed way.

Guidance published on moving homes may also apply to students collecting belongings to move to other accommodation and also students moving into accommodation in the new academic year. The moving home guidance sets out specifically that “moving home” is now a valid reason to leave home. Point 6 in this guidance “Moving your belongings” also sets out protocol for those moving home/ moving belongings.

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published guidance on consumer contracts, cancellation and refunds affected by coronavirus (COVID-19). This sets out the CMA’s view on how the law operates to help consumers understand their rights and help businesses treat their customers fairly. Students may be entitled to refunds from accommodation providers depending on the terms of their contract and their particular circumstances. If students need help, organisations such as Citizens Advice offer a free service, providing information and support.

Staff and student wellbeing
Student mental health and suicide prevention are priorities for this government. Minister Donelan wrote to the OfS in March to highlight a need to focus on mental health and wellbeing across HE.

We continue to work closely with the HE sector to promote good practice and support students and providers during the outbreak. HE providers are autonomous bodies, independent from government and have a responsibility to support students with mental health conditions. It is for you to determine what welfare and counselling services you need to provide to your students to offer that support. You are experts on your own student population and, therefore, best placed to identify the needs of your student body.

We recognise that many students are facing additional mental health challenges due to the disruption and uncertainty caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

We have worked closely with the OfS to help clarify that providers can draw upon existing funding to provide hardship funds and support disadvantaged students impacted by coronavirus (COVID-19). You are able to use the funding, worth around £23 million per month for June and July, towards student hardship funds, including the purchase of IT equipment, and mental health support, as well as to support your access and participation plans.

There may be a need for continuing support as campuses start to reopen and the protective measures to keep people safe while away from home take on even greater importance. There is guidance on mental health and wellbeing at COVID-19: guidance for the public on mental health and wellbeing.

Legal responsibilities of providers in taking steps to reopen
Providers already have duties of care towards staff and students, including under the Health and Safety at Work Act and Equality Act 2010. Providers will need to continue to comply with those obligations.

gsk4reality:
Yes they requested for my transcript.
I have a copy with me for these kind of applications.

myvic70:
Please did they request for your transcript? The lockdown is really slowing me down because my school is not on to issue issue transcript.
Thanks

Tolextonia:
Hello house,

Please just wanna ask If there are any Sheffield Hallam University hopefuls and current students here? Kindly identify please.

Thanks

Tolextonia:
Hello everyone! I have testimony to share. I am a HND graduate. I thought I can’t apply for direct masters degree, so decided to apply for a year top up degree at University of Sunderland (which I was given conditional offer).

Two weeks later something came into my mind that I should be able to apply for masters degree program because of my significant years of work experience. Later that day someone mentioned Sheffield Hallam University on this thread. I googled the institution and found out that they can accept HND as long as you have significant work experience in that field. I applied for MSC Accounting and Finance (Although I first checked their modules to be sure it’s what will add value to my career) on their website and was given Unconditional offer letter to study in their university (MSc Accounting and finance Jan 2021 session).

I also read about the University’s alumni reviews about the institution online and saw that 90% were positive news.

hosey:
You couldn't have said it better.

They are just using we immigrants to take care of their people.

It is not their fault sha. Even in COVID, immigrants and students ineligible for furlough are not even given any benefit. Most people are not furloughed.

NEROSKY:
I looked for ielt 14 general test, and no one even care to reply here, I found it. if you're interested, drop ur mail let me forward it.

TOdus18 geezonaire1415 sweetchi1011 rali123 rvpbae

You all check your mail, sent

You can also share with me the tips and tricks that have been helping you improve on any module

gsk4reality:
Just came across this now. Might be helpful for hnd graduates with background in computing and relevant experience seeking master's degree in the UK.

mattfeuter:
Listen man, nobody is saying only people that have travelled should comment but yours always sound like you’ve experienced it in real time when you’re just talking on “hearsay” and internet research.

On the previous U.K. thread, you fought with a guy (tobexin) who LIVES in the U.K. and is witnessing things first hand.

Do you also remember when you tried to discourage one guy on here simply because of his age?

Anyone who sees your post on Aberdeen and London would think it happened to you.

Who also told you guys from abroad don’t have time to comment on here ? They actually do, but most of them would rather avoid confrontation with people like you as it isn’t worth their time.

For example, if I want to study in London , I’d value the opinion of someone who lives and study in London than someone who lives in nigeria especially one that hasn’t been to the U.K. yet.

Just last week, they were making fun of you on the Canadian study thread.

Yes you can comment but, speak of what you know of only.

mattfeuter:
It’s not worth your time. This guy talking about Aberdeen hasn’t been to the airport yet. He’s a joke.

mamacajah:
well, not exactly..there are some schools that offer computer science for people without a 1st degree in computer. But they need to show some sort of experience. So if @ kcivskod has done some certificate programs in computer or worked in a computer environment, then it would be fine. He needs to do a search and find what each school offers.

On the question about the profitability of computer science, I leave that for the experts to respond..

STENON:
lols We need more people in teaching o

Ibuske:
The schools bolded here are offering MA and not MSc Social Works. Both are Masters Program me but with some differences.

MA Social Works is not as in depth as MSC.
Please it is advisable, one reads the course modules to know your interests, depending on what you actually want.

quote author=SegunWamiri post=89120286]You are very right about the high international fees associated with Social work in most UK schools but below are a few with reasonably cheap tuitions for the program:
University of Sunderland - 6,600/YR
University of Derby - 14,700 for the two years. To be paid in the first year
Liverpool Hope University - 5,700/YR

You can check these schools out and choose based on your preferences. All the best.



yes I have.. Sheffield Hallam is £27,810, Hertfordshire university is £13500 for the 1st year i am scared that this might put a financial burden on my folks at home even if i work for 20hrs as expected. Please if anyone has any advice or personal experience to share I will be glad to learn from you all . Thank you

Mindlog:
If one goes in for a one year full time masters program starting this September and graduates next year, gets employed there and the person wants to do another one year masters program this time around, on a part time basis will the person be eligible?

Lupara:
mimilyrics, justwise

Thanks for the prompt reply,

Is it that the schools won't grant offer of part time to International students or the Home Office won't grant visa even if the schools have granted admission to the students?