Immigration Update: Education Focus - March 2010

Due to the complex and frequent changes in tier 4, the widespread media coverage and the anxiety this is causing, education providers need to keep abreast of the new developments in immigration law that are affecting their sector.

Sponsor Licence Suspensions - What To Do If Your College Is Suspended

A significant number of education providers are seeking advice on measures to comply with the rules and avoid a licence suspension as well as what to do if a suspension occurs. The most common triggers for enforcement action we have seen are:

• failure by sponsors, particularly those which are expanding rapidly, to invest proportionately in effective systems to monitor and record attendance and trigger warnings when students are not attending;