Supplementary Memorandum submitted by
the British Council
At the meeting of the Entry Clearance Sub-Committee
on Thursday 12 February, the Sub-Committee invited us, as representatives
of the British Council, Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals
of the Universities of the United Kingdom (CVCP) and UKCOSA, to
provide further evidence and information in support of the oral
comments we made on the day. I am pleased to enclose with this
letter a set of assorted materials to do this. [not reported]
Enclosed you will find:
— One copy of the Education Counselling
Service (ECS) code of practice.
— Two copies of the CVCP code of practice.
— Training materials for the UKCOSA/British
Council input to the ECO training course.
— General UKCOSA training programme.
— UKCOSA guidance leaflet on seeking
Entry Clearance.
— Specific papers on a case at the
University of Wales, Swansea.
The Committee also asked if we could provide
information on refusal rates for students at Islamabad and New
Delhi. In fact, the direct source for this information will be
the Entry Clearance operations at the posts themselves. We only
have second-hand information on this and we would suggest that
the Committee seeks answers to these questions directly from the
officials at post when they visit.
We have been corresponding with our colleagues
in the British Council offices in Islamabad and New Delhi about
the work of the Entry Clearance Sub-Committee, and they would
be pleased to see the members of the committee if they have an
opportunity during the visits. The persons in question are our
Director in New Delhi, Colin Perchard and our Director in Islamabad,
Clare Newton.
If there is any further information that the
Committee feels we may be able to provide to help its work, we
will be more than happy to oblige.
February 1998
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