However, students wishing to study English at our student still have the option to study under the Student Visitor route.

We will require the same documents in the admission procedure and the visa application will be managed by the student alone.

For more information contact our administration office on +44 (0)20 8885 9446 / +44 (0)20 8352 8585

Email on admin@5ecollege.co.uk

The student visitor route is designed as an easy way for students to enter the country to study our International ESOL Diploma (B2 Communicator) 6 month English course and then on completion, return back to their home country.

Students can then re-apply for a main course at our UK or India campus.

For example, students with two A-levels or equivalent can enter directly on to the Diploma level.

Equally if a student has no formal qualifications they can start with the ABE at Certificate level. ABE works with 187 colleges in the UK and more than 500 tuition providers worldwide, so if you’re looking for a place to study near you it is easy to find one.

ABE has agreements with more than 40 universities in the UK and another 35 across the world to offer qualification holders direct entry to the first, second or third year of many degree programmes and, with the right work experience or the ABE Postgraduate Diploma, entry to an MBA programme. Typically students holding the ABE Certificate can gain direct entry onto the first year of a Bachelors degree, holders of the ABE Diploma can get credit from part or all of the first year of a Bachelors degree and holders of the ABE Advanced Diploma can fast-track to the final year of a Bachelors degree.

ABE Marketing Manager Ian Fraser, commented:

“Don’t despair if you haven’t got the A level grades you need. You can still get a place at university and a degree if you achieve an ABE qualification first, plus you gain a professional business qualification in its own right which will help you stand out from others when applying for your first job.”

“You will also find taking an ABE qualification a cheaper option overall to get your degree. It depends on what year you enter university (and thus how many years of fees you have to pay), where you study for your ABE qualification, how long you take, whether you stay at home while studying and factors like that, but the ABE route does suit many people.”

ABE provides qualifications in six areas: ‘Business Management,’ ‘Business Information Systems’, ‘Financial Management’, ‘Human Resource Management’, ‘Marketing’ and ‘Travel, Tourism and Hospitality Management’. All qualifications are available at Certificate, Diploma and Advanced Diploma level. Business Management is also available at Postgraduate Diploma level. ABE is a professional body established in 1973 which is accredited by Ofqual. All ABE qualifications are listed on the National Database of Accredited Qualifications.

This is a fantastic achievement with which we hope to achieve more and open up as many opportunities as possible for those seeking training courses, advice and guidance and job search support!

You can view the complete list of registered sponsors of education at the following link – this is updated regularly:

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/employersandsponsors/pointsbasedsystem/registerofsponsorseducation

This action-packed edition will contain two sets of study tips – one for Organisation Resource Management (Postgraduate Diploma unit) and one which covers both Introduction to Marketing and Principles of Marketing.

The magazine will also contain a test which is aimed at helping you discover what type of ‘learner’ you are and what techniques are most effective for you. As well as the usual updates about university progression routes and important ABE news, in our regular feature we Focus on…Cameroon.

So keep your eye out for your copy of Student Focus – the magazine written specifically for you as an ABE student.

The Suggested Answers and the Exam Reports will follow. These will be available after the publication of the June 2010 results.

The Survey, by the Institute of Financial Accountants (IFA), which will be released on 24^th June, canvassed the opinions of IFA members. The IFA currently has over 10,000 members.

Questions focused on the plight of small businesses in post-recession UK. The challenges businesses claim they are facing include:

• attracting new business/clients
• finding and affording good staff
• rising taxes
• HMRC bureaucracy and poor service, online and by telephone, taking up non-chargeable time.
• Competition from companies providing extremely low quotes.
• Finding lenders – banks frequently refuse reasonable lending applications.

George Derbyshire from National Federation of Enterprise Agencies said:

“There is no question that a thriving small business sector will be central to economic recovery, and the IFA and its members are uniquely well-placed to test the temperature of the sector. The findings of the Barometer Survey provides an agenda not only for the Government, but for all of us who work to support small businesses.”

IFA Members were asked what their experience was of the willingness of banks to lend. Only 2.6% said they were ‘very willing’. Whereas almost 37% said they were unwilling and a resounding 25% claimed to be ‘very unwilling’.

The general feeling is that banks are too risk averse. They are not flexible and SMEs are finding it almost impossible to obtain credit. When banks do lend it is always accompanied by strict personal guarantees, excessive charges, bigger deposits, and shorter loan periods.

Click here to view the interview with David Woodgate in New Business:

http://www.newbusiness.co.uk/articles/accounting-advice/controlling-cash-flow