Today the Government has announced a mandatory new accreditation requirement for educational establishments that intend to bring in international students under the Points Based System (PBS) when it is introduced for students early in 2009.

In the Command paper “A Points Based System: Making Migration Work for Britain” published in March last year the Government made it clear that “…for Tier 4 (Students), a prospective sponsor will need to demonstrate that they are a bona fide educational institution accredited by a recognised body”. Today’s announcement confirms what exactly is meant by accreditation and what institutions without it will need to do in order to qualify as sponsors under Tier 4.

What is accreditation?

Accreditation is an independent mark of quality, inspection or review that can be used to demonstrate that an institution is a genuine education provider with sound teaching practices, recruitment procedures and progress monitoring of its students.

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