The roadshow will consist of presentations from the Central Government departments responsible for the Vetting & Barring Scheme as well as the Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) and the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB).

Should students applying for British Tier 4 visas have to take an English language test as part of the process? And if so, what form should it take? These controversial questions were recently discussed by an expert panel and a large audience of education providers at a conference organised by Cambridge ESOL called Language at the Border: Assessing Language Ability for Study in the UK.

We have received confirmation from UKBA that the go live date for using a CAS only, for all visa applications, is 22 February 2010.

It is likely that the application form will change to reflect this. We will post a link to the new form if/when available.

A 'Yellow Pages' scam is targeting schools and colleges. Please click here for a warning about the scam.

The English Profile project has just launched a free Word of the Week feature by drawing from the new English Profile Wordlists.