I am Sam Wong from Studycare.co.uk.

In term of visa application, you will have to approach either the British Council or British Embassy in your local area for accurate information.

In the UK, the spouse can always work full/part time on the basis of his/her valid dependant visa, no other visa is required. The wife can look for job once she arrived in the UK, getting a job prior to arrival is uncommon unless you posses certain expertise extremely sought after in the UK, most UK companies would like to conduct face-to-face interview with the candidate.


Sam Wong
swong@studycare.co.uk

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Added on May 26, 2009, 6:47 pmI have many oversea postgraduates who work for me as part time tutor in the UK, as far as I know, postgraduate students would have to renew their visa annually, UK home office no longer grants a 3-years long visa to postgradudate students in the UK, this new policy is stop people to misuse the student visa to work in the UK.

The procedure to apply a work permit is:
1) find a employer who is willing to sponsor your visa (cost is around £1600-£2000)
2) employer sends the application form to home office
3) once approved, you will have to leave the UK to complete the application, eg. go back to Msia to complete the application in the local embassy.
4) go back to UK with the new visa.

The work permit shoud be 5 years not 4 years anymore, once the 5 years is due you will be able to apply for permanent residency status.


Sam Wong
swong@studycare.co.uk


This post has been edited by studycare: Aug 23 2009, 08:16 PM

It depends on the handset and your usage. In UK service providers do offer packages like free 600 mins + 500 sms for £35, etc etc.

A classic example for your reference:

iPhone 3Gs
i) contract
- free handset for 24mth contracts
- £45 for 1200 mins + 500 sms
- or £35 for 600 mins + 500 sms

ii) Pay as u go
- around £5xx for handset
- no free mins or sms

Toward the end of the contract the service provider tend to offer you a better deal to keep you leaving their network, sometime they will give you a free upgrade (free new handset) or lower the monthly payment.

So if you are a person who enjoys chatting or texting alot, then going on contract will be obvious the choice, if you happen to need a basic handset and hardly talk or text on the phone, i would suggest to use your existing handset and get a pay as you go sim from any network, it costs around £15.

To get more information, check out the following websites:
www.carphonewarehouse.co.uk (this company sells handset for all networks)
www.three.co.uk
www.o2.co.uk
www.vodafone.co.uk


Regards,

Sam
swong@studycare.co.uk

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Added on July 30, 2009, 5:42 amOur website studycare.co.uk may not provide you with in depth details, but if you need more information, for now you can always email me at swong@studycare.co.uk.

UK, AUS, US, Canada and others have their own unique attraction. Although ppl in these countries speak English but their accents vary. I personally favour southern England accent over other parts of UK, and it is very common to see ppl in the US and Canada adore the English accent alot.

To make a decision based on money alone, ppl might argue Aus is cheaper than UK, but if you intend to travel while studying, UK is the top choice since it is nicely adjacent to mainland Europe, France, Germany, Holland and Switzerland are just few hours journey away. In AUS the culture may not be so diversified as European.

We help students in admission to all courses in the UK. Please send me your academic transcript so that I can help you in finding the right English school for you.

Good luck.

Sam

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Added on July 30, 2009, 5:56 amHi,

StudyCare is an education specialist in helping overseas student to secure university placement in the UK, since we have good connection with universities in UK we will be able to get you the right course in the right university. can you send me your academic transcript as soon as possible?

Top business universities include Oxford, Cambridge, Warwick, Hult, Bath, others.

Among these top schools, Hult would be the very different from others because Hult is a top US university but they have schools set up in London, Shanghai, Boston and Dubai, their MBA is American style, assessment is more coursework based (than exams based), and you can study some subjects in London and finish the rest in elsewhere.

But bear in mind that top universities like abovementioned ones do require 3 years working exp plus GMAT for their MBA courses.

For student without working experience and GMAT, you can study the 1yr Master in International Business or International Relation in Hult, in future if you continue with your MBA you can transfer your credit and reduce the MBA to few months only (instead of 1 year normally).

Contact me if you need to know more.

Sam Wong
swong@studycare.co.uk

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Added on July 30, 2009, 6:06 amIn general, I personally prefer UK (southern England only) accent over Aus's. Many decades ago Aus used to house terrible criminal immigrants from the UK, because of this background their English sounds very different from the UK's.

I would suggest you pick the University that will allow you to continue your post graduate (if necessary) after your English class, some universities may need you to get the IELTS (like TOEFL for US) 6.5 if you want to do their master course. We hold a good connection with UK universities, we will be able to find you a right university for your study without much hassle.

Please send me your contact details and requirement to swong@studycare.co.uk

Thanks.


Kind regards,

Sam Wong

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Added on July 30, 2009, 6:19 amI have my personal opinion on this question.

I only agree to a certain extent that we should only study degree recognised by Malaysia authority. Malaysia education is highly manipulated by their politics, the Malaysian authority is famous in flip-flopping policy as they please. If you happen to study Engineering or health care related subjects i am afraid you will have to comply with those relevant authority in Msia, otherwise you won't be able to become a chartered Engineer or doctor in Msia.

But having said, nowadays many msian students do extend their stay in the country after their studies, many even find work and get married in that country. My friend did his Dentistry in Taiwan, his qualification is not recognised in Msia, currently he is earning big bucks in Taiwan. I know Msian who did computer in UK and elsewhere, one lives in the UK for good and another has settled in Denmark.

Good luck to you.

Sam
swong@studycare.co.uk

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Added on July 30, 2009, 6:22 amIt varies according to areas in the UK, southern England is generally more expensive than northern areas, I believe British Council will have more info for you.

But if you need help in applying for university, I will be able to help you secure a placement in good university.

Regards,

Sam
swong@studycare.co.uk

This post has been edited by studycare: Jul 30 2009, 06:22 AM

Hi,

I can answer your question as I am an UK education advisory consultant from Studycare.

The easiest and most popular way to find out which UK universities are good in business is through the following lists:
http://education.guardian.co.uk/university...2276673,00.html
http://extras.timesonline.co.uk/tol_gug/go...ersityguide.php
http://www.topuniversities.com/worlduniversityrankings/

But you should only use these lists as a reference not as an absolute measurement because they don't include business schools outside UK, for example, Hult International Business School is the prime example, Hult has campuses in Boston (headquarter), Dubai, London and Shanghai (small satellite campus) , although Hult is the best 16th MBA business school in US, the best 31st MBA in the world, however, Hult is not included in the UK university list.

I would suggest you apply to both Cardiff University and Hult basically for the following reason;
Hult (www.hult.edu)
- US credit system based; that means you can do half your Master degree in UK and the other half in US/Dubai/Shangai (subject to visa requirement)
- Specialised business school; they dont do other subjects except business related ones, that's why they are gooood.
- Top business school in the world; many of their lecturers are CEO / GM from blue chip companies in London.
- Located in London
- 2 intakes in a year for Master; Sept and Jan
- 13mth MBA, its requirement is 3yrs working exp + GMAT
- 1yr Master In International Business, no GMAT/Exprience required; credit can be transferred to MBA later.
- Master/MBA dissertation is case study, not traditional lengthy thesis writing.

Cardiff University (www.cardiff.ac.uk)
- the best 20th university in UK in business
- located in Wales, good scenery.
- The campus environment is good
- 1yr MBA; recent graduate with no exp considered
- sept intake only (unfortunately you won't have time to get the visa for this year on time)

One more tip; All top business schools like Harvard, MIT, Oxford, Cambridge, Hult, Warwick.. all require GMAT and working experience, studying MBA is get to know people so that you might be able to secure a job after graduation.

As we are a partner to these universities, through us, you will be able to receive scholarship of up to 30% off your tuition fee (depends on which uni), and we do not charge any service fee.

Please contact me on swong@studycare.co.uk or info@studycare.co.uk

Thanks.

Sam Wong
Education Advisory Consultant

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Added on August 19, 2009, 5:51 amJust an extra piece of comment.

Have you guys seen this website www.notcanada.com before? You will find out many truth of Canada that many don't know.... I guess if you were to study in Canada and you probably won't have problem finding work in Canada after graduation? But if you already have experience gained in else where you might not be able to make use of it in Canada at all, check out the website to find out why i said it.

Good luck.

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Added on August 19, 2009, 6:37 amAfter my high school graduation I went to study and work in Japan for a year, and this was about 15 years ago, now I live and run an education advisory organisation www.studycare.co.uk in UK.

Before you make up your decision whether to study in Japan, it's necessary to understand their culture and thought.

Japan is an extraordinary country with cultures cannot be found in elsewhere other than Japan (obviously).

To majority Japanese, studying abroad is expensive and uncommon, Japanese Universities are always their 1st choice. In general speaking Japanese people are very conversative, they pride themselves for being very superior than others, therefore they often exclude themselves from Gaijin (foreignors), esp. the asian (non-white).

After high school they can choose to study in University (4 yrs) or Senmon (2 yrs professional education), the tuition fee is very very high and so is their living expenses, my friend who is teaching English in a village in Japan, she recently told me for some reasons they don't sell apples in a pack, but rather in a single unit which cost UK50p per apple, it is around RM3!

Finding part timer work is not easy at all in Japan, Japanese ppl simply do not hire Gaijin (foreignor) without personal reference from their existing workers. Because of high living standard, it is very common to see Japanese people having 2-3 jobs, and yet not having enough for any saving at all. Because of the closed mindset against non-Japanese, since they don't even enough position for their own people, even if you master their language you will have to be very very lucky to find a good job in Japanese company. Unfortunately Japanese is not useful once you step outside Japan so it is likely your skill will be wasted too.

Based on my experience, I can conclude Japan is an excellent country for travel but not a place to settle or study.

Good luck.

This post has been edited by studycare: Aug 19 2009, 06:37 AM

I would say Japanese is not as useful as English. If you happen to run Jap car import business or Jap food business then you would need to know Japanse, otherwise the chances of using Japanese is slim...very slim.

I don't think Japanese is selfish, they just have a very strong sense of superiority therefore it is extremely difficult for foreignors to integrate into their society, one thing that I am still very certain is Japanese look up on caucasian, but look down on Chinese, partly because mainland Chinese ppl committed alot of crimes there.... and unfortunately they cannot differentiate Chinese Malaysian from other Chinese Chinese, so they tend to treat us all the same.

Why don't you take a short trip to Japan to experience it yourself?

This post has been edited by studycare: Aug 19 2009, 11:59 PM

Hi Reynna

Yes, the application service is free, can you send me all your result transcript? and please let me know what degree are you planning to pursue and when do you plan to come over to UK?

Thanks.

Kind regards,

Sam Wong
Student Advisory Service
email: swong@studycare.co.uk
tel: 0845 652 55 22

Hi, it seems like you are very keen to know my reaction to this news.

I checked the forum, there have been many ppl answering to the "UK medical education bashing" issue, so i would just share with you some of my thoughts here.

Before we jump to any conclusion, we should first understand the background why this has happened, however I am no expert in medical degree education in UK, this is by no mean my very personal understanding.

According to what i heard from my friends (medical doctors), getting into specialist course after their first degree is extremely competitive in the UK, the local UK students used to compete against their European counterpart as well as everyone from outside the EU, since each specialist student must learn directly from a consultant at one time, and since there aren't many consultants in the UK, the demand is far greater than the supply, unfortunately in the past years many foreign medical students after they have become consultant (4-6yrs training) they have left UK for their home country or Aus/US..for easier life and better pay, UK government was under immense pressure, what is worse is the local media kept bashing UK government for not doing enough to increase doctors, reduce the patient waiting time, etc etc... So what happened next, the UK gov had to implement several policies to stop the brain drain getting worse, one of them was to increase doctor's salary (ie. GP salary was from £70K jumped to £110K/yr), allow UK patient to receive treatment from EU country and restric non-EU students from applying the limited specialist placement, i think those foreignors with Permanent Residency status are not affected by this policy.

I am no policy maker and I don't think their policies are perfect either, but i can see the reason why they are doing this, I guess if you were the UK government, you probably would have done the same thing too, won't you?



Sam Wong
StudyCare
swong@studycare.co.uk

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Added on August 23, 2009, 8:13 pmHi

They are many good universities in Europe for postgraduate degree but many of them are taught in French / German / Dutch, so you will have to be cautious.

Second concern is the duration, UK needs only 1 yr for master degree (including MBA) but other countries may require 2yrs-3yrs.

Third concern is the cost, Euro dollar is very expensive nowadays, you might find it cheaper to complete your degree in UK than in Europe esp if your postgraduate degree takes more than 1 yr to complete.


Let me know if you need any help


Sam
swong@studycare.co.uk

This post has been edited by studycare: Aug 23 2009, 08:13 PM