UK student new rules

[lkdood]

A 'C' in the local O/L English being considered as a sufficient value in language for a solely English-based tertiary course in a primarily English-speaking country?

Do you know anyone who has got in solely on that merit?

Which universities are these?

yes

Sheffield University (UK top 20 university) is one university that accepts Sri Lankan OL's

http://www.shef.ac.uk/srilanka/entry.html

 

[b squad]

Ah in Invercargill

Its not a University, but a polytechnic. They'll take in students passing out from O/L and above because they dont exactly offer degree programmes or higher. What are you expecting to follow at SIT?

yes a polytechnic...a government institute i think...they do have degree programmes, post graduate, diploma programmes...im planning to do digital filmmaking..

 

[Mal Aiyya]

yes

Sheffield University (UK top 20 university) is one university that accepts Sri Lankan OL's

http://www.shef.ac.uk/srilanka/entry.html

Hmm..

You do know how the local O/L English paper is right? I'm quite puzzled on how this University accepts it as enough. Looks like the British Education system is loosing its quality, as I long suspected.

 

[Mal Aiyya]

yes a polytechnic...a government institute i think...they do have degree programmes, post graduate, diploma programmes...im planning to do digital filmmaking..

No. I dont think that they are Government-owned. There are no Government operated polytechnics. But I believe that they do have the student subsidy. Its pretty cheap for locals and Maoris to pursue higher education, just as 15% of what an international student would pay.

So how is your application going? You'll be starting your course in February I believe?

 

[||~R_girl~||]

not the sri lankan OL eng. grade C i guess..
for English most of the unis need either IELTS more than 5.5 or London OL English more than C grade or equivalent

 

[lkdood]

Hmm..

You do know how the local O/L English paper is right? I'm quite puzzled on how this University accepts it as enough. Looks like the British Education system is loosing its quality, as I long suspected.

I have heard that Sri lankan OL's are tougher than GCSE's

UK education is very good

When it comes to rankings many US schools are on the top with UK schools

 

[lkdood]

not the sri lankan OL eng. grade C i guess..
for English most of the unis need either IELTS more than 5.5 or London OL English more than C grade or equivalent

some UK universities accept Sri lankan o/l english (english language requirement) for degree level courses

government only requires IELTS etc. for below degree level courses

 

[||~R_girl~||]

some UK universities accept Sri lankan o/l english (english language requirement) for degree level courses

government only requires IELTS etc. for below degree level courses

noo even for the degree level those who dont have above C grade for London OL English had to do IELTS but above 4

 

[lkdood]

noo even for the degree level those who dont have above C grade for London OL English had to do IELTS but above 4

some universities/colleges accept O/L's, others want IELTS

are you on the plane now ?

 

[Mal Aiyya]

I have heard that Sri lankan OL's are tougher than GCSE's

UK education is very good

When it comes to rankings many US schools are on the top with UK schools

You've got to see one of the Local O/L English papers to see what I'm saying.
Its practically very basic and easy. Students going with only that knowledge in English are going to have a tough time with Academic writing, conversations and big time trouble with peers. I really can't picture how this system works.

 

[||~R_girl~||]

I have heard that Sri lankan OL's are tougher than GCSE's

schools

not OLs and of course not English.. but ALs

 

[||~R_girl~||]

some universities/colleges accept O/L's, others want IELTS

are you on the plane now ?

not yet
tomorrow morning is the flight

 

[lkdood]

You've got to see one of the Local O/L English papers to see what I'm saying.
Its practically very basic and easy. Students going with only that knowledge in English are going to have a tough time with Academic writing, conversations and big time trouble with peers. I really can't picture how this system works.

you need those skills

maybe the universities are doing that to increase business

 

[Danny Oceans]

its for the students who r not doing a degree but goin to smal colleges n do small courses.with others no problems have been found.you can start a degree here in SL and go to uk to complete the degree.as i went to shefeild halum to complete my bsc and did part time jobs while studyn and started msc up6n completing bsc...dont just waste money and do stupid things just to show off people that your in UK and studyn there.even after completing my bsc, me and my batch mates r stil not employd proprly and sumtims we stil do odd jobs wchich are also very hard to find these days.thos who didnt start their msc got kicked out and now there back in SL. We were kicked out of uni hostel just after the day we finished our exams coz they have to take new students.having nothing to do being alone in an unkown country, we had to find our own acomodation.so me and couple of friends colectd al d money we had and moved to london and tuk a smal room for rent wchis not enf for 3people atleast and had to pay almost rs50000 per week.being unemployd in a unkown country with no suport ,no contact with loved 1s, how do you think we would feel? But we draged along. People in SL THINKS ITS A TREND AND THEY JUST APLY N GO TO DINGY PLACES TO STUDY AND THINK ITS EASY.ITS NOT EASY AND EVERY1 CANT DO IT.AFTER SPENDING 50,60LAX SAYING THAT UR DOING A DEGRE AND IF U CANT CANT HANDLE THINGS PROPERLY,U ENDUP IN SL WIT A DEGRE,OR COLEGE CERTIFICATE WHICH IS NOT RECOGNIZD WIL KEEP U UNEMPLOYD IN SRI LANKA AS WEL AFTER SPENDING 50,60 LAX.REMEMBER THAT.ITS OUR PARENTS MONEY AND WE OVE THEM.THINK TWICE OR THRICE OR EVEN MORE B4 U DO SUMTHING. There are enf of gud qualifcations which u can get in sl whic r highly recognizd in lanka.even now our lives r unstable and dont know wat wil hapn. CHOICE IS UPTO YOU ALL.MAKE IT WISELY AND CHOSE WHAT U WANA BE. If u go there by just selecting a course our idiots show u like heaven and if u dont like when u go there and if u want to change.that wil a disaster as wel.go thru each and evry modules and course content b4 u aply.in sum corses it luks easy but u get subjcts lyk double maths at d end whic r put by purpose to put students down. Anyway,al d best for u al.hope my advice helps

 

[lkdood]

not yet
tomorrow morning is the flight

ahhhh

have a good flight

first time flying ?

 

[||~R_girl~||]

ahhhh

have a good flight

first time flying ?

ah noo hehe

 

[Danny Oceans]

sory abt my speling and gramaticl errors as i typd al that using my mobile.

 

[Mal Aiyya]

you need those skills

maybe the universities are doing that to increase business

Thats exactly what I meant when I said that the British Education system is loosing quality, pretty soon it will be more like a foreign location for the Sri Lankan institutes like ANC or ACBT. I doubt the new Visa reforms would do any good to restore lost educational quality.

 

[lkdood]

its for the students who r not doing a degree but goin to smal colleges n do small courses.with others no problems have been found.you can start a degree here in SL and go to uk to complete the degree.as i went to shefeild halum to complete my bsc and did part time jobs while studyn and started msc up6n completing bsc...dont just waste money and do stupid things just to show off people that your in UK and studyn there.even after completing my bsc, me and my batch mates r stil not employd proprly and sumtims we stil do odd jobs wchich are also very hard to find these days.thos who didnt start their msc got kicked out and now there back in SL. We were kicked out of uni hostel just after the day we finished our exams coz they have to take new students.having nothing to do being alone in an unkown country, we had to find our own acomodation.so me and couple of friends colectd al d money we had and moved to london and tuk a smal room for rent wchis not enf for 3people atleast and had to pay almost rs50000 per week.being unemployd in a unkown country with no suport ,no contact with loved 1s, how do you think we would feel? But we draged along. People in SL THINKS ITS A TREND AND THEY JUST APLY N GO TO DINGY PLACES TO STUDY AND THINK ITS EASY.ITS NOT EASY AND EVERY1 CANT DO IT.AFTER SPENDING 50,60LAX SAYING THAT UR DOING A DEGRE AND IF U CANT CANT HANDLE THINGS PROPERLY,U ENDUP IN SL WIT A DEGRE,OR COLEGE CERTIFICATE WHICH IS NOT RECOGNIZD WIL KEEP U UNEMPLOYD IN SRI LANKA AS WEL AFTER SPENDING 50,60 LAX.REMEMBER THAT.ITS OUR PARENTS MONEY AND WE OVE THEM.THINK TWICE OR THRICE OR EVEN MORE B4 U DO SUMTHING. There are enf of gud qualifcations which u can get in sl whic r highly recognizd in lanka.even now our lives r unstable and dont know wat wil hapn. CHOICE IS UPTO YOU ALL.MAKE IT WISELY AND CHOSE WHAT U WANA BE. If u go there by just selecting a course our idiots show u like heaven and if u dont like when u go there and if u want to change.that wil a disaster as wel.go thru each and evry modules and course content b4 u aply.in sum corses it luks easy but u get subjcts lyk double maths at d end whic r put by purpose to put students down. Anyway,al d best for u al.hope my advice helps

Thanks for sharing your story & advice

What Msc are you doing ?

 

[lkdood]

ah noo hehe