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Highly Trusted Status (HTS) refusal overturned
Penningtons' immigration team has achieved a successful outcome for a college which had its Highly Trusted Status application refused.
Tier 2 and tier 4 sponsor licences reinstated in six days
Penningtons' immigration team has achieved an outstanding result for a college which recently had its tier 2 and tier 4 sponsor licences revoked.
Tier 4 licence suspensions overturned
In recent months we have worked with a number of UK education providers where the UK Border Agency (UKBA) has taken action in suspending their licences under tier 4 of the sponsorship system.
The rogue overseas collaboration partner
Our university client entered into a collaboration agreement with an overseas agency to recruit students.
Protecting a private college from foreign students' non-compliance with visa requirements
Our client, a private college offering professional studies, was aware that several of its students were not complying with their visa requirements and called in Penningtons to advise on its contractual agreements and tighten up the terms and conditions for future student contracts.
Mediating to resolve the breakdown in the relationship between two HE providers
As most privately owned colleges cannot award their own degrees or qualifications, an effective strategy to attract foreign students seeking internationally recognised qualifications is to enter a collaborative relationship with a university or other accreditation body to provide these.
Drafting and advising on the takeover of an international college
In 2011, the Government introduced stringent limits on the numbers of international students that private colleges could recruit. As a result, many private colleges have struggled to continue to operate and have been forced to sell their business to colleges that are still able to trade.
Setting up a sports park for the University of Surrey
We advised the University of Surrey on the establishment of Surrey Sports Park Limited, the company which manages the Surrey Sports Park.
Sale of University of Surrey fibre optics sensing technology company
We advised the shareholders of Polarmetrix Limited on the sale of the company to Fotech Solutions Limited, a UK developer of monitoring and surveillance solutions for oil and gas wells and pipelines.
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