UK Study Group fund to help SL students
View(s):Leading international education provider Study Group, as part of its comprehensive and holistic employability offering, is to introduce a new Quarantine Support Fund from September to help students study and work in the UK.
To help Sri Lankan students access UK Higher Education pathway programmes in the 2021/2022 academic year, Study Group will make £1,000 available to eligible students from countries on the UK’s current travel “red list” to support with managed quarantine hotel costs, the company said in a media release.
Many Sri Lankan students are making their decisions in the coming weeks and arranging their ‘study abroad’ travel plans, so the fund is available to learners that confirm their place for a programme starting in September, October and November 2021.
The UK Quarantine Support Fund is available to students applying to study at all of Study Group’s UK International Study Centres (ISC) including Kingston University ISC, Teesside University ISC, the University of Huddersfield ISC and Coventry University London ISC, the release said.
Study Group CEO Emma Lancaster said: “Study Group’s UK Quarantine Support Fund has been developed in response to research with our students indicating that learners seeking international higher education opportunities would prefer to quarantine than defer their academic programme. This is because they seek an on-campus study experience to gain the global exposure that supports their future work prospects.”
Study Group’s employability offering includes ‘Prepare for Success,’ ‘Job Ready’ and ‘Virtual Internships.’ These innovative strategic initiatives have been established to enable learners to seamlessly progress to UK universities and gain the key employability skills needed to thrive in a 21st Century workplace, the release said.