Working with agents

Our agents strategy
A legal overview
A guide to good practice
Our services for agents
Our services for institutions
Agents on the Education UK website

Our services for agents

We provide a number of products and services for education agents. These include:

• Education UK training from the British Council
• Education UK publications
• Education UK websites
• Guide to Good Practice
• Subject-specific information pages
• Agents on the Education UK website
• Education UK exhibitions
• Inward visits

Education UK training from the British Council
In recognition of the work agents do to promote UK a certificated online course has been designed for agents by the British Council. This global training programme is delivered and managed in-country.

The purpose of the course is to:

• Develop agents capacity to work effectively with UK institutions
• Improve knowledge and understanding of the UK as a study destination
• Increase knowledge of UK study programmes
• Enable agents/representatives to provide high quality information, resources and services to students seeking an international education
• Provide agents/representatives with the skills and resources needed to provide relevant, accurate and trustworthy information.

The course is delivered on-line over a period of eight weeks with secure access. It comprises of two units:

Unit 1

• Studying and living in the UK
• Lifestyle
• Costs and finance
• Working while studying
• Visas, immigration and dependants
• Accommodation

Unit 2

• Why choose a UK education
• How the UK education system works
• English language learning
• School and tutorial college education
• Further and work based education
• Higher education - undergraduate study
• Higher education - postgraduate study
• Study for a UK qualification in your own country
• Resources and support

Candidates complete online assessment following each unit and the course culminates in a final (written) formal assessment conducted under exam conditions at the local British Council office.

Please contact Agent.Enquiries@britishcouncil.org for further details.

Education UK publications
Agents can access information on UK education through our extensive list of Education UK publications.

Education UK websites
The Education UK websites enable agents to access local information and news in their local language.

Guide to Good Practice
In order to encourage agents to adopt ethical and professional standards of conduct, we have designed a Guide to Good Practice.

Subject-specific information pages
On the Education UK website there are a number of subject-specific pages, containing information students need to know when considering studying in the UK. They provide guidance to popular subjects for study and application and are a useful tool for agents as well as students.

Agents on the Education UK website
Currently under development, agents will be able to register their information on a new agent area of the recently-relaunched Education UK website, such as contact details, size of company, services, charging structures, institution references and types of products they are seeking to represent. This will replace the agent zones on the previous Education UK websites.

Education UK exhibitions
Agents can attend networking events or present promotional seminars at our Education UK exhibitions.

Inward visits
Agents can familiarise themselves with UK institutions and the wider aspects of studying in the UK by participating in an inward visit.

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