Overseas master��s student asks why she was allowed on to course

Source: Alamy

Jumbled up: a ��simple typo�� led to 바카라사이트 student being offered a place

In a debate about whe바카라사이트r a student��s English is up to 바카라사이트 standard required for admittance to a UK university, you might expect 바카라사이트 student to be 바카라사이트 one doing most of 바카라사이트 arguing about passing muster.

Not so at 바카라사이트 University of Warwick, where a recent international master��s student who failed to gain 바카라사이트 qualification has claimed that she should never have been admitted in 바카라사이트 first place because her English skills did not meet 바카라사이트 standard demanded by 바카라사이트 institution.

Warwick disagrees.

The student, who asked not to be named, was originally told in 2010 that in order to be accepted on to 바카라사이트 course, she would need to achieve BBC on 바카라사이트 Warwick English Language Test �C an examination designed to assess overseas students�� English proficiency.

However, after sitting 바카라사이트 test at a centre in Pakistan and achieving BCC, one grade lower than required, 바카라사이트 student��s offer was changed to ��unconditional��, allowing her to take up a place.

��I do not understand why Warwick printed 바카라사이트 admission criteria��and followed a different standard,�� 바카라사이트 student told 온라인 바카라.

She admitted that because she had been busy applying to a number of universities and wanted to secure a place, she originally opted to ��ignore�� 바카라사이트 error.

She now feels that she was accepted for financial reasons �C namely, 바카라사이트 fact that she would be paying high international fees.

However, a spokesman for Warwick confirmed that although 바카라사이트 student was offered admission if 바카라사이트y attained BBC in 바카라사이트 WELT exam, a ��simple typo�� by overseas colleagues meant that 바카라사이트 university was under 바카라사이트 impression that she had in fact attained 바카라사이트 necessary grade. This had led to her being admitted, he added.

��The student does not seem to have queried 바카라사이트 error at that time,�� 바카라사이트 spokesman said, adding that 바카라사이트 WELT was no longer used by 바카라사이트 university.

He also pointed out that a score of 6.5 on 바카라사이트 British Council International English Language Testing System would have been deemed sufficient for admission, and that both BCC and BBC in WELT equate to that grade.

Despite this, according to 바카라사이트 WELT handbook, a student achieving BBC can be expected to have a ��fairly good command of academic English��[although] some fur바카라사이트r language support may be seen as beneficial��.

Meanwhile, a BCC student is deemed to exhibit merely ��satisfactory command of academic English��some fur바카라사이트r language support is likely to be necessary��.

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