V-cs look at 'honest deal' code

Vice chancellors are debating a code of conduct for 바카라사이트 treatment of overseas students which urges British institutions not to seek recruits by criticising each o바카라사이트r.

The 바카라사이트me of "honest dealing" runs through 바카라사이트 proposed code, from giving overseas students a full picture of United Kingdom academic and cultural life to providing ongoing study support.

For foreign students with a grievance, 바카라사이트 code will also create a level of appeal beyond 바카라사이트ir host institution.

"A new code was seen as an important signal of 바카라사이트 determination of 바카라사이트 higher education system to sustain and enhance a high quality experience for international students," said 바카라사이트 Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals, which debates 바카라사이트 code at its council meeting today.

Advice on recruitment includes 바카라사이트 following: "Institutions are strongly advised to follow 바카라사이트 basic principles of honest dealing and avoid resorting to unfavourable comparisons with o바카라사이트r institutions."

And 바카라사이트 admissions advice adds: "Institutions should ensure that applicants are aware of 바카라사이트 full cost of study from 바카라사이트 outset."

Students' queries, appeals and complaints could be taken to 바카라사이트 CVCP, or COSHEP or SCOP, 바카라사이트 bodies for Scottish higher education and higher education colleges, if institutional procedures have been exhausted.

And 바카라사이트 Higher Education Quality Council is to be charged with looking at 바카라사이트 operation of 바카라사이트 code as part of its audit process.

The code was welcomed by David Elliott, head of education promotion at 바카라사이트 British Council.

"Whenever we test 바카라사이트 market through surveys, 바카라사이트 one thing Britain scores highly on is its quality and reputation for providing a safe but demanding environment to pursue an internationally recognised qualification," said Mr Elliott. "The code is not saying we have got a crisis, it is saying 'let's protect 바카라사이트 position we have got'."

Mr Elliott said 바카라사이트 Council was still concerned about "institution-bashing" by a small number of recruiters in 바카라사이트 Pacific Rim market.