Student Information

There are many things that one must consider before making a decision on the educational institution that they want to attend. Perhaps most important is the quality of education that the institution offers.

What we at Temple College promise and guarantee you is exceptional, excellent education. Our quality inter-denominational faculty of Bible scholars, theologians, academic professionals and associate research specialists, will ensure that you receive a comprehensive qualification regardless of the discipline you select.

Temple College provides two main learning options to meet your individual learning needs. You may choose to study full time, where you attend regular lectures and have the advantage of added interaction with other candidates. Alternatively, you may opt for distance learning research based. We also offer block release courses, with intensive two to three day classes, workshops/seminars, followed by individual research and practise over a year or two. Whatever your preference, we will make certain that you achieve the best to suit your particular circumstance.

As you read through this prospectus, we trust you will gain a sense of vision and purpose that pervades all that Temple College stands for.

Dr Shadrach Ofosuware FRSA, BA, MTh Oxon Dmin Phd
Chief Executive/Academic Dean

We at Temple College promise you nothing but the best education and training to enable students realise their potential in life.

With the fast growing business and IT industry, Temple College gives people who are considering careers in business management, travel and tourism, hospitality management, or who are already employed in industry, commerce or the public service and wish to further career development, the opportunity to study for qualifications ranging from Certificates to Advanced Diplomas (ABE accredited).

Our Music Academy also offers a range of exciting courses for beginners as well as people already in the music industry and for children from 6 years, who have dreams of pursuing careers in music.

Flexible study methods, career development opportunities, relevant curriculum continue assessment and internationally recognised qualification are only a few of the benefits that you will enjoy. Our qualified staffs are always willing to give a helping hand and guide you throughout your stay.

I trust that your stay with us will be a rewarding and fulfilling one.

I look forward to working with you.

Mrs Dorothy Ofosuware BA (Hons) D32, D33, D34
Principal

Special provisions have been made for International students. This includes an induction program and an international student's welcome pack. If English is not your first language, you will be expected to have attained a certain level, usually through a recognised English qualification such as IELTS, TOEFL or Cambridge Advanced or Proficiency. Minimum requirements for postgraduate courses are: IELTS – 6.5; TOFEL – 580 pts and Cambridge Proficiency or Advanced – grade C or above. London has a vibrant student population and an extensive range of appropriate accommodation. Student accommodation need not be expensive. A group of people may rent flats or bed-sits together, stay with a private family, or even stay at low-cost hotels and Bed & Breakfast (B&B’s). The most popular options go first, and so it is advisable for students to complete their application to the College and book their accommodation as soon as possible.

The welfare of our students is very important to us. Our Administrator is available to help students on a confidential basis on a wide range of issues. This includes offering information and advice. In addition Temple College staff and tutors maintain a strong relationship with all students. Students arriving in Britain for the very first time may be met at the airport, helped to settle in and find their way around as quickly as possible. This request needs to be put in well in advance. A person holding a student visa is allowed a maximum of 20 hours of work per week during term time and up to 40hours per week during vacation. Income from these jobs can be used towards meeting living expenses. Spouses are allowed to work full time. Advice on this can be obtained from the College office or contact the home office website www.homeoffice.gov.uk If you come from a country that requires you to have a student’s visa, you should apply as soon as possible. In order to do so, you will need to go to a British Consulate with an unconditional offer letter from the College and evidence that you have sufficient funds to cover the course fees and living expenses. You should aim to budget for at least £8,200 a year to cover your accommodation, food transport and other living expenses. Private accommodation costs from £90 a week upwards in a shared house. However, as a student you are eligible for a number of discounts in shops, restaurants and on public transport.

	Approx. Cost per Week	Approx. Cost per Month	Approx. Cost per Year
Accommodation	90.00	390.00	4680.00
Food + Travel	50.00	216.67	2600.00
Books		30.00	360.00
Misc	10.00	43.33	520.00
TOTAL	£150.00	£680.00	£8160.00

This document has been carefully prepared to generally assist overseas students in preparing for their student’s visa application at the British High Commission/ Embassy. Students may seek legal advice to confirm this information.

The first point to note is that Interview Officers are expected to consider visa applications in line with the provisions of Paragraph 57(i)-(iv) of HC Rules, 395. The provisions are detailed in full below:

Requirements for Leave to enter the United Kingdom as a Student;

57. The requirements to be met by a person seeking leave to enter the United Kingdom as a student are that he/she:

(i) Has been accepted for a course of study at:

(a) a publicly funded institution of further or higher education; or
(b) a bona fide private education institution which maintains satisfactory records of enrolment and attendance; or
(c) an independent fee paying school outside the maintained sector;

(ii) is able and intends to follow either:

(d) a recognised full-time degree course at a publicly funded institution of further or higher education; or
(e) a weekday full-time course involving attendance at a single institution for a minimum of 15 hours organised daytime study per week of a single subject or directly related subjects: or
(f) a full-time course of study at an independent fee paying school;

(iii) if under the age of 16 years is enrolled at an independent fee paying school on a full-time course of study which meets the requirements of the Education Act, 1944; and

(iv) intends to leave the United Kingdom at the end of his/her studies;

(v) does not intend to engage in business or take employment, except part-time or vacation work undertaken with the consent of the Secretary of State for Employment; and

(vi) is able to meet the costs of his course and accommodation and the maintenance of him/herself and any dependants without taking employment or engaging in business or having recourse to public funds.

Key Points to Note: As an overseas student, you are required to satisfy the requirements of the provisions of paragraph 57 of HC Rules 395 detailed above. In order to be successful in your application for Entry Clearance to enter the United Kingdom as a Student, you will need to take the following key points into consideration before making your application.

57(i) Your letter of Acceptance must be obtained from a College that is recognised by the British High Commission/ Embassy in your country as a bona fide private education institution, which maintains satisfactory records of enrolment and attendance.

Temple College (TC) is listed on the DFES register and recognised by British High Commissions/ Embassies all over the world as a bona fide private education institution, which maintains satisfactory records of enrolment and attendance. Hence your Letter of Acceptance from TC satisfies this requirement.

57(ii) You must be able and intend to follow your course of study.

To satisfy this requirement, you must carefully study the Prospectus of your College and have a full knowledge of the course you have registered to undertake.

In order to demonstrate that you are able and genuinely intend to follow your course of study, you must have the basic qualifications required to undertake the course you have chosen. For example, you will be expected to be in possession of the appropriate GCSE ‘O’ or ‘A’ Levels or even a Diploma or first Degree where applicable.

Moreover, you must be able to show that the course you intend to follow in UK is part of a structured career plan which will benefit you at the end of your course, either by enabling to secure a better job or a promotion and substantial increase in your salary in your current employment when you complete your studies and return to your country.
The course you have enrolled to undertake must be a full-time course involving attendance for a minimum of 15 hours organised daytime study per week.

All full time courses offered by TC involve attendances of between 15 to 20 hours of organised daytime study per week: TC satisfies this requirement of paragraph 57 of HC Rules, 395.

57(iv) You must intend to leave the United Kingdom at the end of your studies.

This is one of the most difficult criteria to satisfy, because the interviewing officer is allowed to apply a subjective view as to whether or not you will return to your country on completion of your studies.

The question is how does a prospective student satisfy the interviewing officer that he/she will return to his/her country on completion of his/her studies in the United Kingdom. The points to consider are as follows:

• Are you married and do you have a family (wife, husband, fiancé, fiancée and/or children) to return to in your country on completion of your studies.
• Have you got a job to return to in your country when you complete your studies in the United Kingdom (if so, you must obtain a letter from your employer to demonstrate that you will have a job to return to in your country on completion of your studies in UK).
• Is your employer responsible for your sponsorship and would your course of study in UK lead to a promotion and substantial increase in your salary when you return to your country (if so, obtain a letter from your employer to confirm the sponsorship).
• Do you have your own business and/or landed assets and properties in your country that you will return to in your country (if so, ensure that you take documentary evidence with you to your visa interview).
• Do you have other strong and compelling reasons that will necessitate your return to your country on completion of your studies in the United Kingdom (if so, obtain documentary evidence and show it to the Interviewing Officer).

57(v) You must not intend to engage in business or take employment, except part-time or vacation work undertaken with the consent of the Secretary of State for Employment)

Overseas students in the United Kingdom are currently allowed to undertake part-time work without the need to obtain work permit. However, when you attend an interview for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom as a student at the British High Commission/Embassy in your country, you will not be expected to tell the Interviewing Officer that you intend to work in the United Kingdom. If you declare an intention to take up part-time job in the UK, it will be interpreted that you are not capable of maintaining yourself without taking up employment in UK and your application for entry clearance may be refused.

57(vi) You must be able to meet the costs of your course and accommodation and maintenance of yourself and any dependants without taking employment or engaging in business or having recourse to public funds.

This is one of the most common grounds of refusal of entry clearance. Overseas students are expected to have sufficient funds in place to cover the cost of their course (school fees & books), accommodation and maintenance (feeding, clothing, transportation & welfare) of themselves and any dependants without taking employment or engaging in business or having recourse to public funds.

In order to satisfy this requirement, a prospective student must first ask himself whether he has sufficient funds in place, which could be in excess of £12,500.00 (or equivalent in local currency) to meet these costs, either by him/her, parents or a sponsor. (Please see our leaflet on Additional Information for Overseas Students).

The documents you will require are as follows:

• Six months detailed bank statement of yours, parent or sponsor (employer).
• Letter confirming sponsorship from your parent or sponsor (employer where applicable).
• Receipt from your College that Deposit towards your School fees has been paid.
• A Bank Draft for the balance of your school fees for the first year made payable to your College in UK.
• A letter confirming that accommodation has been reserved on your behalf by your College or a letter from a person in UK that he/she will accommodate you in the United Kingdom free of rent. Such person could be an Uncle, Aunt or family friend. Please note that the fact that you will not be paying rent will reduce the amount of money you will be expected to have in place for your studies by about £3,000.00.

It can be reasonably summarised that if a prospective student reads the foregoing carefully and obtains all the documentary evidence necessary to support his/her application for entry clearance to enter the United Kingdom as a student, he/she will give him/herself an excellent chance to be successful at his/her visa interview.

IF YOUR VISA IS REFUSED FOR ANY REASON WHATSOEVER, PLEASE NOTE THAT IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU CONTACT YOUR COLLEGE FIRST, BEFORE YOU FILE AN APPEAL AT THE BRITISH HIGH COMMISSION/ EMBASSY. IT WILL GIVE YOUR COLLEGE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ARRANGE A SOLICITOR FOR YOU THAT WILL REPRESENT YOU IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.

For more information on student’s visa application visit the Home Office website www.ukvisa.gov.uk

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