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Thread #162317   Message #3862702
Posted By: Felipa
24-Jun-17 - 10:20 AM
Thread Name: UK Home Office attacks violin making
Subject: student visas for violin makers
I agree that the Jack's headline is provocative.(It did get our attention!) I don't know whether or not the rules re which courses qualify for student visas need to be rewritten. It appears this may be the case, for instance if there is a bias against non-academic courses. But there does need to be a human face added to bureaucratic decisions. Newark College of Violin Making and Repair was not actually inspected by Ofstead; the college and its students are suffering due to alleged shortcomings of the parent college, Lincoln College. The Home Office can and, in my opinion, should step in and make exception for the present students at Newark College. (If that is the tip of the iceberg, and more appeals come in, so be it). I am following the fb advice of the student body and sending a few short letters urging support for the students' case against deportation.