Search Results for: Tier 2 Visa (formerly UK Work Permit).

NHS Trust Staff Shortage Warning

The Chief Executive and General Secretary of the Royal College of Nursing, Dr Peter Carter has said that “It was highly inappropriate that the trust was so firmly focused on becoming a Foundation Trust while failing to deal with pressing issues at hand including getting the right staffing levels and skill mix, ensuring staff were […]

Junior Doctors Working on Understaffed Rotas

The Survey of more that 1,500 Junior Doctors highlights that: Four out of ten Junior Doctors are working on understaffed rotas Four out of ten vacancies are for specialist trainees with at least five years of experience Six out of ten doctors working in Accident & Emergency said their were vacancies on their rotas The […]

Final Stage of Tier 4 (Student) Implemented

The UK Border Agency yesterday (22nd February 2010) implemented the final stage of Tier 4 (Student) of the Points Based Immigration System. The final stage of the implementation will see Visa Letters becoming obsolete and the introduction of mandatory reporting requirements for students who have been assigned a Confirmation of Acceptance.

Vision of Britain 2020

The Chief Executive of Friends Provident, Trevor Matthews said “Our new report paints a worrying portrait of the British workplace ten years from now. This workplace polarisation trend identified in our report could lead to a growing band of excluded workers. At the same time a new breed of elite worker is also beginning to […]

January Visa Statistics: Australia & New Zealand

Australia, Canberra Tier 1 Highly Skilled (formerly HSMP) 85% of applications processed within 5 Days 95% of applications processed within 10 Days 96% of applications processed within 15 Days 100% of applications processed within 30 Days 100% of applications processed within 60 Days Total Monthly Decisions: 88 Tier 2 Skilled (formerly Work Permit) 79% of […]

Public Sector Reliant on Migrant Workers

Key points from the survey included: The majority of hard to fill vacancies were in the medical and engineering sectors 10% of surveyed companies said they planned to outsource jobs abroad in 2010 50% of the IT Companies surveyed said they planned to outsource jobs abroad in 2010 20% of Manufacturing Companies said they planned […]

NHS Hospital Struck Down by Computer Virus

Last Friday IT systems at the West Middlesex University Hospital were hit by the bug leaving hospital workers unable to book appointments via electronic systems, meaning a return to pen and paper. Although the virus was contained and a number of systems cleaned some systems still remain unavailable. The hospital employs 1,900 staff, has 400 […]

Junior Doctors given iDoc™to aid in Training

£500,000 has been invested in the two year trial by the Deanery for Wales, with the hope being that the devices will help trainee’s access medical information more quickly and provide them with better equipment to treat patients. A greater roll out may be undertaken if the trail proves successful. What is the iDoc? The […]

English Language Test Provider Removed

Applications made after the 11th February 2010 The Test detailed above will not be accepted by the UK Border Agency at all past the 11th February 2010. Individuals who have taken the test should arrange to sit an alternative test before submitting an application otherwise they will find their application is rejected on the basis […]