Teesside University

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• Address: Teesside University Middlesborough TS1 3BX
• Country: United Kingdom
• International Office Contact name: Padmini Parameswaran - Regional Director South Asia Kinjal Ghandhi Nitin Bhasson Themyo Zimik Jayanti Pathare (Ast Admissions Mgr) Vivian (West Africa Office)
• International Office Contact Email: Padmini.Parameswaran@tees.ac.uk K.Gandhi@tees.ac.uk N.Bhasson@tees.ac.uk T.Zimik@tees.ac.uk J.Pathare@tees.ac.uk africa@tees.ac.uk
• International Office Contact Telephone: +91 9820003149 (Jay Pathare) +91 98730 05531 (Padmini), Nitin Bhasson +91 99885 59109, Kinjal Gandhi +91 74330 45225, Vivian +2349066015859
• Accommodation Office Contact Email: accommodation@teesside.ac.uk
• Accommodation Office Contact Phone: +91 98730 05531 (South Asia Regional Office)
• Tuition Fee Range: £8,500 - £17,000
• Scholarships:

  Message from Teesside received on 17 March 22

  "SCHOLARSHIP Of GBP 2000 based on merit, English scores or IELTS scores-whichever is highest, making sure most of our students can take advantage of the scholarships. We have some basic changes that we would like you to be aware of before we start with the Sept 2022 application process. Discontinuation of the GBP 1500 Scholarship. The International scholarship now available to students will only be for GBP 2000 for those students who excel the entry requirement. The GBP 1500 scholarship is no longer available. The GBP 500 full fee discount is discontinued. " Scholarship link on website:

  https://www.tees.ac.uk/sections/international/scholarships.cfm

• Additional Info:

  CONTRACT ADVISES THAT THE TERRITORY WE CAN RECRUIT STUDENTS FROM IS "GLOBAL". NO APPLICATIONS FROM PUNJAB

  This is probably the cheapest C2C client in terms of tuition fees.

  Applications for January 23 entry can be submitted up to 28th October 2022

   

  GENERAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

  UNDERGRADUATE FROM INDIA

  Minimum average of 65% in Class 12/Intermediate Examination/Higher Secondary examination can be considered for a direct entry to a bachelor programmes.(Diplomas will be considered on case by case basis)

  English requirements:

  IELTS WAIVERS- for students who have 65/100 (State Board) in the subject of English with a few exceptions. (Students will have to take the TUELT)

  Ideal English requirements- IELTS 6.0 BAND Not lesser than 5.5 band in any module. PTE equivalent to 6.0 BAND IELTS accepted.

  POSTGRADUATE FROM INDIA

  55%* from Bachelor’s degree from institutions recognized by NARIC/ Ecctis or government recognized institutions (*-Requirements will vary depending on recognition and scoring systems used.) IELTS WAIVERS- for students who have 65/100 (State Board) in the subject of English with a few exceptions. (Students will have to take the TUELT)

  English requirements- IELTS 6.0 BAND Not lesser than 5.5 band in any module. PTE equivalent to 6.0 BAND IELTS accepted.

  QUALIFICATION VERIFICATION FOR TEESSIDE

  Message from the University 12 October 2022, although it talks about verification of Indian qualifications all Counsellors should be aware that verification may be required for all overseas applicants.

  We are aware that a lot of students and agents are constantly facing issues with the Qualification Checks. Below is the standard method of Qualifications Checks along with an alternative method to the same.

  Please circulate the same amongst your students so that they are not stuck at any point.

  Qualification Verification

  Academic Qualifications from all overseas applicants need to be verified prior to being accepted for entry to Teesside University for the January 2023 in-take onwards. While the University’s Qualification Check portal is available to all applicants to complete this step, a range of other verification methods can be accepted to meet this offer condition.                            

  Verification methods that will be accepted are as follows:

  Qualification Check

  All applicants can pay to complete a Qual Check by going via: https://tees.ac.uk/international/qualificationcheck 

  TU applicants must use this portal for us to view the outcome of their qualification check. Instructions of how to complete a qualification check are detailed here:

  There is a small cost (usually £25) to the applicant to complete this qualification check. Once the verification is complete the candidate will automatically receive an ImVerified wallet which digitally stores their qualification verifications and can be shared with all future employers or any other Universities they apply to.

  For UG Applicant

  Where Indian XIIs are being used to meet the academic entry requirement they should be verified directly with the State Board’s verification system if available.

  Regularly accepted State Boards verification systems that will be used include:

  • Andhra Pradesh Intermediate: https://bie.ap.gov.in/duplicatecertificate.do
  • Telengana Intermediate: http://tsbie.cgg.gov.in/studentServices..do
  • Gujarat Technological University: https://www.students.gtu.ac.in

  CBSE Indian XII can be verified by entering roll number, Date of Birth, school code of candidate on following websites:

  • http://cbseresults.nic.in  (for the current year)
  • http://resultsarchives.nic.in/cbseresults (for old results 2004-onwards)

  All Regions – Verification Direct at Source

  Where the University operates an overseas Regional Office, the Regional Office can complete a primary source verification check for the applicant directly at source with the awarding institution. There are two accepted methods:

  1)    Online Primary Verification where available

  Check portal at: https://teesside.qualificationcheck.com/#/login/register

  • Upload a screenshot of the onscreen verification to applicant record prior to the qualification verification clearance check being passed. Screenshots must include the URL web address of the verification portal.
  • Add a note confirming the url of the verification service used.

  2)    Written Confirmation received direct from the Primary Source

  • Written confirmation that the qualification is genuine may be received by e-mail from the awarding institution.

  • This e-mail must be either:
    • from a verifiable institutional e-mail address clearly belong to the responsible team at that institution (e.g. studentrecords@tees.ac.uk or registry@tees.ac.uk); or,
    • where received from an individual’s e-mail address that individual must be verifiable as a responsible officer of the awarding institution (e.g registrar / member of registry or student records staff [and not an individual lecturer that taught the student]).

  A copy of the verification in writing must be uploaded to the applicant record in e-vision prior to the qualification verification clearance check being passed. Where verification is received from an individual’s e-mail address a screenshot of a corresponding webpage confirming the individual’s role at the awarding institution should also be uploaded to the applicant record.

  
   

  HOW TO APPLY - AFRICA

  Postgraduate Applications should be submitted direct through to the University through the course page by clicking on "Apply Now". You will need to create a new user where you enter the details of the student. Our agent code is "420"

  Undergraduate applications can be submitted directly using this link.  Remember to state the C2C code "420" on the application form.  

  Overseas undergraduate application link

  if you have an application for Teesside University Jan 23 intake please can you email the Teesside Lagos office africa@tees.ac.uk and provide them with the name and reference number of your student so that they can follow up.  If you do not there is a chance your student's application will be rejected with a message saying the application deadline has passed.

   

  HOW TO APPLY - SOUTH ASIA

  The application process is now simplified into 3 steps starting with Conditional Offer, followed by an Unconditional Offer and then CAS.

  The University will no longer be issuing Academic Unconditional Offers and students will receive an Unconditional Offer only upon paying the deposit and clearing the Credibility Interview.

  After which submission of maintenance documents will be needed for issuance of CAS. Please refer to the website for the changes in Tuition Fee.

  The University will no longer be able to defer applications from one intake to the next. Every student will have to make a fresh application for each intake.

  The University will not be able to accept change of course requests so we advise all of you to speak to the students and help them choose wisely.

  See comments section for a list of courses which are suspended for Sept 2022.

  The University requests you to make the applications for the available courses ASAP as we may suspend courses as they keep getting full.

  The application process for Teesside University is via our Admissions Portal. The link for the same is as below:-

  https://vas.tees.ac.uk/member/login

  Username: applications@connect2counsellors.com

  Password: lukeConnect123$ ( C is capital in password)

  On the application portal you are required to complete the details of the students as per their records. Certain details have to be double checked because the same later appear on the CAS.

  Kindly make sure that the email id and mobile number of the student are correct and not that of the agent. This registered email ID and Mobile number are constantly needed by the team to get in touch with the student and to add them to the WhatsApp groups, for important mails and updates related to the University.

  All fields marked with a Red * are Mandatory and cannot be left blank. If in case the student does not have those please make sure you add a (.) or (–) since the form will not move ahead without these details. e.g – If the student’s passport has only the forename and not the family name, you can put a (.) or (-) in that box The Date of Birth is one of the most important detail and we request you to please double check the same with students passport. The Passport number has to be accurately filled up as this will reflect in the students CAS.

  Options of the "highest level of Qualification that you currently hold"-

  For all students who have completed their previous education in India the option to be selected from the dropdown menu is “Other Non-UK qualification”. (Incase the student has completed the previous education anywhere other than the home country then the same can be selected from the other options.)

  The student’s past immigration History is very important, in cases where students have travelled to other countries for Education, a full detail has to be given as it is an important for the Compliance team to know.

  The previous education details have to be completed from most recent to oldest. Please do make sure that all the details are filled as per the records. The Result/Grade is very important and we request everyone to calculate the percentage and fill up the same, since the international admissions get result from various boards it is quite time consuming to find out the grade percentage.(The entry criteria is clearly mentioned above, so please refrain from putting up applications that are not eligible)

  IELTS

  If the student has IELTS as per the requirement please do mention the same on the portal. If you are attaching the IELTS scorecard the same has to reflect on Portal The complete Reference number has to be correctly filled up since we need to verify the same. We cannot consider non-verifiable results.

  Portfolios

  If the student is going for any courses which require a portfolio, please make sure that the link of the portfolio is either mentioned or a PDF version of the portfolio is attached in the documents.

  Documents to be attached as PDFs

  Please make sure that all documents are attached separately as per the list in PDF formats preferably. Kindly AVOID attaching a combined PDF as the admissions team is required to upload each document separately

  We will accept applications and process the same only with all the below mentioned documents. It becomes very tedious to add one document after the other for one application. The only pending documents that we can wait for are letters of recommendation, final marksheets IELTS / PTE / final results and degree.

  1. 10th / 12th Marksheets (A levels-O levels)

  2. Relevant Marksheets (Degree, Masters)

  3. Provisional / Final degree

  4. Passport copy 1st and last page

  5. Statement of Purpose

  6. 2 x letters of recommendation.

  7. IELTS / PTE (If applicable)

  8. Digital Portfolio Google Link (If Applicable)

   

  A walk through the application process.

  Agents upload applications on the VAS portal.

  The India Admissions Team checks the same to upload it on to the E-Vision.

  The students will be then issued a Conditional Offer.

  The students need to book an appointment for the TELT, an interview with Teesside University's English Language Team by following this link https://tuelc.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php

  Schedule Appointment with Teesside University English Language Centre tuelc.acuityscheduling.com

  Schedule your appointment online Teesside University English Language Centre (Please encourage the student to do this at the earliest since at later stages we run full dates and potential students may lose an opportunity) .

  Once the student fulfils the academic conditions the student can go ahead and pay the initial deposit.( We will no longer be issuing an academically unconditional Offer.) .

  At this stage the student needs to complete the Credibility Interview. .

  Once the Initial deposit is received by the university, and the student has fulfilled all the other conditions an Unconditional offer or Pre- CAS will be issued.

  Once the student and agent confirm that all details are correct the maintenance documents can be submitted on the student portal as per guidelines and the CAS shall be issued.

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  C2C unique application code is "420"

  Documents should be scanned and not taken from photographs. If documents are not good enough quality the application will not be processed. Documents should not be in one file but as separate documents clearly labelled eg 12th standard, Degree transcript, IELTS test, so they are easy to identify.

  INDIA MAINTENANCE DOCUMENTS TO BE EMAILED TO COMPLIANCE MANAGERS

  In the recent times the University has come across a number of fake and forged documents for the CAS. To make sure that they can avoid any issues caused by this they request all of you to E-Mail the maintenance documents to their Compliance managers.

  All students/agents from North India are requested to email the maintenance documents to Nandan Padavala at p.naidu@tees.ac.uk and all students/Agents from South India are requested to mail Iona Furtado at i.furtado@tees.ac.uk

  Students/Agents can continue to upload the documents on the portal but the same have to be emailed to the South Asia Compliance Team

  COST OF LIVING

  This is one of the cheapest cities to live in within the UK. Accommodation costs on average £60 - £115 per week. The University has an English Language Cafe designed for overseas students.

  DIRECT APPLICANTS

  Students who have applied directly or through another agent and want to use C2C should email directly to Padmini and copied to Nitin to advise that they want to use C2C. They will then update their system.

  APPLICATION DATE DEADLINES SEPTEMBER 22 AND FEBRUARY 23

  The deadlines below are final dates by which we can receive offer acceptances, deposit payments, and all documents to fulfil offer conditions. We strongly advise that applicants fulfil these conditions as soon as possible, rather than waiting until close to the deadline.

  JANUARY 2023 ENTRY

  Accept offer and pay deposit - Check the deadline shown on Conditional Offer letter Meet all offer conditions - 1 October 2022

  Please make a note of the below-mentioned KEY DATES for the Jan 2023 intake.

   

  LAST DATE FOR PAYMENT VIA (BANK TRANSFER)- 15th NOV 2022

  LAST DATE FOR PAYMENT VIA( CREDIT/DEBIT CARD)- 23rd NOV 2022

  LAST DATE TO MEET ALL OFFER CONDITIONS- 23rd NOV 2022

  LAST DATE TO PROVIDE MAINTAINANCE DOCS FOR CAS- 28th NOV 2022

   

  Please advise applicants to check their Unconditional Offer letter and Student Visa application and CAS application process for details of items they may still need to provide to us prior to being issued with a CAS.

  Note that students wanting to defer to Jan 23 will need to submit a new application

  TUITION FEE INSTALMENTS

  Students must pay a deposit of £4,000 before they enrol at the University. They can pay the remaining balance in up to seven monthly instalments.  It is likely that the University want to ask the student to arrange a direct debit for the instalments so they are automatically taken from the students account.

  Course fees are fixed at the same level for all the years you study on the same course. As an international you can pay fees in your own currency.

  HOW TO WRITE A STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

  This is an excellent guide to SOP writing but remember it is aimed at UK students so make sure your students include "why Teesside" and "Why UK"

  https://blogs.tees.ac.uk/students/2020/10/13/how-to-write-your-personal-statement/

   

  CHANGE OF AGENT

  The University does not allow change of agent.  Please check with Luke if there is an exceptional case eg the original agent is refusing to give the student the offer letter.

   

• Commission(%): 15% - 20%
• Commission(Additional Information):

  UNIVERSITY SENDS AN EMAIL TO INVITE COMMISSION INVOICES. WAIT FOR THIS EMAIL BEFORE INVOICE SUBMISSION

  1 - 5 students = 15% commission

  >6 students = 20% commission

  For UG students we will receive a payment for each year. First year 15%, second year 10% and third year 5%. Counsellors are reminded to remember to invoice C2C for the second and third year commission payments for UG students.

  In addition to the above commission a Performance Bonus will be paid once per year after looking at the total for both intakes. The Performance bonus is as follows:

  11+ students = £180 per student

  16+ students = £270 per student

  25+ students = £368 per student

  75+ students = £540 per student

  Change of agent is not permitted