The Hindu Business Line : Roadshow by UK universities

The number of students from India seeking career-based education offered by the universities in United Kingdom is on the rise and the recently introduced fresh talent initiative (FTI) by the UK for attracting academic excellence has added to the students' enthusiasm in taking up education there.

The FTI has allowed the students taking up professional studies in UK the facility of extended visa from one to two years after graduation, which enabled them to get jobs on their own on the strength of their academic talent in Britain, according to Mr Hithendra Cheetirala, general manager, G I Careers (UK), the student career solution service providers for the UK-based universities.

GI Careers into its third year operation has so far assisted over 200 students from India getting into various professional studies in the UK universities. It feels the opening in the UK education would greatly facilitate more students from India seeking career education avenues in that country, especially in the area of engineering.

GI incidentally had held here on Tuesday the first ever joint road-show for five UK universities - two from Scotland and three from England - in which the representatives of Robert Gordon University, University of Dundee, Brunel University, University of Birmingham and Kingston University attended.

Engineering courses dominate the choice of professional studies among Indian students and the UK universities too are aware of the fact that Indian students are strong in engineering and India's science-based education systems, said Mr Stuart Rennie, acting international programmes manager of the Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, which also specialises in oil and gas engineering and these courses have caught the fancy of Indian students. UK universities look for students with academic excellence but they do not extend fund support or provide scholarships, said Mr Rennie.

An estimated 35,000 students from India study in about 140 universities in the UK.

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