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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1980
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ADVICE FOR UK BOUND STUDENTS
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STUDENTS WISHING TO ENTER COLLEGES OF FURTHER EDUCATION AND POLYTECHNICS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM SHOULD NOTE THAT APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED FROM NOVEMBER 1 THIS YEAR FOR ADMISSION IN SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER 1981.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY APPLICATIONS COULD BE MADE THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT AND ALL RELEVANT DOCUMENTS SHOULD REACH THE OVERSEAS STUDENTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS SECTION BEFORE JUNE 30, 1981.
HE ADDED HOWEVER THAT SPECIAL ATTENTION SHOULD BE PAID TO SPECIFIC APPLICATION DEADLINES REQUIRED BY CERTAIN PROFESSIONAL COURSES IN POLYTECHNICS WHICH COULD BE AS EARLY AS MARCH.
+LATE APPLICATIONS WILL USUALLY NOT BE CONSIDERED UNLESS THE STUDENT CAN PRODUCE EVIDENCE THAT THE COLLEGE CONCERNED IS STILL WILLING TO CONSIDER HIS APPLICATION, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
FURTHERMORE, HE SAID, APPLICANTS ON +SANDWICH+ COURSES OFFERED BY POLYTECHNICS SHOULD ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE THE PRACTICAL TRAINING PART OF THE COURSE ARRANGED BEFORE LEAVING HONG KONG.
SANDWICH COURSES INVOLVE ATTENDING CLASSES AT THE POLYTECHNIC AND PRACTICAL TRAINING IN FACTORIES OR OTHER INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES.
+MOREOVER, STUDENTS SHOULD NOTE THAT INDUSTRIAL SPONSORSHIP IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO ARRANGE AND THEY ARE THEREFORE ADVISED TO APPLY FOR FULL-TIME COURSES RATHER THAN SANDWICH COURSES,+ THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO APPLY FOR ADMISSION TO PUBLIC OR INDEPENDENT (PRIVATE) SCHOOLS IN BRITAIN, EARLY APPLICATION IS ADVISABLE, PREFERABLY ONE YEAR IN ADVANCE.
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SUCH APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE MADE BY PARENTS OR GUARDIANS DIRECT TO THE SCHOOLS. THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND THE STUDENT ADVISER, HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE IN LONDON DO NOT UNDERTAKE TO PLACE BOYS AND GIRLS IN THEM.
+HOWEVER, STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS MAY OBTAIN GENERAL INFORMATION AND ADVICE ON THESE SCHOOLS FROM THE OVERSEAS STUDENTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS SECTION, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
WITH REGARD TO ADMISSION TO A BRITISH UNIVERSITY, APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE MADE ONE YEAR IN ADVANCE THROUGH THE UNIVERSITIES CENTRAL COUNCIL ON ADMISSION (UCCA) IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.
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