The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Chennai News : Students throng U.K. education fair

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Monday, Feb 19, 2007
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Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu - Chennai

Students throng U.K. education fair

Staff Reporter

To explore various undergraduate, postgraduate courses

RUSH HOUR: Students crowd in front of stalls at the Education U.K. Exhibition organised by Study Overseas at Taj Coromandel on Sunday. — Photo: S. Thanthoni

CHENNAI: The queue started at the entrance of the Taj Coromandel and ended at the ballroom. The two-day Education U.K. exhibition, which kicked off on Sunday here, brought in scores of students.

They rushed to the stalls, manned by representatives from 62 educational institutions, after the registration process. Representatives guided the students through the maze of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, briefed them about admission procedures and other requirements for studying in the U.K.

The representatives gave away pamphlets, brochures and CD-ROMs, and collected contact information of students at the exhibition.

Academic heads and British Council officials had a reason to offer about the swell of crowds: In the last few years they have seen an annual 18 per cent increase in the number of students going from India to study in the U.K. For the current academic year, the British Deputy High Commission for south India issued more than 6,100 students visas, a 22 per cent increase over 2005-06.

This year, the figure could go further up if one went by the tremendous response the fair had in the first few hours of Sunday afternoon.

Isabelle Pugh, representative of Goldsmiths, University of London, briefed media student Deepika Gopalaratnam about the difference between various courses, fee structure and scholarship options. "Come tomorrow with references and other documents," she told Deepika, who had come to the institution's stall after doing a preliminary research about the courses on offer. Many parents like Mr. Muthuswamy also dropped in to collect information and brochures for their children.

Catriona Shannon from the University of Edinburgh said the most in-demand areas remained courses in Biosciences, Engineering and Management. Dr. Hamish Main from Staffordshire University said most students dropped in to find out about higher education options in these areas.

The fair will end on Monday. For details, log onto www.educationuk-in.org or call 044-4205 0600 or email chennai.educationuk

@in.britishcouncil.org

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