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News & Events

Home Sweet Home - Preparing for Repatriation

Event

21-05-2012 - 21-05-2012

Sterling is proud to sponsor ‘Home Sweet Home - Preparing for Repatriation’.

Mobility Round Table Breakfast - Switzerland

Event

12-06-2012 - 12-06-2012

Sterling are holding a Traditional English Breakfast Round Table Event in Lausanne, Switzerland on the 12th June.


Dubai private schools to increase fees

News

11-05-2012

The Dubai government has ended a two year freeze on private school fees, by giving permission for an increase of between 3 and 6% in this academic year. For the past two school years, only select ‘Gem’ schools with Ministry of Education approval have been able to raise their fees.

UK students studying for International Baccalaureate expected to achieve higher grades than A Level students

News

11-05-2012

Recent research by the Higher Education Statistics Agency shows that students taking the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IB) are more likely to go on to achieve a first class honours degree at university than those studying A Levels. This is despite the fact that universities are failing to ‘value or even understand’ the IB, with students being unfairly treated as a result, according to two leading school heads in the UK.

New UKBA guidelines published for visiting during the Olympics

News

04-05-2012

The UKBA have released new guidelines for those wishing to come to the UK this summer. All factors that should be considered prior to any visit to the UK for the event, which takes place between 27 July and 12 August 2012, should be considered.