To submit evidence of your studies for a Skilled Worker visa application sponsored by a UK employer, students can obtain the following two letters from the School:
1. Certificate of Enrolment: This letter can be used to confirm that a student is completing their programme within three months of the official programme end date.
To make a request:
Students can obtain a certificate of enrolment via the Student Services Enquiry Form here.
2. Skilled Worker Academic Reference: Only for Student visa holders requesting a letter to obtain sponsorship (CoS) from their UK employer to switch from a Student visa to a Skilled Worker visa after completing their last assessment and before the official final results are published. To obtain this letter, students must have an offer of permanent employment in the UK.
Criteria:
1. Student has sat all of their examinations and submitted all of their academic papers including a dissertation, final essay or project, if applicable. If your last assessment is a dissertation, a final essay or a project, you must submit the final and complete version before you request a Skilled Worker academic reference letter. Amendments are not permissable after you have been issued with a Skilled Worker academic reference letter. NB: Academic Departments (Programme Managers/Administrators) responsible for a student who requires a Skilled Worker academic reference will need to confirm to the Student Advice and Engagement Team via email whether the student has completed their programme requirements and the date in which the Department had received the student’s dissertation or final project/essay. This confirmation will need to be given in advance of a student’s request
2. Student must provide the Student Advice and Engagement Team with a scanned or PDF copy of their employment offer/contract in a form of an official letter or contract on letterheaded paper from their UK employer. Unfortunately, emails referring to offers of employment will not suffice.
To make a request:
Once all of the above criteria have been met including the Academic Department contacting the Student Advice and Engagement Team with the necessary information, students must submit an enquiry via the Student Services Enquiry Form. Please note that it can take up to five working days for the letter to be issued.