IMPORTANT NOTICE: New rules on visa for students who wish to study in the UK

This is important! Click onto this link as it will inform you about the new UK student visa regulations or visit the British High Commission in BSB website. You do not want to be banned from going to UK for 10 years due to irrelevant information or false data!

The new regulations are very interesting and more flexible as well as more advantages that they can provide than the previous ones. One great thing about the new regulations is that if you are granted with the visa, it will give you the golden opportunity to gain experiences working in the UK! When you can apply what you study to a working institution in the UK or even, anywhere else, you can learn and gain a lot of things from it.

P.S: Plus, it will be very good for your resume......

Study in Glasgow

Dimaklumkan bahawa satu taklimat mengenai "Study in Glasgow " akan diadakan di PTE Katok / Please be inform that a talk about "Study in Glasgow" will be held at PTE Katok.

Penceramah / Spokeperson: Ms. Helen - Marie from University of Glasgow
Tarikh / Date : Rabu, 1hb April 2009 / Wednesday, 1st April 2009
Masa / Time : 2.00 petang sehingga selesai / 2:00 pm onwards (until it ends)
Tempat /Venue : Lecture Theatre 1 (LT 1)

Semua pelajar yang berminat dipersilakan hadir / For those who are interested are welcome to attend the talk.

Are you interested to study in United States of America?

If you read today's Borneo Bulletin (dated 25th March 2009), there is a 'shoutout' for students who are interested for further studies in overseas. Many of you plan to study in UK and Australia after completing your A level. How about study in America for a change?

The paper noted that according to Times Higher Education, more than 2/3 of the world's top universities are found in the USA for 2008's ranking. Check it out yourself and you will be surprised! It is true that universities in the USA are unfamiliar to us. It does not even occurred to us on wanting to study there especially with the September 11th incident. A Bruneian student, Zul Fakhri Maidy, who is currently taking his Masters of Arts in Journalism in Columbia under Fulbright Scholarship, said that the people there are actually very warm, welcoming and friendly. The paper reported more about Zul's life studying in the USA.

A video conference of Zul Fakhri joined by a group of panel was held at the US Embassy in Brunei and interestingly, some of those who attended the conference were of MOE Accredited Officers. With that said, it may be possible that there will be a number of universities in USA to be accredited by the Scholarship department in MOE. Why waste that good opportunity? We will update you regarding this matter when they get the accreditation sorted out.

Since studying in the USA is considered new to us, there may be concerns and doubts. So if you do consider to study in the America, you are advised to contact the US Embassy for further details.

Here is a list of some websites that may be useful for research to study in the US:
US Education - www.educationusa.state.gov
Petersons Review - www.petersons.com
International Student Guide to the USA - www.internationalstudentguidetotheusa.com
Email for Brunei contacts in the USA - studyusa_bsb@state.gov

Representatives from two of the finest UK universities visit Brunei

According to Borneo Bulletin dated Saturday, 21st March 2009 in page 14, James Hon Marketing will be playing host to two of UK's finest universities over next week, where students will be able to speak to representatives!

The paper stated that Josephine Pilcher of Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland will be available to meet students at James Hon's office on this coming Monday (23rd March) and the following day (24th March) between 2pm to 6pm. Heriot-Watt University is reported to be the 8th oldest higher education in the UK, which offers a distinctive range of courses in science, engineering, design business and languages.

Not only that, Dr Jonathan Richard, who is the Head of International Office at Aberystwyth University, Wales will also be coming to Brunei but will only be available to meet students at James Hon's office on Wednesday (25th March) between 2pm to 6pm. This university is reported to be rated the 2nd in Wales and 41st out of 119 in the UK.

For those who are interested in going to any of these two universities in the near future, come to James Hon's office, which is located at the 1st floor, same building as the Aminah Arif Restaurant, Kiulap, Brunei. This is their first time to visit Brunei so take your chance to meet them!

Lawatan Ke ABDB / Educational visit to ABDB

Sukacita dimaklumkan bahawa Bahagian Kerjaya Dan Pendidikan Tinggi Pusat Tingkatan Enam Katok akan mengadakan Lawatan Ke ABDB pada;

We likely to inform that the Career Section and High Education Unit Sixth Form Centre Katok is planning to make an educational visit to ABDB on;

Tarikh/Date : 23 April 2009
Hari/Day : Khamis/Thursday
Jam/Time : 7.30 pagi/am - 2.00 petang/pm

Tempat yang akan dilawati adalah unit-unit berikut mengikut ketetapan dan kebenaran yang diberikan oleh ABDB.

The following units are the places to be visited according to the permission granted by ABDB.

OSC ( Akademi Tentera /Army Academy )
OSM ( Bahagian Biasiswa / Scholarship Section)
Jamaat ( Jabatan Agama / Religious Department )
Pejabat Pengambilan / Admission Office

Pelajar yang berminat dan ingin mengetahui lebih lanjut lagi mengenai kerjaya dan peluang-peluang pekerjaan yang ada di ABDB sila email kami di ptek.careers@gmail.com atau sila berjumpa terus dengan pegawai-pegawai Bahagaian Kerjaya & Pendidikan Tinggi PTE Katok di Dining Hall, Blok J 1.1 sebeberapa segera. Tawaran dibukakan untuk 20 pelajar lelaki dan 20 pelajar perempuan yang terawal sahaja.

For those who are interested and want to know more about the job opportunities offered in ABDB, email us at ptek.careers@gmail.com or come to see Career and High Education Unit Advisors above the Dining Hall, Block J 1.1. Offers are opened to the first 20 males and 20 female students only.

Sekian dimaklumkan

Aplication to Local High Education

The Ministry Of Education have launched an online application for diplomas, Higher National Diplomas and First Degree Courses. For details please visit www.hecas.edu.bn


UBD open day 12 - 15 Feb 2009.