English Language Skills

It’s a fundamental condition of admission to the College that all students must have satisfactory English language skills. To meet this requirement, the College requires that all students for whom English is a second language:

Those students who do not produce satisfactory documentary evidence that they meet the course’s English language admissions requirement are required to attend the College’s 15-week English language course at a cost of £600 payable prior to course commencement.

Terms and Conditions

1.        The College requires students to: attend all lectures and classes; submit written work when requested; attend all tests and examinations; and work diligently throughout the course.

2.        Enrolment on a course, together with the payment of the required deposit, creates a binding agreement to follow the course and to pay the full fees. All fees must be settled no later than five weeks prior to the commencement date of course. Your attention is drawn to the English languages skills requirement, satisfaction of which is a fundamental condition of admission to a course at the College.

3.        In the event of cancellation, for whatever reason, the following will apply.

a)           Cancellations must be made in writing and will only be considered to have been made on the date on which they are received by the Registrar at the College.

b)           For cancellations which are received more than four weeks before the course commencement date, an administrative charge of £250 will be deducted from the deposit and any balance held will be refunded.

c)           For cancellations which are received less than eight weeks before the course commencement date, the deposit will not be refunded, the balance of any fees already paid will be refunded.

d)           Where cancellations are received after the course commencement date, for whatever reason, no refund will be given. In addition, any balance of outstanding fees on the student’s account must be paid in full.

e)           Overseas students should note that where a statement has been sent to the Home Office to support a student visa application, the College must notify the Home Office of any cancellation of the course.

f)             For students who are not successful in obtaining a visa, a full (£100 Registration fee non-refundable) refund will be granted on the receipt of both a written request for a refund and a copy of the official visa refusal letter issued by the relevant British High Commission/Embassy.

4.        An offer of a course place is for a specific intake. Fees paid will not be carried forward if you transfer to the next intake unless your reason for seeking such a transfer is that:

a)           you are unable to register in time for the intake you expected to join because delays were experienced in securing w visa; or

b)           you were required to take an English language programme.

5.        Where students change their course of study during the term, no refund will be given for the revised course if it contains fewer modules/subjects than the original course. Additional fees will be payable for the revised course if it contains an increased number of modules/ subjects than the original course.

6.        The College reserves the right to cancel any course with four weeks notice prior to the published commencement date of the course, whereupon any fees paid will be refunded in full.

7.        The College reserves the right to withdraw any module/subject up to four weeks after the published commencement date where it considers that it is not viable to run that module/subject, whereupon an alternative subject will be offered, or a pro-rata of the course fees will be given.

8.        For courses leading to qualifications awarded by the External Universities, students must agree to be bound by the relevant University’s regulations and any subsequent amendments made thereto from time to time.

9.        Anyone supplying false information on the Application Form is liable to suspension or expulsion from the College.

10.    The Directors reserve the right to require a student to leave a course at any stage: if the student does not fulfill the above requirements; if the student’s continued presence would, in the opinion of the Directors, be detrimental to the wellbeing of staff, students or the College generally; or if the student does not meet his or her financial obligations. Any fee refunded to an excluded student will be done so wholly at the discretion of the Directors.

11.    The contractual relationship between a student and the College shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of England.

12.    Please note that Queensland College London will retain a lien on your passport until all liabilities from yourself to QCL have been discharged. We retain custody of your passport until the termination of your course, after which it will be returned to you if you have discharged all liabilities owing to the QCL.

13.    The college registration fee is £100. Registration fee is mandatory and non-refundable.