A structured course for the African students you admit. It runs from offer to the end of the first term, and every module is tied to a concern that affects your BCA results: visa refusals, students who never enrol, and students who withdraw.
Each concern below links to the module that deals with it. Nothing is included just because it is "nice to know".
| University concern | BCA metric affected | Where the programme covers it |
|---|---|---|
| Applicants who can't explain their course choice or plans at a credibility interview | Refusal rate | Module 1 and the one-to-one mock interview |
| Financial evidence that doesn't meet the rules, or funds that aren't the student's to use | Refusal rate | Module 2 |
| Altered documents or agent-prepared applications | Refusal rate | Module 3 |
| CAS holders who are delayed, change plans or never arrive | Enrolment rate | Module 5 and the live pre-departure session |
| Students breaking work limits, missing attendance or not reporting changes | Completion rate and sponsor duties | Module 4 |
| Fees for years two and three, and currency swings | Completion rate | Module 6 and the end-of-term review |
| Academic misconduct, including misuse of AI tools, and failing first assessments | Completion rate | Module 7 |
| Isolation, scams and wellbeing problems that lead to withdrawal | Completion rate | Module 8 and the first-term check-ins |
Lessons are short, mobile-first and designed to work on low data. Live sessions are scheduled in West, East and Southern African time zones and recorded.
Completed before the CAS is issued or the visa application goes in, so it never holds up your admissions timeline.
Online lessons and a written exercise
Evidence: a written study-plan statement, reviewed by our team
Online lessons and a checklist
Evidence: a completed funding checklist and full-course fee plan
Online lesson and case studies
Evidence: a signed honesty declaration
Live video call with a trained interviewer
Evidence: an interview rating (ready, ready with support, or not ready) shared with you
Starts once the visa is granted. It gets students to campus on time and ready to keep their visa conditions.
Online lessons and a quiz
Evidence: quiz passed at 80% or above
Online lessons and a personal arrival plan
Evidence: a confirmed arrival plan shared with your international office
Online lessons and a budget tool
Evidence: a completed first-year budget
Online lessons and practice tasks
Evidence: a referencing exercise and an academic integrity quiz
Online lessons
Evidence: module completion
Live group webinar, recorded
Evidence: attendance, or the recording watched
Short check-ins at the points where students usually start to struggle, so problems reach you while they can still be fixed.
One-to-one call
Evidence: check-in record, with any concerns referred to you
One-to-one call
Evidence: check-in record, with any concerns referred to you
One-to-one call
Evidence: a programme completion certificate
Small online groups, led by a facilitator
Evidence: attendance
About 11 hours of core learning, spread over roughly 16 weeks so students are never asked for more than a few hours in any week.
| Stage | When | Learning time | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Visa readiness | Within 10 days of the offer, before the CAS | 3 hrs | 2.5 hrs online, 30 min one-to-one |
| 2. Pre-departure | 2–4 weeks before travel | 6 hrs | 5 hrs online, 1 hr live group |
| 3. First-term support | Weeks 2–12 after arrival | 1 hr 45 min (+1 hr 30 min optional) | One-to-one calls, optional peer groups |
| Total | About 16 weeks | 10 hrs 45 min core | 12 hrs 15 min with peer circles |
Student is enrolled on the programme as soon as you send the offer.
You receive each student's readiness rating before deciding on the CAS.
Pre-departure modules and the live briefing, finished before travel.
Three check-ins, and a completion certificate at the end of term one.
Pick a pilot group of admitted students. We train them, and then compare their refusal, enrolment and first-term results with the rest of your cohort.
Discuss a pilot intake