Introduction

The University of Glasgow’s UKVI Sponsor Licence, and our ability to sponsor international students, are dependent on accurate and timely attendance monitoring.

To ensure on-going compliance the University has introduced new practices, especially in the areas of student engagement monitoring. Changing our processes greatly influences a broader, future ambition to ensure we provide data-informed processes that can boost student wellbeing, success, and engagement across individual students and the wider community.

UG/PGT (teaching events) - Student visa holders should use the SafeZone app to record their attendance during timetabled teaching events.  

PGR/PGT (dissertation/project) - Student visa holders should use the new UofG HelpDesk Engagement Form (which replaces all other local forms for recording engagements).  

Contact the team

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Key Engagement Monitoring Information (updated 27 May 2025)

 

Immigration Compliance Hub

An expanded Immigration Compliance Hub will launch in July 2025. The team's responsibilities include:

  • Visa registration
  • Monitoring non-registered students
  • Proactively monitoring student engagement and attendance
  • CAS extensions
  • All UKVI reporting  

APEX Engagement Dashboard

The APEX Dashboard is a platform which consolidates UKVI engagement data in a central resource, and provides:

  • A cenralised process, and consistency for all students
  • Improved data quality
  • Improved engagement tracking
  • Case-management capability

APEX Dashboard Resources 

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Support Resources for Colleagues

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Support Resources for Students

Colleagues should direct student enquiries to available resources