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Get endorsement for the Global Talent visa to work in the UK as a researcher or academic leader - fellowship, UKRI endorsement, peer review.

• Overview

  With a Global Talent visa you can work in the UK in academia or research,…

• Academic or researcher

  You can get fast track endorsement for the Global Talent visa if you have…

• Individual fellowship

  You can get fast track endorsement if you have held an eligible fellowship…

• UK Research and Innovation endorsement

  You may be eligible for endorsement if you’re working on a research grant…

• Peer review

  If you’re not eligible for another route, you may be able to get…

• If your endorsement application is refused

  You can ask for a review if you do not think your endorsement application…

What improvement support schools and trusts can get between September 2024 and July 2025.

• Updated: 23 September 2024

Information for students to help work out what academic year their course falls under.

• Updated: 19 January 2026

The Higher Education (HE) student timeline

• Updated: 4 December 2012

Information that academies – including any educational setting with academy arrangements – and further education (FE) colleges must or should publish on their website.

• Updated: 24 October 2024

Offers made to applicants for secondary and primary school places to start in September 2026, and the number and proportion which received preferred offers.

• Updated: 4 August 2025

• Updated: 24 October 2024

Apply for an Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) certificate, to study certain subjects in the UK.

• Updated: 24 March 2026

26/27 SFE full-time undergraduate student finance applications are now open.

• Updated: 23 March 2026

Statistics on secondary and primary school applications, including details of offers parents receive on National Offer Day.

• Updated: 12 June 2025