Today, education institutions across the UK are experiencing a severe shortage of qualified professionals given the limitations in the local talent pool and the increasing demand for high-quality education.
The silver lining for education institutions is that they can now turn to the international labour market to hire qualified and experienced educators to fill core skill shortages.
While the benefits of doing so are clear, the process, itself, can be complex, arduous and stressful. That’s why the right sponsorship services and solutions—from application support to long-term compliance management—can simplify this journey.
Common recruitment challenges in the education industry
The increasing demand for qualified educators across the UK
A lack of skilled educators in the local labour market
Increasingly complex Home Office regulations
High turnover in the education sector
High salary expectations among local educators
What’s the process of hiring foreign educators in the UK?
Obtaining the sponsor licence
You can become a licenced sponsor by submitting your completed sponsor licence application and the required documentation and paying the licence fee to the UKVI.
Conducting right-to-work checks
As an employer, you must ensure that your prospective employees are eligible to work in the UK by conducting physical or online right-to-work checks before hiring them.
Issuing the CoS to selected candidates
Once eligible education professionals are selected, you must issue a CoS to your recruits to help them complete the Skilled Worker visa process.
Welcoming and onboarding international educators
Upon the arrival of your selected candidates to the UK, you need to ensure that you maintain your compliance as a sponsor employer for the duration of their employment.
Obtaining the sponsor licence
You can become a licenced sponsor by submitting your completed sponsor licence application and the required documentation and paying the licence fee to the UKVI.
Conducting right-to-work checks
As an employer, you must ensure that your prospective employees are eligible to work in the UK by conducting physical or online right-to-work checks before hiring them.
Issuing the CoS to selected candidates
Once eligible education professionals are selected, you must issue a CoS to your recruits to help them complete the Skilled Worker visa process.
Welcoming and onboarding international educators
Upon the arrival of your selected candidates to the UK, you need to ensure that you maintain your compliance as a sponsor employer for the duration of their employment.
How can we help?
When you partner with Nation.better, we help you:
Access a wide pool of talent through our recruitment partners
Today, we’ve partnered with some of the most well-known recruitment agencies in the UK. When you work with us, you access our partners’ entire talent portfolio.
Simplify the sponsor licence application process
At Nation.better, we support you with our expert-led sponsor application services for just £650+VAT/per employee for a more streamlined sponsorship process.
Choose the most eligible educators with our FREE eligibility assessments
Through our free eligibility assessments, we provide you with the support you need to choose the most eligible education professionals for your institution and mitigate your risks.
Meet compliance requirements with our sponsorship compliance platform
Ensuring that you meet your compliance duties can be a daunting responsibility. With our compliance platform, we help you and your employees stay on top of every requirement.
Great team, great service and really simple process at a fraction of the standard expensive fees. Nation.better actually educates founders on what it means to be a sponsor. Definitely recommend these guys.
Stephan Eyeson
Co-founder, Survey54
Clear and easy process to go through. Nation.better team made sure that we have a super smooth experience and it gets the job done! 100% recommended.
Mo Khodadadi
Founder, Satis.AI
Easy. Having been through this before with other immigration service providers that over complicate the process and charge high fees, Nation.better through innovative ways made the usual painful and stressful experience full of confidence and care. Highly recommended.
Dasha Selyanova
Managing Director, ZDDZ
As a small company, hiring talent from outside the UK can feel very daunting. Nation.better has designed an efficient system to support employers through complex regulations and paperwork. As an employer, I have transparency over the full process. The team has been highly supportive and responsive as well! It’s been a joy working with them.