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Welcome to the glossary section, where you can find a dictionary of all terms that commonly appear on our website. These are simple explanations, rather than complete, legal definitions. You can browse by letter or alternatively go to the advanced search anywhere on the site and search by Glossary.

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    1. UK NARIC

      UK National Agency (UK NARIC) is responsible for providing information and opinion on vocational, academic and professional qualifications from over 180 countries worldwide.  The National Agency is managed on behalf of the United Kingdom Government and is the only official source of information on wide-ranging international qualifications and skills attained from outside the United Kingdom.  They compare qualifications from overseas with the United Kingdom and provide information on qualifications and education systems outside the United Kingdom.

       

    2. Undischarged bankrupt

      You are an undischarged bankrupt if you have filed for bankruptcy and the official receiver is still managing your affairs.

    3. United Kingdom

      The United Kingdom includes England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The Channel Islands and the Isle of Man are considered as part of the United Kingdom for nationality purposes, but have their own immigration laws and policies. The Channel Islands are not treated as part of the United Kingdom for value added tax (VAT) purposes.

    4. United Kingdom and Colonies

      A historical term that referred to the United Kingdom and its colonies around the world, usually in connection with citizenship. Citizenship of the United Kingdom and Colonies was replaced in 1983 by other types of British citizenship.

    5. United Kingdom experience

      Under the points-based system for coming to the United Kingdom to work, train or study this is one of the categories (known as 'attributes') for which you can score points. You may be able to score points for this if you scored points for previous earnings in the United Kingdom, or have a qualification at bachelor's degree level or above that was gained in the United Kingdom.

    6. United Kingdom trust territory

      A trust territory was a territory administered by the government of any country in the former British Empire under the trusteeship system of the United Nations. A United Kingdom trust territory was administered by the United Kingdom. See What were protectorates, protected states, mandated territories and trust territories?

    7. Unspent convictions

      Convictions for criminal offences may become 'spent' after specified periods of time from the date of conviction if there are no further convictions during that time. Spent convictions will  be disregarded for certain purposes. They will not normally be taken into account when assessing whether someone is of good character. Convictions that are not yet spent are known as unspent convictions and will be taken into account when assessing good character.

    8. Utility bills

      Bills for essential services supplied to an address, including gas, electricity, water or phone.

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