Special online seminar: Pre-Departure Briefing: preparing for studying in the UK with confidence 2023

Lissapat Kraikruan is responsible for overseeing the dissemination of visa information in Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore, as well as liaising with the private sector and education institutions across these countries. As a visa outreach officer, Lissapat aims to provide information while strengthening the effectiveness of visa operations and innovating new approaches to provide the optimum UKVI service for applicants.

Dr Wasant is a panel physician at the International Organization for Migration, specialising in visa medical health assessments for the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. Dr Wasant is also an authorised panellist for refugee health assessments in Thailand. With over 10 years of experience, Dr Wasant is fluent in the intricacies of visa medical processes, using his expertise to ensure seamless and efficient visa medical health assessments.

Uraiwan has worked for the British Council for more than 20 years in UK education promotion, providing advice and support to agents, counsellors, and UK institutions. She is currently responsible for the entire education portfolio in Thailand, including education partnerships, scholarships, studying in the UK, and UK alumni engagement.

During her expansive career, Asst. Prof. Anothai has been an artist and musician, as well as an academic. She has crafted various musical pieces and organised an internationally recognised art and music festival. Additionally, Asst. Prof. Anothai received a UK Alumni Award in the field of culture and creativity from British Council Thailand in 2022. She graduated with a master’s and Ph.D. in Music from the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom.

Hathaichanok (Kaew) is a GREAT Scholar from the 2021/22 batch. After working in government relations for over 4 years, she made a career transition to pursue her passion in property.

With both the RICS accreditation offered by the course and the appealing graduate visa scheme, Kaew has chosen the UK as her destination and graduated from Nottingham Trent University's MSc Real Estate course, she has been working as a Surveyor Executive and is on course to proceed with her APC in 2024.

Chayanant works at the Education and Science Department of the British Council Thailand, where he currently manages research collaboration and builds connections between Thai and UK researchers.