450 edn providers fail to sponsor study in UK

Tough new rules and enforcement action to stop the abuse of the United Kingdom (UK) student visa system indicates that over 450 education providers will no longer be able to sponsor new international students. These colleges could have brought more than 11,000 students into the UK to study each year, said a British High Commission press release Wednesday, reports UNB. Last year, around 9,000 Bangladeshi students entered the country, where around 0.5 million Bangladeshis are settled. New UK Border Agency regulations have significantly raised the standards that education providers must meet before they can recruit international students. It said over 400 colleges have so far lost their right to recruit international students after they failed to sign up for the new inspection system. As well as cutting abuse, the new standards will help ensure that genuine international students receive the highest quality education. Besides, a targeted UK Border Agency investigation into more than 100 colleges has led to 51 institutions having their licences to recruit international students revoked. The UK Border Agency has also created a list of more than 2,000 banks and financial institutions from which it will no longer accept evidence to show that students have sufficient funds to support them and pay for their courses.