London Metropolitan University
Loss of international student licence exacts heavy toll on London Met. David Matthews reports
Loss of international student licence exacts heavy toll on London Met. David Matthews reports
London Metropolitan University has halted plans to outsource its support services after losing its licence to recruit overseas students.
Fewer than 45 per cent of continuing overseas students at London Metropolitan University have committed to stay with the troubled institution, given the choice of staying or transferring elsewhere.
A private for-profit college has been prevented from taking on international students from London Metropolitan University because of concerns over quality.
International students at London Metropolitan University will be refunded any higher tuition fee charges as well as the extra cost of travel and accommodation if they move elsewhere to study, it has been announced.
International students at London Metropolitan University could be given a year to continue their course if the institution is given a chance to challenge its recent student visa ban.
London Metropolitan University is to take legal action to challenge the revocation of its licence to admit international students, saying it has a duty to the higher education sector to challenge the UK Border Agency's decision.
A translation error by Chinese news agencies has dragged another higher education institution into the London Metropolitan University visa controversy.
The University of East London has set up a hotline for London Metropolitan University students, in a bid to attract those facing deportation in the wake of the visa scandal.
The decision to strip London Metropolitan University of its licence to recruit overseas students has implications “for the whole UK sector”, according to the vice-president of Universities UK.
University is first ever to lose its licence to sponsor non-EU students. Jack Grove writes
London Metropolitan University is to lose its licence to teach foreign students, it has been reported, becoming the first UK university to be stripped of its Highly Trusted Sponsor status by the UK Border Agency.
London Metropolitan University has had its licence to recruit international students suspended by immigration officials.
Two Islamic societies at London Metropolitan University have launched a scathing attack on “undemocratic, ill devised and misleading remarks” by the vice-chancellor, who proposed banning alcohol from parts of the campus in case it offended Muslims.
The University and College Union has called on the governors of London Metropolitan University to “intervene and re-direct” the institution after a survey returned a 91 per cent vote of no confidence in the vice-chancellor.
Master's course offers expert oversight from 'spa with strippers' tour operator. Jack Grove reports
The president of London Metropolitan University students’ union has called for the vice-chancellor to apologise after he suggested the sale of alcohol should be banned from parts of the campus because some Muslim students believed drinking was “immoral”.
The vice-chancellor of London Metropolitan University has defended his decision to cut the number of courses at his institution by two-thirds, and set out lessons for other universities that embark on similar overhauls.
