Student Visa Rules Tightened by U.K. Government

The U.K. government announced that it would introduce stricter rules on recruiting students from outside the European Union, reports David Matthews for Times Higher Education, leading to more British universities losing their licenses to sponsor international students. "Currently, institutions can lose their licence if more than 20 per cent of the students they have offered places to are refused a visa by the border authorities," writes Matthews. "But from November, this proportion will be cut to 10 per cent.