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• What is the Home Office English test scandal?

  11-02-2024 18:00
  
  Tens of thousands of students lost their visas after a TV exposé of cheating a decade ago. Many say they were wrongly accusedIn 2014, a BBC Panorama documentary revealed widespread, well-organised cheating in the English language tests that international students were required to take in the UK if they wanted to change their course or renew their visa. As a result of these allegations the Home Office revoked the visas of about 35,000 students. Most were thrown off their courses; 2,500 stu
  
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• Students are racking up huge debts, but how can they tell if it’s value for money? | Sonia Sodha

  11-02-2024 10:00
  
  Universities make it very hard to judge the value of their courses, yet it has never been more vital High interest rates mean that, for the vast majority of recent graduates in England, student loans have become the equivalent of running up a down escalator. Anyone who started university between 2012 and 2022 is now paying 7.6% interest on what they borrowed, meaning that almost all will see their loans go up by more than they repay this year.Personal finance reporter Laura Purkess tweeted last
  
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