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Glyndwr Uni's right to sponsor foreign students suspended

Glyndwr University has had its right to sponsor foreign students suspended, after an investigation into fraud in the student visa system at a large number of universities and colleges around the UK.

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Plaid Cymru: Are other Welsh universities affected?

Plaid Cymru education spokesperson Simon Thomas said he is concerned that the Education Minister "could not tell me today whether any other Welsh university could be affected by similar visa failures and the lack of clarity on quality assurance", after Glyndwr University was implicated.

Clearly, if several hundred or more overseas students did not pass English language proficiency tests properly then you would assume their lack of English would be picked up by the quality assurance regime which is the responsibility of HEFCW and the university itself.

This is very troubling. Roughly 3,040 of Glyndwr's 8,800 students are from non-EU countries overseas. This means it is a considerable stream of funding. This is a concern both for the university and for thousands of students studying at the university.

– Simon Thomas AM, Plaid Cymru education spokesman

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