The British government will assist Indian students at the London Metropolitan University, whose licence to recruit non-UK, non-European students has been revoked, to help transfer to other UK universities and had, in fact, established a two million-pound fund to help legitimate overseas students of LMU who face extra costs for no fault of theirs, Ian Felton, the British Deputy High Commissioner in Bengaluru, said on Thursday.
Mr Felton said the UK Border Agency will write to affected students with detailed instructions. “All efforts are being made by the UK Border Agency and by Universities Minister David Willetts to ensure that a student helpline is set up to enable their transfers to other UK universities that are willing to sponsor the students. The UK Border Agency will be writing to each student after October 1, 2012 giving them detailed instructions so that the students are not disadvantaged in any way.” The 2 million-Pound fund is meant to assist with extra costs students may face in transferring to other universities, he said. Overseas students pay higher fees than UK and European students, on average about 10,000 pounds this year, and spend a similar sum on living costs.