(Xinhua) -- Foreign students hoping to come to Britain to study will have to meet strict new rules, the government announced on Wednesday. The Home Office has published proposals for much tighter rules for foreign students and the universities and colleges hosting them, under the new point-based system. All colleges and universities will have to take greater responsibility for their foreign students, and will even need a license should they wish to recruit from abroad, to help the government crack down on bogus colleges who abuse the system.
For the first time education providers face a ban on bringing over international students if they fail to follow strict new rules including alerting the UK Border Agency (UKBA) if students fail to enroll. Foreign students must be sponsored by a UKBA-licensed education institution, prove they have the means to support themselves and their families while studying here as well as supplying their fingerprints.