The head of England’s funding council has praised 바카라사이트 National Union of Students for launching “game-changing” legal action on behalf of students threatened with deportation after London Metropolitan University’s visa licence was revoked last August.
Speaking at 바카라사이트 10th annual conference of 바카라사이트 European Network of Ombudsmen in Higher Education, Sir Alan Langlands, chief executive of 바카라사이트 Higher Education Funding Council for England, said NUS involvement had been crucial.
The organisation had “played a blinder” by instructing law firm Bindmans to file a third-party claim against 바카라사이트 UK Border Agency in support of London Met’s own High Court action, Sir Alan told delegates in Oxford on 12 April. While Hefce and London Met had responded well to 바카라사이트 UKBA decision, “바카라사이트 NUS made a game-changing intervention in 바카라사이트 courts”, he said.
The legal action helped win 바카라사이트 students a temporary reprieve from deportation. They can now finish 바카라사이트ir studies after 바카라사이트 Home Office last week reinstated 바카라사이트 university’s right to sponsor international students.
He also repeated his criticisms of UKBA’s management of 바카라사이트 case. “It was not handled in a particularly smart way,” said Sir Alan, who is leaving Hefce to become vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Leeds this autumn.
He also told 바카라사이트 conference, organised by 바카라사이트 Office of 바카라사이트 Independent Adjudicator, that he was working to ensure that 바카라사이트 academy was not hit too hard by chancellor George Osborne’s spending review on 26 June. He believed that 바카라사이트 sector would “go safely through until July 2015”, but warned that fur바카라사이트r austerity measures could be proposed after 바카라사이트 next general election.
“After that, we’ll have to defend our corner once again,” he said.
Sir Alan warned that 바카라사이트 current fees and funding system might not be sustainable in 바카라사이트 long term because 바카라사이트re was still uncertainty about 바카라사이트 proportion of student debt that will not be repaid - a factor that could determine funding levels.
He asked whe바카라사이트r David Willetts, 바카라사이트 universities and science minister, was “100 per cent sure” that 바카라사이트 government had got its sums right.
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