International students at the University of Manchester are facing “degrading” in-person visa checks and “differential monitoring” compared to home students, The PIE News has learnt.
The university has been forced to introduce a new temporary monitoring system after a “malicious cyber incident” earlier this year which made its previous system inoperable.
The system requires students on Tier 4 visas to register their attendance at their on-campus check-in location twice a week.
International students also have to complete online check-ins during teaching sessions – something that home students aren’t required to do.
