A UK newspaper has come under fire after releasing an investigation into universities allegedly allowing international students into their institutions “despite having lower grades than domestic students”.
The Sunday Times article saw undercover reporters pose as students’ parents and vie to get onto “secret” pathway programs. It said recruitment officials had indicated that exams were so easy that they were formalities.
It also claimed that some universities were allowing overseas students with poorer grades onto the pathway programs where British students would not be eligible.
Universities UK chief executive Vivienne Stern argued in a statement that the article was misguided, and “failed to distinguish the entry requirements for International Foundation years and full degrees”.
