A group of academics are threatening to boycott the government's new immigration rules for students, saying orders that they monitor international students' movements are discriminatory.
The 35 academics, who describe themselves as being involved in researching the "uses and abuses of state power" say that they are increasingly being drawn into the role of "policing students" by the immigration authorities. The lecturers include some at Liverpool John Moores University, which was caught up in the terror arrests of 12 Pakistani nationals on student visas last week in connection with a major terror plot.
In a letter to the Guardian, they say that under new rules they are being asked to report students who don't turn up to lectures and to check the ID of students and visiting academics from other countries.
The letter says: "We strongly oppose the imposition of such changes in the way that academic institutions are run. We believe these practices are discriminatory and distort academic freedoms. The implementation of UK immigration policies is not part of our contractual duties and we will play no part in practices which discriminate against students and staff."
The new points-based immigration system rules that international students have to be sponsored by an accredited institution, an attempt to weed out bogus colleges that are fronts for immigration scams. continues here
The 35 academics, who describe themselves as being involved in researching the "uses and abuses of state power" say that they are increasingly being drawn into the role of "policing students" by the immigration authorities. The lecturers include some at Liverpool John Moores University, which was caught up in the terror arrests of 12 Pakistani nationals on student visas last week in connection with a major terror plot.
In a letter to the Guardian, they say that under new rules they are being asked to report students who don't turn up to lectures and to check the ID of students and visiting academics from other countries.
The letter says: "We strongly oppose the imposition of such changes in the way that academic institutions are run. We believe these practices are discriminatory and distort academic freedoms. The implementation of UK immigration policies is not part of our contractual duties and we will play no part in practices which discriminate against students and staff."
The new points-based immigration system rules that international students have to be sponsored by an accredited institution, an attempt to weed out bogus colleges that are fronts for immigration scams. continues here
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