Getty imagesThe Secretary of Education has obtained student loan funds from the Private University of Oxford Business on Conerns on admission practices.
Bridget Phillipson said that “recruitment and assistance management” in Oxford Business College, which is not a university, but sacrifices the courses of some English universities, “were well”.
She said she wanted to “eliminate any abuse of the student support system,” amid accusations that people claim millions of pounds in student loans without planning to study.
Oxford Business College said that there had been no “embezzlement findings” and that it would challenge the decision, which said it was “illegal.”
In a written ministerial statement, Phillipsson said he realized last year of “credible Conerns about the recruitment and assistance of the students” at the university and commissioned an investigation by the government’s internal audit agency.
She wrote: “It is clear to me that recruitment management and university assistance has remained well below the standards that I have the right to wait; this is unfair to those students who have really managed to study.
“In particular, the research has not been able to give me the assurance that the previous achievement of the students, including their competence in the English language, has been properly evaluated, or that their assistance to their courses has been properly monitored.”
She said that the school had been told that new students in their courses would not be eligible for the support of students with immediate effect.
Oxford Business College said: “The Leghy Research Department of Education on Oxford Business College (OBC) concluded without embezzlement findings.
“Despite this clear result, the DFE has indicated that the courses will be designated as or September 2025, a decision that the OBC firm believes that it is Anawful and will challenge through the judicial review.
“Safeguarding the interests of our students remains our absolute priority.”
The Ministerial Declaration follows Conerns about the “franchisee” provision of higher education courses.
According to these arrangements, the universities that are registered in the Student Office, the Universities Regulator of England, allow the smallest institutions, which do not have to be registered, teach some courses.
When the students of these conferences obtain student loans to cover the enrollment rates, they are paid directly to the registered university that developed their course. Then a percentage is passed in the narrowest institution, which offers teaching.
They can also request maintenance loans to help with life costs, which are paid directly in their bank accounts.
The decision to extract student support from Oxford Business College courses means that new students will not be able to request student loans to study there, and follow the accusations that millions of pounds are being studied in student loans.
Last month, The Sunday Times said he found evidence that some people enrolled in grade courses in small universities only to access loans, without intention to return them.
The newspaper said that most students under scrutiny are believed to be in franchisee universities.
He said there is a concern about the possible “organized recruitment” or Romanian citizens in private to register in courses.
The Secretary of Education described him as “one of the greatest financial scandals in the history of the sector of our universities” and said that he had asked experts against French to lead an investigation.
Oxford Business College announces courses at West London University, Buckinghamshire New University and New College Durham on their website, all of which are registered in the Student Office, the Universities Regulator of England.
Phillipsson said that the courses of five institutions completely registered, and that “several university members have already completed their agreements with him or have impossible breath controls.”
“Genuine” students in Oxford Business College can transfer to new courses until the end of the academic year and maintain their maintenance and support of rates if “remain committed to their studies,” he said.
“These decisions reflect my determination to eliminate any abuse of the student support system. I will not hesitate to do the same again if circumstances justify it,” he added.
