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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">BBC News</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Universities recruit students with inadequate English</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">A BBC investigation has found evidence that suggests some universities under financial pressure accept overseas students who lack adequate English. </P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Money from overseas students totals £1.6bn and makes up a third of university fees in </P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Arjuna - not his real name - is a law student in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">London</st1:place></st1:City> and admits he cannot understand what lecturers are saying, Inside Out has discovered. </P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">He said he could not write assignments and sometimes has had to cheat.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Full story:</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/8496053.stm</P>
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