London Met regains licence to teach foreign students London Metropolitan University had its licence to recruit and teach non-EU students revoked last year over concerns about its failure to monitor students" immigration status and attendance. The move had left up to 2,600 foreign students faced with either finding an alternative course or being forced to leave the UK. She said: "The priority must be to make sure that the student visa route works efficiently and instils public confidence, and that genuine international students are encouraged to come to the UK." Liam Burns of the National Union of Students, which campaigned to allow foreign students at London Met to continue their studies in the wake of last August's decision, said: "It is welcome news that students have greater stability and security now London Met is back on the road to regaining its HTS licence, and that existing students can finally have confidence that they can continue their studies at a university with a licence." The university's licence was initially revoked following a UK Border Agency investigation that exposed "serious systemic failures" at the university. The investigation found a quarter of overseas students sampled at London Metropolitan University did not have permission to stay in the country while a "significant proportion" did not have a good standard of English, and that in more than half of cases, there was no proof they were turning up to lectures. IN PICTURES: Countries sending the most students to the UK