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Boris Johnson Warns Over Prejudice Against Foreign Students In The UK Boris Johnson has warned the government not to be prejudiced against foreign students who want to study in the UK.Speaking ahead of an address to Indian students in Delhi, the London Mayor said new rules introduced last year by ministers to slash the number of bogus colleges sent out the "wrong signal", adding that he feared they would hit the 2.5bn revenue stream British universities earn from overseas students.The industry played an important part in subsidising domestic undergraduates, the mayor said, as he announced plans to set up an Education Export Commission with central government to examine whether foreign students were now choosing to study in the United States, Canada and Australia instead.Johnson has been a vocal opponent of the new restrictions, which include higher standards of English literacy and refusing overseas graduates the right to stay in the UK unless they can secure a job with a salary above 20,000.Britain's previously popular reputation as a destination for international students took a battering in August after the UK Border Agency stripped London Metropolitan University of its right to recruit overseas. The decision meant hundreds of foreign students faced being sent back home, many of whom had harsh words for the government.Labour MP Jeremy Corbyn claimed at the time the decision created an "appalling" image of Britain and would deter foreigners from studying in the UK.According to Johnson's figures, the number of Indians applying to study in the UK dropped 9% this year and is forecast to fall a further 25% next year. Of the 110,000 foreign students in London alone, 9,000 are from India, where Johnson is spending this week trying to build business links with the capital.In interviews ahead of a speech to prospective students at Amity University, the equivalent of Oxford or Cambridge, Johnson said he was worried the "mood music" from Whitehall was putting the very best off applying.Information gathered from Internet from Click Here