london from november it will be even more difficult for indian students to travel to uk for education britain on tuesday announced a fresh crackdown on student visas as further measures of the immigration act came into force from november tougher rules will be imposed on universities and colleges who sponsor international students to study in the uk currently educational institutions can enjoy highly trusted sponsor status if the home office rejects 20 or fewer student applications as being invalid but that figure will be cut to 10 in november after a threemonth grace period for colleges and universities to reexamine and improve their admissions procedures if more than one in 10 applications are being rejected from november onwards educational institutions could lose their right to bring in new students from overseas the change will ensure all institutions are playing their part in administering immigration rules to enjoy the benefits of bringing in foreign students the numbers of students to all universities coming to the uk from india fell by 38 between 2011 and 2012 it is estimated that the overall value of uk higher education exports to the economy in 201112 was around 10 billion income from international noneu students generated through their tuition fees in 201213 came to 3 billion which represented around 30 of all tuition fee england has recorded a sharp dip in overseas students enrolling in british universities the first fall in nearly three decades 29 years thanks to indians giving it a skip data revealed by the higher education funding council for england hefce shows that the number of indian students fell from 18535 in 201011 to 13250 in 201112 and further to 10235 in 201213 home secretary theresa may said we are building an immigration system that is fair to british citizens and legitimate migrants but tough on those who abuse it or flout the law the immigration act is a landmark piece of legislation that will make britain a less attractive place for those who come here for the wrong reasons and will allow us to remove more people when they have no right to remain may added we will always act when we see abuse of our immigration system and that is why we are tightening the rules to cut out abuse in the student visa system a recent survey showed that british universities are bending over with scholarships to attract indian students into their campuses the survey of a third of londons universities found that in total an average of rs 250 million 25 million has been awarded to students each year from india and over rs 700 million 7million over the last three years the figure could actually be three times higher over 7 million per year as just 17 universities in the london university international partnership luip took part in the study london is home to over 105000 international students from 220 nations the british council recently announced the biggest number of scholarships in india ever launched