Home Office test scandal students to pitch Mr Bates-inspired TV drama

8 months ago 43

Group believe dramatisation could help ignite wider interest in ‘huge injustice that most people still don’t know about’

Overseas students wrongly accused of cheating by the Home Office are developing a television drama pitch, inspired by the success of Mr Bates vs the Post Office in persuading politicians to look again at an unresolved scandal.

A group of students still battling to clear their names met earlier this month to begin writing an account of their experiences, which they hope will convey to a wider audience the catastrophic fallout from the Home Office’s decision to cancel about 35,000 international students’ visas amid allegations of cheating.

Continue reading...
Read Entire Article