Deported and disgraced: the students wrongly accused of cheating
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The Guardian
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🗓️ 19 February 2024
⏱️ 41 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Guardian. Today, the scandal of the 35,000 international students accused of cheating by the home office, |
| 0:17.0 | and the fight to clear their names. I was living in India and always dreamed if I'm doing master I'll do in London. |
| 0:35.0 | Growing up, she had a |
| 0:38.0 | growing up |
| 0:42.0 | Sharnas Sheik had a clear vision of the life she wanted, and she was going to make it happen. |
| 0:48.0 | I came from Andabad back in 2011, I was only 22. I have done my bachelor's back home in chemistry and I wanted |
| 1:01.0 | to do my master in business. I arrived in London and I was so glad when I came here and I was so proud. |
| 1:10.0 | It was a very, very, very big opportunity. |
| 1:14.0 | She was excited but also nervous about meeting new people and exploring the city. |
| 1:20.0 | But at least the language wouldn't be an issue. |
| 1:23.0 | Charlotte, how would you describe your English at the time? |
| 1:27.0 | How fluent were you? |
| 1:28.0 | I never had doubt in my English to be honest because English was not the new language for me. |
| 1:36.1 | Since childhood we are learning English as a subject in our school, colleges, everywhere and 80-90% of chemistry I studied in English. |
| 1:48.0 | Before coming here in 2011, I successfully passed my aisle Isles test, which is the toughest test as an international student. |
| 1:58.0 | And I passed that and that is the reason I got an admission in the university and I got a visa. |
| 2:04.4 | Shana paid 10,000 pounds in tuition fees and began her studies. |
| 2:10.0 | When she needed to get her visa renewed, she was told to take a new English test. |
| 2:17.0 | I need to get new English test which was Teak, a boarding body was ETS. |
| 2:24.0 | Shana went to the home office approved company. |
| 2:28.0 | The Educational Testing Service, the ETS. |
| 2:39.6 | The test was split into four modules, listening, speaking, writing and reading. To be honest, that test was childish. I just need to describe a picture. Maybe it's like a seaside or it's like in a park, what dog is doing in a park I was excited to just wait for the result |
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