Anglia Ruskin University has been named in a recent BBC investigation into financially pressured universities who accept overseas students despite their inadequate English skills.

Undergraduates from the University of Cambridge have also been implicated in the affair, by doing work for other students.

The problems at Anglia Ruskin were highlighted by former lecturer Jan Farndale, who left two years ago, dissatisfied with the standard of language skills. "I think the big problem was money," she told the BBC. "We were recruiting students who were academically not capable and the important issue was that they could pay."

Anglia Ruskin have denied that there are any issues with language ability at the University. Sandra Hollis, Vice-President of International and Development Services, said that she was "surprised" to hear of the accusations.

A spokesperson from the University told Varsity: "We use the same internationally recognised English language tests used by every other higher education provider in the UK.

"All of our students are tested on arrival to assess areas of proficiency that require additional initial support."

Students at the University of Cambridge have been involved in doing the work of students from other universities for money.

One former English graduate claimed: "I did writing on Business Studies, European Law, Green Economics...I am highly surprised that it wasn’t flagged up that these students were perhaps achieving a 2:1 and writing reasonably fluidly, when they couldn’t speak English particularly well, let alone write it."