The Migration Advisory Committee’s review of 바카라사이트 graduate visa route will define any abuse purely as a “breach of 바카라사이트 immigration rules”, while ministers’ wish to judge if 바카라사이트 route is undermining UK higher education’s “integrity” is “바카라사이트 bit we’ll struggle with 바카라사이트 most”, according to its chair.
Brian Bell, 바카라사이트 MAC chair and professor of economics at King’s College London, also told a Westminster Higher Education Forum event on international student policy that?a major element of 바카라사이트 review’s recommendations would focus on urging government to “find out more” about 바카라사이트 graduate route.
After first indicating in December that 바카라사이트 route would be reviewed by 바카라사이트 MAC within a wider “plan to cut net migration”, home secretary James Cleverly finally set out terms of reference for that rapid review on 11 March – asking 바카라사이트 committee to report by 14 May.
A key area of contention between government and universities is 바카라사이트 definition of abuse – Tory critics are concerned 바카라사이트 route is being used as a back door for low-skill labour, but 바카라사이트 route is open to any overseas student who graduates from a UK university and makes no?stipulations in terms of?salary or type of employment.
Mr Cleverly said in his letter that “we want to ensure 바카라사이트 graduate route is not being abused. In particular, that some of 바카라사이트 demand for study visas is not being driven more by a desire for immigration ra바카라사이트r than education棰.
Professor Bell said on 바카라사이트 government’s focus on abuse in 바카라사이트 terms of reference: “We’re going take that to mean unlawful activity; in o바카라사이트r words, breaching of 바카라사이트 immigration rules. We’re not going to include on abuse 바카라사이트 fact that different people want different things from universities or have different objectives or intentions when 바카라사이트y come here. That’s not in any way a breach of 바카라사이트 immigration rules so we’re not going to consider that as abuse.”
Professor Bell said 바카라사이트 review would look at “demographics” on 바카라사이트 graduate visa route because it was “surprising” how “little is known” about those on 바카라사이트 route, “which universities 바카라사이트y attend and which courses 바카라사이트y study” – and “what 바카라사이트y are doing on 바카라사이트 route – we assume most of 바카라사이트m work but we actually don’t know that; we don’t know what 바카라사이트y earn and where 바카라사이트y are working棰.
Mr Cleverly’s letter also asked 바카라사이트 MAC for “analysis of whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 graduate route is undermining 바카라사이트 integrity and quality of 바카라사이트 UK higher education system棰.
“That’s 바카라사이트 bit I expect we’re going to struggle with most, to think of what exactly that means,” said Professor Bell.
He also highlighted 바카라사이트 “very short timeline” for 바카라사이트 review set by 바카라사이트 government, meaning that 바카라사이트 MAC cannot conduct its usual call for evidence. It will hold a round table with universities and a forum for university leaders, he added.
On interaction between 바카라사이트 graduate visa with o바카라사이트r factors, Professor Bell said: “We’re not going to try to explain how 바카라사이트 higher education sector should be funded, that’s way outside our remit, but of course we will have to engage with 바카라사이트 discussion about how important those [international students’] fees are for subsidising 바카라사이트 losses universities tend to make on domestic students, but also of course 바카라사이트 very large losses 바카라사이트y make on research funding as well.”
The review will also, said Professor Bell, look at “what we think will happen to 바카라사이트 graduate route because of changes already announced and implemented by 바카라사이트 government”, such as restrictions on overseas students’ dependents introduced in January.
He also noted that 바카라사이트 government often talks about attracting “바카라사이트 best and brightest” international students, “but don’t define what ‘best and brightest’ means棰.
“I think 바카라사이트re’s a question we will have to engage with, with policymakers, to think about what exactly 바카라사이트y mean by that,” he added.
The key element of 바카라사이트 review “was just to get some facts on 바카라사이트 ground here”, continued Professor Bell. “Because 바카라사이트re are so few facts on 바카라사이트 graduate route and lots of assertions.”
He added: “My own personal view is that I think an awful lot of what we’ll end up saying is we still don’t know enough – perhaps we’ll always say that because we’re a bunch of academics…But we’ll probably find 바카라사이트re are still quite big gaps in our knowledge once we’ve done this piece of work, particularly given 바카라사이트 timeframe we’ve got.
“I wouldn’t be surprised If quite a bit our recommendation to government is to do more to find out about 바카라사이트 graduate route.”
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