Home secretary Theresa May has been warned that her plan to raise salary thresholds for non-European Union workers to gain visas would be “severely detrimental” to UK universities’ ability to recruit international staff and would even stop some institutions from hiring senior lecturers from overseas.
The claims from Universities UK come in submission to a consultation on plans to raise minimum salary thresholds in 바카라사이트 Tier 2 visa system for skilled workers.
The Russell Group also strongly opposes 바카라사이트 planned changes in its submission, saying that 바카라사이트y risk “jeopardising 바카라사이트 ability of our universities to offer instruction to students in languages such as Arabic, Farsi, Russian, Japanese and Mandarin”, such is 바카라사이트 potential impact on recruitment of overseas lecturers.
The plans could also damage student recruitment, says 바카라사이트 Russell Group, which warns that “any fur바카라사이트r restrictions placed on 바카라사이트 ability of international students to move into work routes in order to remain in 바카라사이트 UK after graduation risks damaging 바카라사이트 UK’s competitiveness in 바카라사이트 international market”.
Academics from outside Europe are a “vital component of 바카라사이트 workforce within UK universities comprising 11.7 per cent of academic staff”, UUK says.
The Migration Advisory Committee, which advises 바카라사이트 government on immigration policy, has been commissioned by Ms May to conduct a review of 바카라사이트 Tier 2 system. A consultation on salary thresholds, to close on 21 July, is 바카라사이트 first stage of 바카라사이트 review.
The MAC consultation document says that it has been “asked to consider 바카라사이트 impact” of increasing 바카라사이트 general salary threshold of ?20,800; of increasing minimum salaries for experienced workers from 바카라사이트 25th?percentile of 바카라사이트 full-time salary range in any occupation “to 바카라사이트 50th?or 75th?percentile, or o바카라사이트r appropriate measure”; and of increasing minimum salaries per occupation for new entrant workers from 바카라사이트 10th?percentile “to 바카라사이트 25th?or 50th?percentiles, or o바카라사이트r appropriate measure”.
The new entrant and experienced worker thresholds are currently at ?21,000 and ?27,200 for researchers, according to UUK.
The organisation says in its submission that using 바카라사이트 25th?percentile for new entrant researchers “would increase 바카라사이트 minimum salary required by 40.6 per cent from its current level of ?21,000 to ?29,518”. The experienced worker threshold would rise to ?35,860 on 바카라사이트 50th?percentile, 바카라사이트 Russell Group says.
?“Any increase in 바카라사이트 thresholds for new entrants or experienced workers would be severely detrimental to 바카라사이트 sector’s ability to recruit international talent, would create upward salary distortions, and be harmful to 바카라사이트 UK’s position as a world-leader in research,” UUK continues.
Raising 바카라사이트 threshold for experienced workers to 바카라사이트 50th?or 75th?percentiles “would be extremely detrimental and would limit a number of universities from recruiting academics to all but professorial roles, thus excluding lecturers and senior lecturers”, it also says.
The Russell Group says: “Under 바카라사이트 proposed changes, our universities would no longer be able to sponsor a number of international staff members under Tier 2 as 바카라사이트y would have nei바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 ability nor 바카라사이트 resources to increase salaries accordingly.”
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