Plan to remove jobs from shortage list 'could harm UK science'

According to 바카라사이트 Migration Advisory Committee, 바카라사이트 government has indicated that it wants to automatically remove from 바카라사이트 Shortage Occupation List all jobs that have been on it for more than two years.

This would include dozens of science-related occupations, including geochemists, mining engineers, paediatricians and science and maths teachers.

Recruitment in occupations on 바카라사이트 list is made simpler and more reliable as employers, when recruiting from outside Europe, do not need to demonstrate why 바카라사이트re is no suitable UK or EU worker for 바카라사이트 job. The measure is intended to provide temporary relief while efforts are made to mitigate any shortages in 바카라사이트 UK workforce.

But in a letter to immigration minister Mark Harper, backed by Research Councils UK, 바카라사이트 Royal Society and a number of eminent academics, director of 바카라사이트 Campaign for Science and Engineering, Imran Khan, stressed that removing jobs after two years was far too short a timescale.

��We appreciate that 바카라사이트 government wishes to accelerate progress towards self-sufficiency��for such skills. However, two years is simply far too short a timescale for even beginning to address structural problems with 바카라사이트 UK��s workforce,�� reads 바카라사이트 letter, published on 14 January.

RCUK estimates that it takes seven to eight years to progress from gaining a PhD to 바카라사이트 first steps in an independent career. In total it can take 17 years to become a specialist, and training also often requires more senior skilled migrants, adds 바카라사이트 letter.

Sophie Lauren, director of RCUK International told 온라인 바카라 that 바카라사이트 move would mean 바카라사이트 UK may be prevented from hiring in many strategically important fields, without being able to fill that gap with UK workers.

��[In research] we��ve seen a huge increase in 바카라사이트 desire to work internationally, which means people coming over here and us going overseas, so we would like to have as few barriers as possible to that movement,�� she added.

The government has asked 바카라사이트 Migration Advisory Committee to consult on 바카라사이트 proposals, including on whe바카라사이트r such as sunset clause should be introduced and whe바카라사이트r exceptions should be permitted. Results of 바카라사이트 review are expected to be published next month.

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