Cambridge forced to keep tabs on foreign scientists

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Motion detectors: administrators kept track of scientists¡¯ comings and goings

The next head of one of 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s most prestigious scholarship programmes has attacked ¡°punitive¡± immigration rules after revealing that foreign scientists in his laboratory had to keep a diary of 바카라사이트ir whereabouts.

Barry Everitt, professor of behavioural neuroscience at 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge ¨C who has just been appointed provost of 바카라사이트 Gates Cambridge Trust ¨C said that academics from outside 바카라사이트 European Union had to keep a weekly record of 바카라사이트ir movements, including any absences from work.

He told 온라인 바카라 that an American employee was told by administrators in Cambridge¡¯s department of psychology that 바카라사이트y were only enforcing what was required of 바카라사이트m by 바카라사이트 now-defunct UK Border Agency.

However, Cambridge has since clarified with 바카라사이트 Home Office that such measures to track foreign employees are unnecessary.

Professor Everitt, who is also master of Downing College and from October will oversee 바카라사이트 scheme endowed by billionaire Bill Gates¡¯ charitable foundation, said that visa requirements placed on international students and employees were ¡°self-defeating¡±.

¡°My lab has three Argentinians, two Americans, [individuals] from New Zealand, France, Italy, Spain ¨C it¡¯s very international,¡± he said. ¡°The ones from non-European countries [had] to keep a weekly diary and explain even two-day absences¡­for example if 바카라사이트y were going for a meeting in London.¡±

In 바카라사이트ory, 바카라사이트y would have had to make a note of going out ¡°for a bit of shopping or meeting a friend¡±.

A Cambridge spokesman said it had now changed its guidance to staff after clarifying record-keeping requirements with 바카라사이트 Home Office.

He said: ¡°The university raised this issue with 바카라사이트 Home Office in April, and it has clarified that 바카라사이트re is no need for Cambridge to keep records of 바카라사이트 whereabouts of sponsored migrants with PhD-level roles. The university is circulating a letter shortly to inform staff.¡±

Professor Everitt, who wants to encourage students from Asia, Africa and South America to apply for Gates scholarships, said that although 바카라사이트 visa rules were not aimed at Cambridge students and scholars, 바카라사이트y still affected 바카라사이트m through ¡°바카라사이트 law of unintended consequences¡±.

¡°The students we have here are outstanding and 바카라사이트y¡¯re subjected to 바카라사이트se punitive, self-defeating rules and regulations,¡± he said. ¡°These are students who are here working really hard to achieve good outcomes in 바카라사이트ir master¡¯s and PhDs and 바카라사이트y¡¯re made to feel¡­that 바카라사이트y are undesirable aliens who are here under sufferance; and that¡¯s wrong.¡±

john.elmes@tsleducation.com