Jo Johnson calls for four-year post-study UK work visa

The UK should introduce a four-year post-study work visa and a target to double 바카라사이트 number of Indian students, if it is to remain competitive in global international student recruitment after Covid-19 and Brexit, according to former universities minister Jo Johnson.

In a new report,?Universities open to 바카라사이트 world: How to put 바카라사이트 bounce back in Global Britain, Mr Johnson says that ¡°universities have been 바카라사이트 victim of competing and conflicting government policy objectives in Westminster over much of 바카라사이트 last decade¡±, which have included increasing education exports as well as managing down overseas student numbers ¡°in a misguided attempt to reduce overall net migration to below 100,000¡±.

¡°This confusion and ambivalence has created a volatile and unstable policy environment which helps explain why 바카라사이트 UK ¨C a perennial world leader in education ¨C has gradually seen its share of 바카라사이트 international education market slip over 바카라사이트 past?ten years,¡± he says.

The UK government is revising its latest international education strategy, which was published in March 2019 and set UK universities 바카라사이트?target of attracting 600,000 international students?by 2030, an increase of about 25 per cent on current numbers.

But, in 바카라사이트 report, Mr Johnson says that 바카라사이트 goal ¡°lacked ambition¡±.

¡°By settling for growth rates significantly slower than 바카라사이트 global market for international students had enjoyed over 바카라사이트 previous decade (doubling in 바카라사이트 past ten years), 바카라사이트 targets tacitly accepted a steady loss in UK market share,¡± he says.

¡°The objectives set by 바카라사이트 UK Government for 바카라사이트 sector in May 2019 put us on a trajectory that would see our market share halve by 2030 and see 바카라사이트 UK fall down 바카라사이트 global rankings of destination countries.¡±

He recommends that 바카라사이트 UK should set a goal to remain 바카라사이트 number one study destination worldwide after 바카라사이트 US, double post-study work visas from two to four years and launch a new marketing drive in India to double 바카라사이트 number of students from 바카라사이트 country by 2024. India should also be included alongside China in 바카라사이트 low-risk country category, he says.

Mr Johnson, who is senior fellow at?Harvard University¡¯s Kennedy School and professorial fellow at?King¡¯s College London, also calls for an end to ¡°hostile bureaucracy¡± in 바카라사이트 Home Office. He says ¡°it should be left to universities, as opposed to 바카라사이트 government, to determine required baseline language ability¡± of foreign students, while 바카라사이트 government should also delegate 바카라사이트 visa processing function to universities too, meaning that institutions could undertake checks on new international students and ¡°effectively attach visa approval to offer letters¡±.

He is 바카라사이트 second former universities minister to push for a four-year post-study work visa; Chris Skidmore?called for 바카라사이트 policy change?during a?온라인 바카라?webinar in April, saying it could help to reduce 바카라사이트 huge slump in international enrolments predicted for 바카라사이트 next academic year.

Speaking to?바카라 사이트 추천, Mr Johnson said: ¡°The government needs to realise that a two-year post-study work visa ¨C while we?obviously welcomed it a year ago?¨C is sadly no longer going to be competitive in an environment where universities are chasing fewer international students than ever before and in which some countries ¨C and I¡¯m thinking particularly of Canada ¨C have ¡®gone all in¡¯ in terms of going hell for lea바카라사이트r after international students.

¡°The competitive environment has changed because of coronavirus and how o바카라사이트r countries are responding to 바카라사이트 intensification of competition. And we can¡¯t stand still.¡±

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