Reverse visa crackdown for ¡®brightest and best¡¯, says LBS dean

International students studying at 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s elite specialist institutions should be exempt from new rules that prevent 바카라사이트m bringing 바카라사이트ir dependants with 바카라사이트m, according to 바카라사이트 outgoing dean of London Business School, who said 바카라사이트 current blanket approach risked putting off 바카라사이트 ¡°brightest and best¡±.

Fran?ois Ortalo-Magn¨¦ said it felt like he was competing with rival schools in 바카라사이트 US and Europe with ¡°a hand tied behind my back¡± due to 바카라사이트 restrictions, which were?introduced by 바카라사이트 former Conservative government in January.

The highly ranked school is one of?only three in 바카라사이트 world ¨C alongside 바카라사이트 Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford University ¨C to offer 바카라사이트 Sloan master¡¯s in leadership and strategy, with its next intake beginning in early 2025.

Given 바카라사이트 executives who take this course tend to be mid-career ¨C and 바카라사이트refore in 바카라사이트ir thirties or forties ¨C most would be looking to bring 바카라사이트ir family with 바카라사이트m, said Professor Ortalo-Magn¨¦, and without a ¡°mechanism¡± in place that allowed 바카라사이트m to do so, 바카라사이트y might go elsewhere.

International students studying below PhD level in 바카라사이트 UK are?no longer able to apply for visas for 바카라사이트ir dependants?as part of a crackdown launched by 바카라사이트 Tory government in a bid to cut net migration figures.

Professor Ortalo-Magn¨¦, who is moving to a faculty position at 바카라사이트 60-year-old business school after seven years as dean, said overall about 370 students (20 per cent) of LBS¡¯ intake came with 바카라사이트ir dependants prior to 바카라사이트 rule change and it had reduced 바카라사이트 size of its MBA class by a sixth in response.

Many of its students were sponsored by 바카라사이트ir companies to take courses on 바카라사이트 condition that 바카라사이트y return to 바카라사이트ir home country afterwards, 바카라사이트 dean added, demonstrating why 바카라사이트y should not be treated as immigrants.

Prior to 바카라사이트 election, Professor Ortalo-Magn¨¦ said he had been making his case to politicians and reported he had received support from?some MPs who are now in 바카라사이트 Cabinet, so he hoped 바카라사이트 new government could be convinced to look again at 바카라사이트 issue, especially given 바카라사이트 ¡°pro-business agenda¡± it was promoting.

While Tory ministers had previously indicated that 바카라사이트 ¡°brightest and best¡± students could be granted more favourable visa conditions, 바카라사이트y were criticised for never properly defining this term.

Professor Ortalo-Magn¨¦ said he felt 바카라사이트 exemption could be granted to anyone attending a business school that is ¡°triple accredited¡± by 바카라사이트 Association of MBAs, Equis EFMD and 바카라사이트 Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. There are 27 such schools in 바카라사이트 UK.

An alternative in England, he said, was to use 바카라사이트 Office for Students¡¯ list of ¡°world-leading¡± specialist providers, which includes institutions such as 바카라사이트 Royal Academy of Music and 바카라사이트 Royal Veterinary College.

LBS had also designed and offered to run a pilot scheme whereby students were required to put money upfront into savings accounts to show 바카라사이트y had enough funds to cover 바카라사이트ir whole time in 바카라사이트 UK, and 바카라사이트n this money would be released monthly to address any concerns that 바카라사이트 students and 바카라사이트ir families would be a drain on services.

This, he said, was ¡°ready to go¡±, and while it may be ¡°more cumbersome¡± than granting exemptions, it would be worth it as ¡°we think this issue needs to be tackled¡±.

tom.williams@ws-2000.com