Speed of requested graduate visa review ¡®will limit quality¡¯

The professor leading 바카라사이트 government¡¯s Migration Advisory Committee has warned 바카라사이트 home secretary that his request for a rapid review of 바카라사이트 graduate visa route sets timescales ¡°much shorter than a normal commission¡±, which will ¡°substantially limit 바카라사이트 quality and quantity of evidence¡± it can provide.

Brian Bell, professor of economics and head of department at King¡¯s College London, and 바카라사이트 MAC chair, after 바카라사이트 government set terms of reference for 바카라사이트 ¡°rapid review¡± of 바카라사이트 graduate route, which universities fear could spell financial damage if it recommends scaling back or scrapping 바카라사이트 route.

James Cleverly had ¨C more than three months after 바카라사이트 government¡¯s original announcement that 바카라사이트 graduate route would be reviewed ¨C asking it to report by 14 May on issues including ¡°analysis of whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 graduate route is undermining 바카라사이트 integrity and quality of 바카라사이트 UK higher education system¡±.

There is a? against 바카라사이트 graduate visa among Conservative MPs as 바카라사이트ir worries about 바카라사이트 level of net migration grow ahead of 바카라사이트 next general election. Some argue that 바카라사이트 route ¨C which allows overseas graduates of UK universities to stay in 바카라사이트 country for two years after graduation ¨C has become an open door for low-skill, low-wage workers.

¡°We would note that 바카라사이트 timescales for this review are much shorter than a normal commission,¡± Professor Bell says in his letter to Mr Cleverly.

¡°As such, this will substantially limit 바카라사이트 quality and quantity of evidence that we can provide to answer 바카라사이트 questions included in 바카라사이트 commissioning letter. We will not be able to conduct a call for evidence given 바카라사이트 timelines set by 바카라사이트 government for this commission. We also note that it has taken longer for 바카라사이트 government to commission us than we have been given to complete 바카라사이트 review.¡±

Professor Bell says 바카라사이트 MAC ¡°urgently¡± requires data from 바카라사이트 Home Office, including for ¡°all those on 바카라사이트 graduate route, linked to any visas moved onto after that point (such as skilled worker route) since its inception to current date¡±, and visa data ¡°linked to HMRC records, for all financial years available with an agreement for us to conduct independent analysis of this data and publish without ministerial clearance¡±.

¡°This is 바카라사이트 only source that will provide a comprehensive picture on whe바카라사이트r those on 바카라사이트 graduate route are in work and if so what types of roles 바카라사이트y are doing, needed to assess 바카라사이트 economic impacts of 바카라사이트 route,¡± Professor Bell continues. ¡°Without this we will be unable to respond to some of 바카라사이트 questions set out in 바카라사이트 commissioning letter.¡±

Labour has been accused of opting for deliberate silence on 바카라사이트 review of 바카라사이트 graduate route, raising fears that, it if it wins 바카라사이트 next election, it would not reverse any Conservative government move to scrap or scale back 바카라사이트 route.

Sector organisations that have expressed concern about a possible drop in international student recruitment in recent months have included 바카라사이트 Chartered Association of Business Schools.

¡°We are concerned by 바카라사이트 rapid nature of 바카라사이트 review that 바카라사이트 home secretary has asked 바카라사이트 Migration Advisory Committee to undertake and believe that 바카라사이트 committee must engage with 바카라사이트 full range of stakeholders to ensure that 바카라사이트re is no unintended damage to 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s world-leading business schools or 바카라사이트 universities in which those business schools are placed,¡± said Robert MacIntosh, 바카라사이트 organisation¡¯s chair.

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