THE Home Secretary has been asked to consider a separate graduate visa for students at Scottish universities after evidence suggested that Tory…
THE Home Secretary has been asked to consider a separate graduate visa for students at Scottish universities after evidence suggested that Tory plans are already causing a “significant decline” in overseas applications., raised concerns with James Cleverly in a letter seen by The National and sent to coincide with the publication of a review into the UK-wide graduate visa route.
The SNP MP said that several Scots universities had been in contact with her urging “restraint” from the UK Government, and said that even proposing changes to the graduate visa was “causing a significant decline in enrolments across the sector”. “Reductions in international student numbers are a threat to the future viability of UK universities and impact the short-term operations and long-term economic success of the sector.
“Could you outline the discussions you are having with the Scottish Government on this proposal, and whether you have considered devolving migration powers to the Scottish Parliament? This would allow the Scottish Government to tailor our immigration system to best fit Scotland’s needs.” Bell said: “If that’s right, or even ballpark right, getting rid of the graduate route would have fairly small effects on net migration, because the effects of the student dependant change and skilled worker threshold would be much more important overall.”
South of the Border, the UK Government also said it is not considering increasing tuition fees to cover any shortfall in university income caused by reduced international student numbers.We know there are thousands of National readers who want to debate, argue and go back and forth in the comments section of our stories. We’ve got the most informed readers in Scotland, asking each other the big questions about the future of our country.
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