Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 04:10pm on 15 Dec 2023,Friday Education
The UK Migration Advisory Committee said foreign students on two-year graduate visas who fail to achieve high grades could be barred from staying in the country. Over 98,000 students obtained the visas in June 2023, a 74% yearly increase. Officials fear the route is enabling immigration through low-wage jobs or inactivity. Committee chair Brian Bell said "There's no requirement to get particular grades in your university course or anything like that. That's the question we want to review to think about whether that's sensible." Former immigration minister Robert Jenrick said in an article "The graduate route is ripe for comprehensive reform." Additionally, former Home Secretary Suella Braverman pushed to scrap or overhaul the graduate visa over concerns it was fuelling immigration.
