A student organization led by the Indian diaspora on Friday suggested the UK government remove foreign academics from the country’s overall immigration statistics amid unconfirmed reports that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak could crack down on foreigners who have been granted examination visas. According to some British media, Sunak is a campaign against foreign academics who bring in dependents and read so-called low-quality degrees at mediocre British universities after the country’s net migration figures reached record levels.
Downing Street said “all options” to reduce the total number of immigrants are on the table. The U. K. ‘s National Union of Indian Students and Alumni (NISAU), which campaigns for simplified provisions for Indian academics reading in the U. K. , said any resolution to arbitrarily rank universities would backfire in the long run. “Students who are temporarily in the UK should not be considered immigrants,” said Sanam Arora, president of NISAU UK. “International academics, of which Indians are the largest cohort, bring a £30 billion source of income to the UK economy and return as friends of the UK, strengthening trade, cultural and diplomatic ties.
The UK’s higher education sector is one of our biggest exports to the world, and we hope the government will ensure that there is no arbitrary definition of what counts as a ‘better’ university,” he said. state-of-the-art policy solution” that addresses skills and labour shortages in the UK through its overseas graduates. Universities UK International (UUKi), which represents more than 140 UK universities, has also warned that it opposes any policy measures aimed at reducing the number of foreign academics as a possible act of self-harm and accumulating further monetary pressures on universities.
“Reducing the number of foreign academics would go directly against the UK government’s strategy of welcoming more academics from around the world,” said UUKi Director General Vivienne Stern. Our campuses and towns are the vibrant and stimulating places you know them to be. These are jobs in towns and cities across the country,” he said.
“Beyond that, the monetary contribution they make has been very important for UK universities. Limiting foreign academics would be an act of self-harm that would damage many parts of the UK,” he added. Concerns are heightened following the Office’s latest figures. for National Statistics (ONS) this week revealing that net migration to the UK increased from 173,000 in the year to June 2021 to 504,000 in the year to June 2022, a backlog of 331,000 after Brexit.
International scholars contributed greatly to this increase, as Indians surpassed Chinese scholars for the first time as the largest cohort of student visas. he reiterated in recent weeks and months through British Home Secretary Suella Braverman. In the past, he has expressed fear that foreign academics are bringing in a dependent circle of family members who are “taking advantage” of student visas and is reportedly contemplating proposals to tackle the problem. .
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