Foreign Students With Low Grades Risk Deportation — UK
The UK may deport Nigerian students and others due to their subpar academic performance
According to the UK Migration Advisory Committee, international students on two-year graduate visas who do not receive high enough grades may not be allowed to remain in the country.
The Telegraph claims that as part of a larger initiative to lower net migration by 300,000, the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC), appointed by Home Secretary James Cleverly, will examine the current program.
It stated that after graduating in June 2023, over 98,000 students were given two-year visas to stay in the UK, representing a 74% increase in just one year of 42,000 student visas granted.
“There are fears that it is being used as a backdoor route to work in the UK, often in low-skilled jobs, or simply to stay for two years as there is no requirement to take up employment,” it said.
Professor Brian Bell, the committee chairman, said that students are not currently required to graduate with a specific grade.
As per his statement, “There's no requirement to get particular grades in your university course or anything like that.
That's the question we want to review in the graduate route to think about whether that's sensible or whether you should have a rule that says you have to achieve a certain grade or a certain kind of achievement in your course.”
Bell went on to say that the committee would look into the possibility of adding more limitations, such as requiring foreign students to attend specific universities or finish particular courses in order to be allowed to remain in the UK. Additionally, there may be restrictions on particular kinds of employment or activities.
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