The United Kingdom must forge a new position for itself in the world and an avenue to that new position is by extending work visas for international students who come to the isles to study. Info according to the University UK the umbrella body for the UK’s further education. This is due to more and more students leaving the UK immediately after graduation. Naturally, there would be a larger foreign graduate population in the UK if they didn’t have to go out of their way to extend their Visas. Obviously it isn’t altogether impossible for students to stay in the UK after graduation it’s just proposed that if the process were simpler to the extent that the students wouldn’t even have to think about it, they would be more encouraged to stay. ‘University UK’ believes that putting this action into legislation will send out a clear message to the rest of the world that they are welcome on these shores. Whilst the UK still has the 2nd largest foreign Student population of around 450,000 a year it is on the decline with its major rivals of France, Germany and Canada all steadily increasing at a rate that will see them ...

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