Advisers to British government: don’t mess with graduate visas

The “graduate route” was unveiled in 2019 as a way to keep Britain competitive with other places that vie for foreign students. America, Australia and Canada have long offered similar programmes. The promise of post-study visas sweetens the deal not only for students who aspire to settle abroad permanently but also for those who think a spot of foreign work experience will help them stand out when they go home. They are especially valued by students from poorer countries, who count on a few years’ rich-world wages to help pay down the loans they must take out to cover rich-world tuition fees.