The UK’s new visa scheme for graduates of the world’s top-ranked universities is facing criticism for unfairly favouring alumni from richer nations and undercutting the country’s own international student strategy.
As part of a revamp of the “high potential individual” visa route, anyone who graduated from leading non-UK universities in the past five years will be eligible for a work visa lasting two years, or three years if they hold a PhD from that institution.
Graduates will be able to apply regardless of where they were born, and will not need a job offer to apply, the government announced on 30 May.
