Raising awareness among UK employers of the graduate visa route remains key if the initiative will succeed, but other challenges exist. One difficulty employers have is the length of the program, stakeholders have warned.
“We need to be vocal about the importance of [the route] to enable the UK to stay competitive within this sector,” managing directorKaplan International Pathways, Linda Cowan, said at a webinar organised by HEPI and Kaplan.
A recent report has warned that a lack of awareness among UK employers of the graduate route could be hampering the success of the initiative. Only 3% of the 656 employers surveyed said they were using the route to employ staff, while a quarter of employers were not actually aware of the initiative.
