Should universities and colleges be financed by offering residence in the UK?

If you are from overseas and you have completed a course of study in the UK then you are eligible to stay here. Universities can sell their courses because the immigration rules "enhance the UK's overall offer to international students".

The UK Border Agency has the following advertisement for immigration to the UK:

"What is Tier 1 (Post-study work)?

The Tier 1 (Post-study work) category allows the UK to retain the most able international graduates who have studied here. It also enhances the UK's overall offer to international students.

During their permission to stay here, post-study workers can look for work without needing to have a sponsor.

The category provides a bridge to highly skilled or skilled work. If we give you permission to stay as a post-study worker, we expect that you will switch into another tier of the points-based system as soon as you can.

Who can apply as a post-study worker?

You can apply under Tier 1 (Post-study work) if you are:

* in the UK with permission to stay under the Science and Engineering Graduates Scheme, the International Graduates Scheme or the Fresh Talent: Working in Scotland Scheme; or
* in the UK as a student (which includes students, student nurses, students resitting examinations and students writing up a thesis).

If you are applying from outside the UK, go to our Visa services website. There you can find out more about the process in the country you are applying from and download the application forms."

Surely universities, nursing schools etc. should not be immigration agencies. Do you think that the Universities and Colleges should be awarding space in the UK as a perk for their fees?

Incidentally, about 70-90,000 foreign students stay in the country annually (See Institute for Public Policy Research. Student migration in the UK). This is a substantial fraction of the increase in youth unemployment in recent years (about 30% of annual increase).

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The benefits of immigration to the UK economy

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