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Did you miss Research Fortnight's immigration special last week? Catch up here: https://t.co/1ceSLybpLF #migrationRF
An academic applying for a Tier 2 visa in 2008 would have paid £205 to work in the UK for three years. Now they pay £1,187. When the immigration health surcharge doubles this year, they'll pay £1,787 #MigrationRF https://t.co/C8qeuSj09U
How much does it cost academics, researchers and other skilled non-EU nationals to work in the UK? https://t.co/n7d86h8ocn (£) #immigration #MigrationRF
How much does it cost academics, researchers and other skilled non-EU nationals to work in the UK? https://t.co/n7d86h8ocn (£) #immigration #MigrationRF
How can the UK design an immigration system that attracts top academic talent from across the world? Research Fortnight takes a look at the Canadian model.
https://t.co/ajTU9rvocJ (£)
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My Brexit story: Funding bids fall victim to exit vote
Hans Degens has seen his plans for seeking Horizon 2020 funding thrown into disarray in the months after the Brexit vote, amid concern about subconscious biases against UK-based academics.
https://t.co/OWM6cf0qF9
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2016 feels like a long time ago in migration policy - but here's the excellent report @DrMartinTurner wrote while at CaSE - and many of the recommendations and findings have fuelled our immigration work since https://t.co/DIXMFRD7zF #migrationRF https://t.co/Y9BuXKo1HZ
From the archive:
Immigration policy must stop putting UK research at risk. The public supports more foreign scientists coming to the UK. So there’s no excuse for not fixing a broken system, @DrMartinTurner said. https://t.co/iWuXgukk2w (£)
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While the UK government claims it is looking towards a global future, a pervasive lack of clarity over EU citizens’ rights post-Brexit, together with contradictory messages around immigration, is putting their future at risk, writes @sarahr100
https://t.co/QA3RN0Mskl
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My Brexit story: From Italian to British citizen
Taking up UK citizenship was the only way Maria Rosa Antognazza, an Italian philosopher working at King’s College London, could feel safe in Brexit Britain.
https://t.co/Qr18LE1F62
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UK losing out on recruiting non-EU researchers via Tier 1 route
British universities are failing to properly exploit a special category of visas created for the world’s most talented researchers, according to data obtained through FOI requests
https://t.co/Kmt7AGa9Zo
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Tier 4 visa pilot gives unfair advantage to a "privileged few" universities https://t.co/yxoK7KrFSD #MigrationRF
A great team of reporters is working very hard this week to bring you this immigration special. Follow @ResFortnight,@beckie__smith, @EleniCourea, @DPCressey, @Annamckie for daily updates. #MigrationRF https://t.co/l3zKTYdn1L
All our news, views and analysis on immigration & research are being collected in this section of our website, check it out!
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All our news, views and analysis on immigration & research are being collected in this section of our website, check it out!
https://t.co/9ZZY1fxFkF (£)
#MigrationRF
Visa pilot gives unfair advantage to a "privileged few" universities - my piece for @ResFortnight's immigration special https://t.co/cSoLXNaKFG #MigrationRF
"The government’s repeated emphasis on “us versus them”, has corroded my sense of belonging in the UK" @SellaTheChemist on the damage being done by uncertainty on EU migrants' status
https://t.co/8Ehl6Gi6Yr #MigrationRF #Brexit
Visa pilot for non-EU masters students gives unfair advantage to a “privileged few” universities, HE leaders say: https://t.co/rHThAKRET7
#MigrationRF #intled #UKHE
Visa pilot blamed for giving unfair advantage to certain universities
University leaders have expressed concern that the government’s Tier 4 visa pilot for masters students only benefits a “privileged few” institutions.
https://t.co/uy0b70RzTc
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From the archive:
The UK government must counter “unhelpful and unnecessary” rhetoric on immigration, the president of the Royal Society Venki Ramakrishnan said.
https://t.co/cQ0atZbJYJ
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Around a third of UK-based academic staff are from overseas. Throughout this week, @ResFortnight is running special coverage of the benefits immigration brings to research and how to reform UK immigration rules post-#Brexit.
Leave your views! #MigrationRF
@ResFortnight #MigrationRF An environment that is not welcoming to foreign researchers is not the sort of environment UK researchers find welcoming either.
The @ResFortnight immigration special has landed. Follow #migrationRF for in-depth coverage on policy & what overseas talent means for research and #UKHE. First up, a researcher shares how #Brexit & xenophobia is affecting his family: https://t.co/UQcrvTWDZn
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