Education, University and Research
Minister Cristina Messa told ANSA "it's their loss" Wednesday
when asked about the UK's list of universities whose students
will get new work visas and which does not feature any Italian
institute of higher learning.
She said the government would try to get Britain to revise the
list, which comes into effect on May 30, on the basis of "more
current indicators" but that it was London's loss if it was
missing out on highly skilled Italian graduates.
"It's a system that Britain obviously as a sovereign state can
choose to implement, but we as a government can ask (them) to
revise the university rankings based on more up-to-date
indicators, and reiterate that they are losing a big slice of
good graduates, who would provide as many high skills...it's
their loss".
Foreigners can only enter post-Brexit Britain with a job offer
and having met a set of other standards and requirements.
American universities top the list which features only five
European universities: the polytechnics of Lausanne and Zurich,
Sweden's Karolinska Institute, Munich's Ludwig Maximilian
University, and the Université Sciences et Lettres in Paris.
The doors are also open for the universities of Hong Kong and
Beijing, Japan's Kyoto University and two universities in
Singapore.
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