Home secretary Sajid Javid has called for an end to Theresa May’s tough restrictions on international students who want to stay on in Britain to work after they graduate from UK universities.
Mr Javid argued that the prime minister’s insistence that foreign students can work for no more than six months in the UK after completing their studies undermines Britain’s universities and is harming the country’s search for the best global talent.
“It makes no sense to send some of the brightest and most enterprising people in the world straight home after their time here,” Mr Javid, a contender for the Conservative party leadership, wrote in an opinion article for the Financial Times.