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A very big and worrying news has come out for Indian students who dream of pursuing higher education abroad and dreaming of settling there. If you too are planning to go to Britain i.e. UK to complete your further studies and then settle down there, then you need to think seriously about your decision once again. According to a recent report, the situation for international students in Britain’s labor market is getting worse. There has been a huge decline in the jobs offered by British companies and institutions, due to which it is becoming almost impossible for foreign students to get a job even after completing their degree. The situation has changed so much that the students who earlier considered Britain as the safest and golden option for their future, are now forced to return to their homeland or move to other countries.
Huge decline in jobs up to 50 percent, how to survive
The figures coming from Britain’s job market are really scary, because there has been a huge decline of up to 50 percent in opportunities for international graduates there. Whereas earlier students could easily get full-time corporate jobs after completing their university studies with the help of Post-Study Work Visa (Graduate Route Visa), now the situation has completely reversed. Britain’s local companies have made the rules for sponsoring and hiring foreign citizens very strict and complex. Furthermore, due to the country’s economic recession and rising local unemployment, British employers are now preferring local citizens over external candidates. Because of this, lakhs of Indian students who take huge loans and take admission in UK universities, are forced to sit empty handed even after completing the course.
Strict visa rules and political changes became the biggest reasons
The reason behind the increasing difficulties for foreign students in Britain are the many strict policy decisions and visa rules taken by the government there in recent years. Previous and current UK governments have made massive changes to the rules for student visas and post-study work visas in the name of controlling immigration. Restrictions have also been placed on dependents accompanying students, making it more financially challenging to live and study there. Due to political pressure and tightening immigration laws, the trend of admission of foreign students in the universities there has also started decreasing. Experts say that this stance of Britain clearly indicates that they are no longer in favor of giving more space to the youth coming from outside in their labor market.
Big financial and mental crisis for Indian students and parents
The biggest impact of this changing and disappointing scenario of education and employment in Britain is on the Indian middle class families and those students who pay the fees of the expensive universities there with their hard-earned money or by taking huge loans from the banks. The high value of the pound and the high cost of living in Britain were already very high, and now if they do not get a job even after getting a degree, students get trapped in the trap of huge debt. Experts and education consultants also suggest that students should not move to Britain just on the basis of trend or sheepishness without thinking. Instead, choose those countries or options where employment prospects are better and the rules for foreign students are not so stringent, so that you do not have to face any kind of financial or mental crisis in the future.