The Uk, UK, has stated that solely worldwide college students coming in for his or her Physician of Philosophy (PhD) research have been eligible to herald dependents to the nation.
The British Excessive Commissioner to Nigeria, Richard Montgomery made this disclosure in an interview with the Information Company of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja.
He stated that, the tutorial system coverage modified earlier this yr for worldwide college students in greater training to not convey dependents into the UK was to curb the rise of overseas pupil bringing in dependents.
The envoy identified that the massive surge in dependence was placing an unsustainable stress on many universities, including that, it was the explanation these modifications have been launched.
In accordance with him, earlier than his posting as Excessive Commissioner to Nigeria, he had spoken to a few of these universities on the coverage change, which had been within the pipeline for a while.
Montgomery famous that the schools Chancellors had complained of the massive pupil populations’ highlighting that lodging was an enormous problem, entry to medical providers beneath the Nationwide Well being Service and entry to highschool in the event that they introduced in dependents.
In accordance with him, the restrictions don’t apply to all classes, including that these doing a long run analysis diploma, like a PhD, or doctorate weren’t affected.
“These coming to the UK for doctorate can nonetheless convey their dependency however in case you are coming to the UK with a research visa for an undergraduate diploma, or brief time period grasp’s diploma am afraid the principles have been modified.
“Folks want to know why this modification was introduced in, and it’s a smart change as a result of we’ve got a big greater training sector and most of those universities are in cities throughout the nation,” he added.
