Britain has opened a new visa pathway for “high potential individuals” that aims to draw graduates from the world’s top-ranked universities to come to work in the United Kingdom.
Some academics, however, say the system is inherently unfair because it relies on international university rankings that tend to disfavour institutions in poor countries, including most of the Arab region.
The new High Potential Individual (HPI) visa pathway took effect on May 30. The British government has said it will attract the “brightest and best” early in their careers, the BBC reported.