Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has proposed a new post-study work visa for international students to attract talent with "fewer barriers and less red tape".

The former UK universities minister, David Willetts, has voiced clear support for a liberalisation of post-study work policy in the UK. 

UUKi director Vivienne Stern, said post-study work pathways, along with better marketing, will be the key to the UK HE sector making a success of Brexit. Two events in the same week focused attention on how the sector can help itself.

New post-study work regulations for foreign graduates and foreign degree holders in China make it easier for international students to stay and work. The move is the latest in China’s strategy to position itself as a study destination and attract talent to help globalise its labour force.

New policies put forth by the Beijing authorities will make it easier for international students to work, hold internships and start businesses in the city’s buzzing tech district, Zhongguancun.

The 17-month extension of a year-long US post-study work programme for STEM graduates will stay in place until May 10, it was announced this week. The decision by Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle gives international educators in the US an extra three months to campaign for longer post-study work visas for STEM students.

With the Australian government leveraging its study-work and post-study work opportunities to compete for globally mobile students, market research has revealed a bias among Australian employers when hiring international graduates and their domestic counterparts.

In each of their manifestos the leading political parties in the UK have made pledges on divisive issues that could impact the country's £10bn international education exports.