A new toolkit has launched with the aim of giving UK employers a better understanding of the benefits of employing international students via the Graduate Route.

UK stakeholders detail what policy proposals and statements they want to see during the next general election in the country.

Non-EU international students have driven a rise in emigration out of the UK while the number of students bringing dependants doubled in 2022, according to the Office for National Statistics.

Stakeholders have called move to ban dependants on UK postgraduate-taught courses “deeply disappointing”, as they reacted to the recent announcement.

An economics professor has called on the UK government to “make a decision and stick to it” on international student policy.

The UK government is set to limit dependant visas for international master’s students on one-year courses, according to new reports. 

While PSW-visa holders are "in a variety of graduate-level roles and with an impressive range of organisations", the UK has not yet benefitted from the full potential of the route.

Raising awareness among UK employers of the graduate route remains key if the initiative will succeed, but other challenges exist.