Podcast: Visa brake, social cohesion, research capital

This week on the podcast the Home Office has announced an "emergency brake" on student visas from four countries, suspending all grants to applicants from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan

News, analysis and explanation of higher education issues from our leading team of wonks

This week on the podcast the Home Office has announced an “emergency brake” on student visas from four countries, suspending all grants to applicants from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan.

What does it mean for affected students, and what happens to Chevening scholars caught in the middle?

Plus the government’s new social cohesion strategy and what it means for universities, and Research England’s plans for research capital investment funding.

With Lisa Roberts, President and Vice Chancellor at the University of Exeter, Jess Lister, Director of Education at Public First, Michael Salmon, News Editor at Wonkhe and presented by Mark Leach, Editor in Chief at Wonkhe.

On the site:

What the government’s Social Cohesion Action Plan means for universities and students

Research Capital Investment Fund cuts ahead

The “visa brake” details

Student visa restrictions for four countries