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  Higher Education and Research Bill - Post Study Work Visa Evaluation
  
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  @ MP voted aye to require UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to commission research into the working of post study work visas. 
  @ MP voted no not to require UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to commission research into the working of post study work visas. 
  
  
  The majority of MPs voted not to require UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to commission research into the working of post study work visas. 
  
  MPs were considering the ''Higher Education and Research Bill''. The proposed new clause rejected in this vote was titled ''Post Study Work Visa: evaluation'' and stated:
  
  :â(1A) Within six months of this Act coming into force, UKRI must commission an independent evaluation of the matters under subsection (1B) and shall lay the report before the House of Commons.
  
  :(1B) The evaluation under subsection (1A) must assessâ
  
  :(a) the effect of the absence of post study work visas for persons graduating from higher education institutions in the United Kingdom onâ
  
  :(i) the economy, efficiency and effectiveness of the higher education sector, and
  
  :(ii) the UK economy, and
  
  :(b) how post study work visa arrangements might operate in the UK, including an estimate of their effect onâ
  
  :(i) the economy, efficiency and effectiveness of the higher education sector, and
  
  :(ii) the UK economy.â
  
  The rejected new clause was accompanied by the following explanatory statement:
  
  :This new clause would require UKRI to commission research on the effects of the absence of arrangements for post study work visas and assess how such arrangements could operate in the UK and their effect on the higher education sector and the UK economy.
  
  
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  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2016-17/highereducationandresearch.html Parliament's webpage on the Higher Education and Research Bill 2016-17]
  
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