The UK Government announces a new visa for “high potential individuals,” few graduates from Australia qualify

It’s for people with a degree from a university that is among the world top 50 on two of three rankings – Times Higher World Uni Rankings, the QS WUR and the Academic Ranking of World Universities.

Which means Uni Melbourne is the only Australian institution the Brits recognise on the 2021 list. An arbitrary outrage that ignores the quality of teaching and research at many Aus unis ! you say – it’s pretty much what critics of the methodology and purpose of league tables have said for years.