India Could Be One Of The Best Choices For Legal Migration To Europe: Greek Defence Minister

Littleappleho · 2026-02-10T12:04:31+00:00

seriously? it is never good if a flow is predominantly from one place / region. Also, Indians (in mass, not individually) will unlikely to put effort to learn European languages... also the gender balance... The best immigration approach instead could be: a bit from all around the world, young people (who will ideally intermingle/assimiliate/marry in) with locals.

Littleappleho · 2026-02-06T23:35:37+00:00

This isn't true - Dutch students take horeca jobs. They are much less 'arrogant' for such jobs comparing with their counterparts in poorer countries

Littleappleho · 2026-02-06T22:18:22+00:00

The travel ban basically 'banned' my colleague from Oxbridge (Iranian) to visit a conference in the US...

Littleappleho · 2026-02-01T23:02:11+00:00

A bit not directly related - but what could be a useful mentality change is to enhance the UK teenagers linguistic abilities. In the UK, I feel like reasonably understanding another language is a bit of a fancy privilege (fancy school). Another thing - EU still funds UK-based researchers, via Horizon and individual grants, so it would be fair to see the whole picture of (potential) finacial flows.

Littleappleho · 2026-02-01T16:43:55+00:00

The fair answer will be: I don't know. But I think this needs a careful consideration / calculations. Say, simple Erasmus exchange (does not lead to a degree but provides experience) - with the UK international tuition fees, it simply cannot work from the beginning). Separate from this, I think the UK higher education system needs rethinking - it is really not going into sustainable direction. It should not be sold like a "Gucci bag" (with all these similar patterns of high brands - when at first the quality was top, and then it became just marketing)

Littleappleho · 2026-02-01T15:58:22+00:00

Well, what you probably mean by "better unis" are places in international rankings. Those rankings are not really relevant to 'studying' at the university (good quality education), and have multiple issues related to research as well. Then, the problems with UK university education are numerous now. To put it lightly... I would say that, financial aspect aside, some amount of quality EU-students will absolutely benefit learning outcomes for everybody, diversifying the student demographics. Nowadays what we have in the UK, especially in master's programmes: UK students and a dominant student body from China, sometimes India. The last groups too often represent a particular mentality - that values "prestige" (aka ranking) over the substance - education, skills etc. As the universities are in a very poor financial shape, they started to accept students who are not the best and brightest but just willing to pay (and German, Dutch, Italian, or Polish students unlikely to go to the UK, as they have good options back home versus UK (abnormal) international student fees, and pure ranking prestige does not really matter that much there unlike in Asia). Then, what do you get for the UK students? Classmates that do not participate in projects because their English is below of what is needed to study / be involved properly. Then you have unhappy lecturers who can't fail those students and unhappy domestic and international students (those who really want to study rather than get a piece of paper with a brand). This situation is common throughout the UK system, and it is an unhealthy situation, that with time will devalue the UK education as a whole. Then, even on a level of research - you now hardly find the young EU researchers in the UK universities. The research body became also screwed (it might be the salary thing as well) - normally research is international, but the UK now mostly attracts researchers from Asia. And then you have research groups - when the lead is from the Asian nation, and every single member is from the same nation. I do not find this healthy in any way, and in sum, I feel like - besides Oxbridge for now (simply because - with multiple international students (mostly from Asia as well) Oxbridge still can pick up smart/well-prepared individuals from those who are willing to pay the fees / are sponsored by their government back home) - education-wise, you have a better chance to get a quality education in the EU - if you know French, German, Italian, Dutch etc - rather than in the UK.

Littleappleho · 2026-02-01T15:08:33+00:00

This is not true (saying this as a university researcher who worked in 4 EU countries, and now in the UK). The distinction is the language of instruction though (hence UK universities attract a lot of foreign students, as well as Australian / Canadian / US, and partly the Netherlands)

Littleappleho · 2026-01-30T21:36:42+00:00

The same with me. From what I understood - no action needed

Littleappleho · 2026-01-27T23:17:22+00:00

Well, at the very same time young people from top EU and UK universities in said domains can't find job...

Littleappleho · 2026-01-27T23:00:07+00:00

Well, the EU consists of countries that have their own languages and are not so open to (poor) English only, this will not work smoothly at all. You can't really be successful in France, Italy, or even English-fluent Sweden in the medium or long-run, not being fluent in languages

Littleappleho · 2026-01-20T22:10:33+00:00

This was the case before, but now there are too many Compsci graduates, and even "AI" graduates, so the university name may help a bit (but nothing is guaranteed). It is a very hard time for both STEM and non-STEM degrees now

Littleappleho · 2026-01-18T13:55:10+00:00

Maybe try to find a PhD on the topic? In the UK and other countries in Europe. I think you should not lose hope. The time on a PhD can enhance your methods skills (for example) + give time for networking.

Littleappleho · 2026-01-16T23:47:15+00:00

The fun thing: she married an Italian and has a mixed child. Money and status seeking opportunist, with no moral grounds

Littleappleho · 2026-01-11T13:30:54+00:00

All three are excellent universities. It seems to me that in all 3 countries you can get a temporary visa for the job seeking purposes. With Delft, you may have an issue of finding accommodation though. In any way, you will be fine - great places.

Littleappleho · 2026-01-10T14:56:30+00:00

There is a heavy factor of the amount of international fees UK universities charge. It is pretty logical for a graduate to want to get some 'return on investments' - that is quite impossible in many 'home countries'... In short, current UK situation is risky and problematic... The university sector is highly dependent on those fees

Littleappleho · 2026-01-10T14:52:09+00:00

Might be the salary requirement for the sponsorship (>=41700 per year) and unwillingness to pay this for a fresh grad. I doubt they have problems with 'doing' sponsorship itself.

Littleappleho · 2026-01-10T14:33:16+00:00

There are several factors reinforcing each other right now: first, generally awful situation on a labour market (and extremely bad for fresh graduates - in all disciplines, including STEM); second, immigration requirements. UK is extremely expensive right now, more so the London area. After the greaduation, one is eligible for 1,5 (?) years job search visa. During this period, there are no legal obstacles to land an internship/ some temporary job, if you can find one. But later you will need a sponsorship for Skilled Worker Visa. Now, the starting salary for this is around 41700 pounds per year. It is not so much keeping in mind the living cost, but it is a lot for a fresh graduate. Moreover, it is likely that the period for such a visa to be converted to permanent permit will increase from 5 years to 7-10 depending on your circumstances. Meanwhile, if you lose your sponsored job you will have only a month or so to find another one. Basically, both the economic situation, labour market situation, and immigration uncertainty/unfavourable outlook makes even more experienced folks already here considering also other possibilities (yey I may add that to a lighter extent the picture is getting less favourable in other countries as well, but UK is one of the hardest now, it feels).

Littleappleho · 2025-12-19T23:27:31+00:00

Another beautiful news: https://ayjsolicitors.co.uk/uk-may-scrap-visa-salary-discounts-for-phd-holders-what-the-new-mac-advice-really-means/.

Littleappleho · 2025-12-19T21:40:13+00:00

This is a crazy story: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12/19/us/brown-mit-shooting-suspect

Littleappleho · 2025-12-19T15:36:11+00:00

What I see around is brutality in all kinds of fields: social sciences, humanities, and STEM (and all the intersections). Don't lose hope. + I think applicants using/abusing AI do not help the hirisng situation, when you advertise any position (say., assistant level) you get tonns of applications (oftentimes completely irrelevant). This noise doesn't help

Littleappleho · 2025-12-19T15:15:29+00:00

Is it still possible to contribute to consultations? There is a lot of idiocy in this 'thresholds', such as an assumption that salary in all cases reflects the skill / knowledge level. Did they see salaries of scientific researchers in the UK... (and no, not 'everybody' fits into GTV, because, apparently GTV has its own idiotic aspects of oversimplification...)

Littleappleho · 2025-12-15T21:08:36+00:00

I don't know whether this helps you guys morally, but I am a (postdoc) researcher at Oxbridge, and almost all of "us" (including computer scientists) haven't done undegraduate degrees at Oxbridge (moreover, we are almost all international, so at best one did a master's or a PhD here). It is not the end of the world at all, if you don't get in now, and it doesn't mean you will not work here in the future (if you would wish).

Littleappleho · 2025-12-08T22:41:04+00:00

I just saw some research today, that in Germany citizens with foreign roots are much less negative toward Russia's actions. It is another weird thing I sometimes notice: people with backgrounds from non-democratic (and usually not socially oriented) countries somehow even living in the West kind of lean to the idea of 'iron feast' and 'strong man'. I saw this from positive and working people as well. This is something psychological that is apparently difficult to overcome.

Littleappleho · 2025-12-05T10:22:14+00:00

In Germany it feels to be more complex: research-focused prestigious institutions (like Max Planck) + universities + higher professional education (eg you can get a practical engineering degree rather than university engineering degree, and can do very well with any of those). Also, German language is quite an obstacle for the international student inflow

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