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Is the UK Work Visa Worth It for Grads at Top Universities?

New program seeks to lure talent in the post-Brexit word, but don’t expect a higher salary.

Office workers pass a construction worker in the City of London, UK.

Photographer: Chris J. Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
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The UK government has announced plans to grant work visas to recent graduates of the world’s top universities in a bid to attract talent in the post-Brexit world.

Targeted at recent graduates of high-ranking universities, the UK will let people from all over the world work for two to three years. Twenty US universities are included, including Harvard, Yale and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.