The Times Higher Education reports that business schools are facing a 10-15 per cent drop in applications for MBA programmes, according to new figures. The Financial Times reports that, on the 16 full-time MBA programmes participating in its 2012 rankings, enrolment of overseas students is down 10 per cent on this time last year while the decrease in UK students is higher still at 15 per cent. The paper suggests that the fall is down in part to the withdrawal of the automatic right for MBA graduates to remain in the UK to work for two years after the end of their course, a change that is part of wider reforms to immigration controls by the government.
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