Home Office discretionary arrangement for marking boycott

Article summary

In a communication to stakeholders, the Home Office has stated that it has put in place a discretionary arrangement to mitigate the impact of the current marking boycott in the higher education sector on international students wishing to apply for the Graduate route. This involves considering holding Graduate route applications for applicants who have not received their results, provided the applicant submits their results to the Home Office within eight weeks of applying. Students who do not know when they will receive their results can apply to extend their permission to stay whilst they wait for their results. The communication notes that this is a discretionary arrangement, ‘it is not a concessionary policy and therefore does not give any guarantees to future circumstances’.