The Government has announced that Global Talent visas, available for leaders or potential leaders in academia or research, arts and culture and digital technology, have been extended.
This move extends the UK Global Talent visa's Endorsed Funder route beyond higher education, academic and independent research institutes and bodies. It adds more than 100 research-intensive businesses into the list of approved research organisations that can act as hosts or employers for eligible overseas researchers on qualifying projects.
With the change, for the first time, exceptional researchers can now come into the UK for work on funded projects and be supported by UK research intensive businesses to support their E&D functions.
These organisations will include global names like AstraZeneca and Jaguar Land Rover as well as fast-growing innovators, including Added Value Solutions (AVS), Denroy Plastics and Ffilm Cymru. They each fall into the eight high-growth sectors identified in the Government’s Modern Industrial Strategy - including advanced manufacturing, digital and technologies, clean energy, life sciences and the creative industries - where access to global talent is critical.
Jonathan Reynolds, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, said: By expanding the Global Talent visa to more than 100 businesses, we’re making it easier than ever for our most innovative companies to recruit eligible researchers who will develop the medicines, technologies and industries of the future right here in the UK, underpinning our industrial strategy, creating skilled jobs and driving growth in the process.
