Call to end foreign staff attendance monitoring as data ‘unused’

Of course this is done under duress - but this is a take-it-or-leave situation; universities don't have to sponsor staff & students (but of course we do). So, if the rules say universities must report people who are not doing what they're sponsored for - then you have to follow the rules (be it ten days absent or ten contact points missed). What's problematic is how risk adverse a university becomes - it doesn't want to have to report people. So it creates onerous systems. It would be lovely not to have to, but look at those universities whose license has been suspended if you want to know why the sector is risk adverse. It's a shame that the Home Office don't store the data on how many Tier 2 or Tier 4 visa holders have been reported, or what the Home Office has done in response. They ought to know that - not least as we move to new immigration policies with Brexit.