now we wait

The comment period ended today on the UK governments' latest demented plan for cutting the country's immigration rate by 90%. This set of plans targets students, and includes stricter controls on programs of study, higher standards of English fluency, elimination of any work-study other than on-campus employment, denial of any extension of stay (including, presumably, changing from a master's program to a doctoral one), and elimination of the post-work study visa that allowed those obtaining university degrees to work in the UK for two years after.

Informed observers suggest that responses to comments and a final policy decision should be forthcoming in the next few weeks.