New rules for foreign students and researchers

Author (Corporate)	European Parliament: European Parliamentary Research Service
Series Title	At a Glance
Series Details	May 2018
Publication Date	May 2018
Content Type	Journal \| Series \| Blog, Overview
	The aging of the EU population and a shortage of skills, coupled with competition from other attractive destinations for the talented and the highly skilled, have created a need for more effective EU policies in this area. EU legislation has been evaluated as insufficient to fully tackle the challenge, but new and improved rules for foreign students and researchers came into effect in May 2018. Author: Martina Prpic
Source Link	Link to Main Source http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/ATAG/2018/621871/EPRS_ATA(2018)621871_EN.pdf
Related Links	EUR-Lex: Directive (EU) 2016/801 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of research, studies, training, voluntary service, pupil exchange schemes or educational projects and au pairing http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2016/801/oj
Subject Categories	Culture, Education and Research, Justice and Home Affairs
Countries / Regions	Europe