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It’s time for the City to recruit historians

With freedom of movement set to be limited post-Brexit, financial institutions should consider hiring British liberal arts and humanities students

It’s time for the City to recruit historians
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One consequence of last year’s fateful referendum is set to be a change to the rules governing the free movement of EU nationals to come and work in the UK as they please.

Supressing or inhibiting free movement will set the City a challenge as London based financial institutions have been major recruiters of bright EU graduates for a long time. The eighty-five page document required to apply for residency may point ominously to the red tape awaiting the post-Brexit City.

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