Losing the one-year study-to-work visa will be damaging for sub-Bachelor institutions because students would rightly know that it would be difficult to be able to gain employment in New Zealand on completion of study. Many students can wind up stuck where an employer is reluctant to offer a job because they won’t know if the applicant is eligible to work until the visa is set, but the visa is not available until the applicant has the points that come with an offer of employment. The study-to-work visa helps get around that.