[0xDEAFBEAD]

You have to be careful. These student-to-resident visa programs end up being used by "students" who really just want a visa. And then the "educators" turn into toll collectors who are accepting "tuition" in exchange for visa access.

See for example "Graduate work visas: a disaster we were warned about" here: https://www.neilobrien.co.uk/p/the-deliveroo-visa-scandal

[handle584]

student-to-resident and working-while-student are two completely different types of visas.

[0xDEAFBEAD]

Not sure this distinction matters in practice. Either way you're creating an economic incentive to go through the motions of "studying" at a university.