Vice-chancellor claims he was ‘grabbed around neck’ by restaurant-goer over Brexit speech
13/11/2019
University leader heckled with shouts of 'We're for Brexit' before altercation, attendee says.
Brexit is contributing to a serious brain drain in UK universities, say the Liberal Democrats, after it emerged that almost 11,000 EU academics had left since the 2016 referendum.
Commons bid to force ministers to negotiate continued access for UK students is defeated by Tories.
Education and business leaders point to lost income for country and opportunities for students
An increasingly competitive international market, Brexit and fewer research citations contributed to fall, says research.
Senior figures in Scotland and Wales warn Brexit is bringing a ‘statutory fist crashing down’.
Universities UK said the Government should offer “targeted financial support” for EU students through an “expanded or newly developed EU scholarship offer”
The UK Education Secretary has refused to rule out the possibility Westminster will use its post-Brexit powers to impose tuition fees on Scots students.
Visa and health fees likely to be levied on those who started UK courses overseas due to Covid.
European University Association explores impact of Brexit deal on universities in new briefing
02/02/2021
At the end of long and intense negotiations, this briefing aims to bring clarity to the new relationship and how universities in the European Union and the United Kingdom can continue to cooperate.
Northumbria University is considering whether to make more staff employees of its Dutch subsidiary in order to circumvent some of the problems caused by Brexit, a pro vice-chancellor at the institution has said.
Students Lost to Brexit
12/02/2021
British government estimates that nation's universities will lose nearly two-thirds of their students from the European Union.
Newly-released UCAS statistics show that the number of EU citizens applying to study in the UK has dropped by 40% since Brexit.
Universities say they have received inadequate guidance on red tape and costs for academic years abroad
UK Universities Risk Losing £62.5 Million Annually Due to Post-Brexit Rules for EU Students
18/03/2021
UK universities could lose £62.5 million per year in tuition fees following the UK leaving the European Union (EU), the analysis “EU exit: estimating the impact on UK higher education” commissioned by the British government prepared for the UK Department of Education by London Economics, has pointed out.
The UK’s science community is urging the prime minister, Boris Johnson, to match funding to rhetoric, as arguments continue over where the budget for the UK’s association to the EU’s Horizon Europe research programme will come from.
Three Connexion readers' experiences of the changes caused by the UK’s ‘third country’ status since Brexit on January 1.
The construction of Bristol University's Temple Quarter Campus has been delayed again and is now not expected to open until 2025.
Some institutions faced insolvency last year, the report from the Scottish Affairs Committee adds.
European Union students starting a degree in the UK this year will be expected to pay high fees, and as a direct result applications from the EU have fallen by 40 per cent. What does this mean for the exchange of students between the UK and emerging Europe?
Brexit has forced the University of Cambridge – one of the world’s leading third-level institutions – to establish a unit in Ireland so that it can continue to engage in clinical trials research across the EU, the Irish Independent has learned.
The shareholding in the Irish firm is held on behalf of the chancellor, masters and scholars of the University of Cambridge.
Brexit "a major factor" as EU applications for UK design courses fall by more than 50 per cent
14/07/2021
The number of European Union students applying to study art and design in the UK has fallen by more than half compared to last year.
The mother of a British teenager who has been forced to put her plans to study in the Netherlands on hold due to Brexit advises other families to plan ahead to avoid the same.