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Sunak urged to rejoin £84bn EU scheme as 70% firms plot UK exodus in blow to 'superpower'
27/02/2023
Recent policy moves in the US and the EU threaten to leave the UK in the dust, Express.co.uk was warned.
Rishi Sunak is refusing to rush Britain back into the EU's 95.5 billion euros ($101.32 billion) Horizon Europe research programme, the Financial Times reported on Friday.
Spiralling inflation, crops left in the field and travel chaos: 10 reasons Brexit has been disastrous for Britain
03/02/2022
As small businesses crumble, shelves get emptier and the care-worker shortage intensifies, life outside the EU is having a dire effect on many of us. Why aren’t politicians talking about it?
Seven researchers and campaigners tell Nature how Britain’s break-up with the EU is affecting research.
Sir Martin Donnelly: UK trade and exports – the challenge of how British firms succeed after Brexit
28/02/2018
Sir Martin shared his insight on what challenges the Government is facing, what the Government and business should do now and how the UK seeks to forge new trading relationships outside of the European Union.
A NEW Scottish Government fund aims to “reinvigorate and repair” research links with Europe following Brexit.
The UK suffered an outflow of nearly 1,300 scientists in 2020, having been a net importer of academics in 2015, the year before the Brexit vote to leave the EU, OECD data shows.
This week is five years since the vote to leave the European Union. New analysis from Scientists for EU shows that since then UK grants on the Horizon programme have steadily plummeted.
Scientists for EU is a campaign by UK scientists to keep the UK in the EU.
Scientists deride Johnson’s claim UK on ‘verge’ of creating commercial nuclear fusion reactors
02/10/2019
‘Allure of fusion makes it a good distraction from the failures of current government’s science and climate policy’
The threat of a no-deal Brexit is causing staff at several universities in the UK to stockpile scientific equipment, including protective gloves and fly food, New Scientist has learned.
Hundreds of researchers and organisations across Europe have called for the rapid association of the UK and Switzerland to Horizon Europe.
Up to 20% of Queens University's research funding is at risk due to a row between the EU and UK.
Universities UK (UUK), a group of 140 universities which previously described the loss of Horizon membership as “political self-harm”.
Promises to protect scientific and medical research after Brexit hit by £14bn funding gap, MPs warn
15/06/2021
UK legally agreed to pay £15bn to stay in Horizon Europe project - but only £1bn has been found.
EU Law expert Professor Michael Dougan has analysed Theresa May's Brexit speech.
EU and UK businesses will face ‘inevitable’ extra costs while the post-Brexit trade deal remains in place, European Commission Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič warned on Monday (12 June), playing down the prospect of a major overhaul of the agreement.
Post-Brexit issues for the NHS
19/01/2022
There are a number of measures that the UK Government must take in order to address the challenges of leaving the EU's single market.
As departure day approaches, chief of top UK lab says he fears science will drop off the government’s agenda.
To do their jobs properly, scientists need stability. They need secure sources of funding. They need to be able to collaborate with other researchers across the globe, without unnecessary barriers. / But there’s a huge question mark hanging over the UK’s involvement in major scientific programmes like Horizon Europe.
Nuffield Trust: Slow decisions and vague trade slogans leave NHS uncertain of post-Brexit future
20/12/2021
Our report published today looks at six key areas of health and social care that are being impacted by Brexit.
Nuclear fusion lab praised by Boris Johnson in Tory conference speech is funded mostly by EU
02/10/2019
Oxfordshire reactor has been described as ‘shining example of scientific cooperation between EU members’.
A previously confidential government study detailing 142 areas of life in Northern Ireland that will be impacted by Brexit has been published, revealing risks to everything from cooperation on congenital heart disease and cross-border child protection to rules preventing the looting of national treasures.
Scientists fear the UK has lost its way because of Brexit, and scientific research could suffer as a result, the head of the UK’s biggest biomedical research lab has warned.
Venki Ramakrishnan says Horizon programme is vital to ensuring UK retains influence.