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.
The government says it wants to preserve EU science ties in a Brexit settlement but fails to acknowledge the major stumbling blocks ahead, says Mike Galsworthy.
Confidence is at rock-bottom in the UK's ability to attract and retain the best scientific and engineering talent from Europe.
Venki Ramakrishnan says Horizon programme is vital to ensuring UK retains influence.
In the words of another current cliché, UK science is already ‘world-beating’. But researchers are concerned that ministers’ plans may put that status in jeopardy as MARTIN MCQUILLAN reports.
A Nobel prize-winning scientist has said Brexit has cast the UK “several decades into the past” and feared it would damage the country’s standing in the scientific community.
Nobel scientists warn Britain will lose ‘superpower’ status if access barred to €100bn EU fund
High cost of entry under immigration overhaul will put off applicants, says thinktank.
Brexit hits UK science funding and workforce
16/10/2019
The first figures have emerged demonstrating that Brexit uncertainty has adversely affected UK research.
The prime minister’s Brexit policy is sacrificing the UK’s science reputation – and billions of pounds in EU grants.
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’
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’.
Nobel prize winner leaves as reality of disconnecting from EU funding network sets in. / A no-deal Brexit looks set to undermine the UK’s position as a world leader in international research and is already starting to cause damage according to a number of prominent scientists working in Britain.
Thousands of EU academics left posts at leading British universities after Brexit vote, analysis finds
13/08/2019
The Russell Group calls on Boris Johnson to provide certainty to staff to prevent exodus. / Thousands of EU academics left their posts at Britain’s most prestigious universities in the year after the Brexit vote – an 11 per cent rise on the year before, analysis shows.
Boris Johnson taking scientists 'for fools' with immigration plans post-Brexit, says Nobel Prize winner
09/08/2019
Boris Johnson is facing a backlash over his plans to fast-track visas for the world's leading scientists, as a Nobel laureate warned of turmoil for "many years" after a no-deal Brexit.
The president of the Royal Society has warned the Tory leadership candidates that UK research could be damaged by a bad deal or no-deal Brexit.
The ERC's mission is to encourage the highest quality research in Europe through competitive funding and to support investigator-driven frontier research across all fields, on the basis of scientific excellence.
Brexit is a direct threat to the glorious scientific collaboration that sustains our modern world
07/06/2019
A tiger leap in innovation has been achieved through borderless public-private partnerships between universities, government agencies and companies.
Nobel prize winner warns UK science will suffer unless it can gain access to Horizon Europe. / One of Britain’s leading researchers has warned of a “major blow” to national science if ministers cannot secure access to a massive research programme that is being drawn up by the EU.
Proactive, cosmopolitan and open, the European Union is filling a leadership void on the global stage, argue James Wilsdon and Sarah de Rijcke.
The European Parliament gave its formal stamp of approval to the EU’s next big research programme, Horizon Europe – moving forward legislation for it and calling for a €120 billion budget, a 27.5 per cent increase on the €94.1 billion proposed by the European Commission
European Science-Media Hub (ESMH) is a project of the European Parliament’s Panel for the Future of Science and Technology (STOA). It was launched in 2017 and works under the guidance and the political responsibility of the STOA Panel.
Universities say vital projects are ‘days from stalling’ as EU grants could be lost.
Seven researchers and campaigners tell Nature how Britain’s break-up with the EU is affecting research.