On the 20th April 2016, the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee, published a report looking at the relationship between our EU membership and UK science. The
Until 2011, the UK saw a steady rise in the number of non-EU international students that chose to study in our higher education (HE) sector. Unlike EU students,
Scientists from Tunisia are now be able to participate in Horizon 2020, the EU’s framework programme for research and innovation, under the same conditions as their counterparts from EU Member
The following is our formal response to the letter written to the Times Newspaper on the 10th March, by 150 Cambridge-based Royal Society Fellows. Sir, We write in
A study by Franzoni, Scellato et al. (2012) shows that countries operating strong border controls are more than capable of recruiting scientists from around the globe. Indeed, the analysis shows that Australia,
Recent comments from a pro-EU scientist have suggested that the UK is “too small” to be scientifically effective outside of the political structures of the EU – read interview
There appears to be a common concern amongst pro-EU commentators that our scientific community is somehow less robust than it appears, and that leaving the political structures of
The argument that the EU is somehow better able to manage large and complex projects has been put in perspective recently by the fact that the EU’s flagship
One of the common cries from the pro-EU lobby is that by leaving the political structures of the EU, we will somehow be excluded from participating in any
Another concern of the pro-EU lobby is the potential loss of free movement for scientists post-Brexit and its potential impact on UK science. In this respect, it is important to note
