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Academics 'Must Not be Used as Brexit Pawns'

Academics 'Must Not be Used as Brexit Pawns'

Theresa May is being warned not to use scientists and academics as pawns in negotiations over Brexit.

What Does UK Science Do About Brexit?

What Does UK Science Do About Brexit?

UK scientists are coming up with strategies to deal with the prospect of leaving the EU.

Brexit and the International Mobility of Scientistst

Brexit and the International Mobility of Scientistst

Following the UK’s vote to leave the EU, arrangements for the movement of people to and from the UK look likely to change.  Will scientists be affected?

Rejecting Idea That Foreign Students Should Not Count as Immigrants

Rejecting Idea That Foreign Students Should Not Count as Immigrants

Downing Street says it is not looking at removing students from official figures after chancellor suggests definition of immigrant may be reviewed

Why the Higher Education and Research Bill Must Be Amended

Why the Higher Education and Research Bill Must Be Amended

The Higher Education and Research Bill has to be amended before it undermines the autonomy and vitality of our universities and the UK research base

‘Brexit’ May Hurt Britain Where It Thrives: Science and Research

‘Brexit’ May Hurt Britain Where It Thrives: Science and Research

European Union money accounted for 40 percent of funding for cancer research in Britain over the last decade.

Huge increase in number of graduates 'bad for UK economy'

Huge increase in number of graduates 'bad for UK economy'

Mismatch of skills and labour market as university education keeps growing is bad for students and employers, suggests CIPD

Show us your research two days before publishing, government orders academics

Show us your research two days before publishing, government orders academics

Research must be sent to DfE two days before publishing

LSE foreign academics told they will not be asked to advise on Brexit

LSE foreign academics told they will not be asked to advise on Brexit

Experts question legality under anti-discrimination laws as senior politicians criticise move as ‘baffling’.

Brexit 'not good news for British science' warn new Nobel laureates

Brexit 'not good news for British science' warn new Nobel laureates

Duncan Haldane and Sir Fraser Stoddart call for scientists to be given protected status for visas, and highlight the role of EU funding in attracting elite scientists.

Intergovernmental agreement on science boosted

Intergovernmental agreement on science boosted

Scientific cooperation between the UK and Russia was boosted in August this year when Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev agreed to extend the UK-Russia Intergovernmental Agreement on Science and Technology cooperation for another 10 years.

Reforming migration policy on international students

Reforming migration policy on international students

The government's policy focus on reducing net migration is causing unnecessary harm to the UK s international education sector one of the UK s biggest services exports This report asks how through better informed policy the UK can attract more students in a growing and increasingly competitive global marketplace

London's biomedical behemoth opens its doors

London's biomedical behemoth opens its doors

This week, the first of 1500 researchers and support staff begin moving into the largest biomedical research building in Europe, the £650 million Francis Crick Institute in London.