Increase in Academics Leaving the UK Since Brexit Vote

Higher ed professionals from EU and non-EU countries are departing for jobs elsewhere, perhaps reflecting uncertainty over funding availability.

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After the 2016 Brexit referendum, in which voters decided to have the UK leave the European Union, the number of academics from EU countries leaving the United Kingdom for other university jobs increased by almost half, according to Times Higher Education.

Data from the UK’s Higher Education Statistics Agency show that from January to December 2017, 500 academics in the UK from other EU countries moved to different university jobs abroad, a sharp increase from 340 the year before. Meanwhile, the number of non-EU academics leaving the UK for university jobs elsewhere increased by 15 percent in 2017. Additionally, the number of EU academics leaving the UK for schooling or non-university positions increased by 43 percent, a jump twice as much as the increase in departures for non-EU nationals.

“In some aspects, the delay to the exit from the EU is the problem,” says Giulio Marini, a research associate at ...

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