MPD01605Months after members of parliament from the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee wrote that the Department for Exiting the E.U. should “hire a chief scientific adviser as a matter of priority,” no such person has been appointed, reports the Times Higher Education.
Negotiations between the Department and EU representatives for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union began on June 19. Topics under discussion include whether UK scientists will still be eligible for EU research funding.
“Hiring a chief scientific adviser for [the Department for Exiting the E.U.] would be a start in reassuring the scientific community in the UK, which is frankly very worried about Brexit,” Andrew Steele, chair of the Science is Vital advocacy group, told the Times.
The lack of a dedicated science advisor for the department is far from the only concern scientists have voiced about Brexit. Several high-profile scientists tell Buzzfeed that the UK decision to also leave Euratom, which oversees nuclear safety, would have serious ramifications for nuclear research and ...
