
Science and Research
This page collates publications, blog posts, video interviews, media commentary related to the impact of Brexit for Science (including Health), Research and Education.

Opinion and thoughts
Read the latest opinion piece on this page:
Professor Michael Arthur - Time running out for deal on UK-EU research ties post-Brexit

Research and expertise
Discover a major piece of research on this topic:
Graeme Reid (among others) - Future frameworks for international collaboration on research and innovation: independent advice

Projects and activities
Learn about a recent UCL project conducted on this theme:
Professor Derek Hill - Regulating medical devices post-Brexit
Content
What Brexit will mean for science from 2021
Comment from Dr Uta Staiger
Type: News article, Forschung & Lehre
Date: 04/01/2021
Brexit: Studying in England will be more difficult
Comment from Dr Uta Staiger
Type: Video, SWR2
Date: 22/12/2020
Universities and Brexit: Past, present, future
Nick Hillman (HEPI)
Type: Comment, UK in a Changing Europe
Date: 11/07/2020
A post-Brexit agreement for research and innovation
Dr Uta Staiger (UCL European Institute) and others
Type: Simulated negotiations, event and report
Date: 28/01/2020
UCL considers funding options to help EU students
Professor Michael Arthur (Provost)
Type: Article
Date: 21/01/2020
'We're at breaking point': will UK scientists' big ideas survive Brexit?
Professor Graeme Reid (OVPR)
Type: Article
Date: 13/11/2019
Report sketches vision for UK research after Brexit
Professor Graeme Reid (OVPR)
Type: Article
Date: 05/11/2019
Future frameworks for international collaboration on research and innovation: independent advice
Professor Graeme Reid (OVPR)
Type: Report
Date: 05/11/2019
Of mice and men: How one university is planning for Brexit
Professor Michael Arthur (Provost) & Dr Uta Staiger (UCL European Institute)
Type: Article
Date: 16/10/2019
Split decisions: How Brexit has taken a toll on five researchers
Dr Uta Staiger (UCL European Institute)
Type: Article
Date: 03/10/2019
Universities face a dual threat of a chaotic Brexit and funding cuts
Professor Michael Arthur (Provost)
Type: Article
Date: 04/02/2019
Bioethics after Brexit: An opportunity to rationalize bioethics governance in the United Kingdom
Jonathan Montgomery (UCL Laws)
Type: Article, Medical Law International
Date: 29/10/2018
Time running out for deal on UK-EU research ties post-Brexit
Professor Michael Arthur (Provost)
Type: Article, the Times Higher Education
Date: 25/10/2018
Initial impact of Brexit on European students and academic staff in UK's engineering higher education
Type: Paper
Date: September 2018
Repositioning UK Partnerships Post-Brexit
Dr Ludovic Highman (IOE)
Type: Article, International Higher Education
Date: 11/09/2018
Regulating medical devices post-Brexit
Professor Derek Hill (UCL Centre for Medical Image Computing )
Type: Podcast, UCL European Institute
Date: September 2018
The Brexit White Paper: what does it mean for higher education and research?
Dr Ludovic Highman (IOE)
Type: Policy briefing, Centre for Global Higher Education
Date: August 2018
Brexit: what is at stake for UK universities?
Dr Ludovic Highman (IOE)
Type: Blog, IOE Blog
Date: 27/07/2018
Higher education staff and Brexit. Is the UK losing the youngest and brightest from other EU countries?
Giulio Marini (UCL Institute of Education)
Type: Article, Tertiary Education and Management
Date: 20/07/2018
Can the UK be an independent leading regulator in the development of new medicines and medical devices?
Professor Derek Hill (UCL Centre for Medical Image Computing )
Type: Blog, UCL Brexit Blog
Date: 18/07/2018
A Cardiologist Views Brexit
Professor John Martin (UCL Faculty of Medical Sciences)
Type: Blog, UCL Brexit Blog
Date: 17/07/2018
EU Students at UK Universities: Patterns & Trends
Dr Ludovic Highman (IOE)
Type: Blog, UCL Brexit Blog
Date: 05/04/2018
EU students at UK universities: patterns & trends
Dr Ludovic Highman (IOE)
Type: Policy briefing, Centre for Global Higher Education
Date: 05/2018
University staff demographics: the fabric of UK universities at risk from Brexit
Dr Ludovic Highman (IOE)
Type: Policy briefing, Centre for Global Higher Education
Date: 04/2018
Brexit creates big challenges for government science advisers. Can universities help?
Professor Graeme Reid (OVPR)
Type: Article, The Guardian
Date: 19/03/2018
Higher education and Brexit: current European perspectives
Dr Aline Courtois (IOE)
Type: Report, Centre for Global Higher Education
Date: 02/2018
UCL participation in parliamentary Brexit Science and Innovation Summit
Professor Michael Arthur (President & Provost of UCL, Chair of the Russell Group's EU Advisory Group) and Professor Graeme Reid (Chair of Science and Research Policy at UCL)
Type: Public Testimony, House of Commons
Date: 22 February 2018
Creating a new relationship in research, science and innovation with the EU
Dr Ludovic Highman (UCL Institute of Education) and Dr Vassiliki Papatsiba (Sheffield)
Type: Policy Briefing, Centre for Global Higher Education
Date: 01/11/2017
Brexit, trade, migration and higher education
Type: Project page, UCL Centre for Global Higher Education
Date: July 2017
Brexit and the issues facing UK higher education
Dr Ludovic Highman (UCL Institute of Education)
Type: Policy Briefing, UCL Centre for Global Higher Education
Date: 27 July 2017
Brexit and Higher Education
Professor Simon Marginson (UCL Institute of Education)
Type: Article (p.54), Brexit: One Year On (UK in a Changing Europe)
Date: June 2017
"Government is creating opportunities for the science community at a rate that we can barely keep up with." An interview with Professor Graeme Reid
Professor Graeme Reid (UCL OVPR)
Type: Interview, UCL STEaPP
Date: 21/06/2016
To Brexit or not to Brexit: The roles of Islamophobia, conspiracist beliefs, and integrated threat in voting intentions for the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum
Viren Swami (ARU), David Barron (Perdana), Laura Weis (UCL), Adrian Furnham (UCL)
Type: Article, British Journal of Psychology
Date: 20/06/2017
London-Paris: Building a Post-Brexit Future in Higher Education
Dame Nicola Brewer (UCL Vice-Provost International) and Tim Gore
Type: Blog, UCL European Institute
Date: 22/5/2017
IOE to research Brexit's impact on UK universities
Global Centre for Higher Education
Type: News item
Date: 20/04/2017
Prevalence of GMC performance assessments in the UK: a retrospective cohort analysis of by country of medical qualification
Dr Leila Mehdizadeh, Dr Henry Potts, Dr Alison Sturrock and Professor Jane Dacre (UCL Medical School)
Type: Academic paper, BMC Medical Education
Date: April 2017
Brexit and higher education
Professor Peter Scott (UCL Institute of Education)
Type: Blog, UCL Brexit Blog
Date: 20/03/2017
Brexit and the UK Space Sector
Professor Alan Smith (UCL Physics) and Dr Ian Scott (UCL Grand Challenges)
Type: Workshop report
Date: March 2017
Brexit - and its potential impact for open access in the UK
Paul Ayris (UCL Library Services)
Type: Article, Insights: the UKSG Journal
Date: 10/03/2017
Post-Truth and Science
Professor Sir Michael Marmot (UCL Institute of Health Equity)
Type: Essay, The Lancet
Date: 04/02/2017
Brexit: Challenges for universities in hard times
Professor Simon Marginson (UCL Institute of Education)
Type: Essay, International Higher Education
Date: January 2017
UCL Hosts the Education Select Committee
Professor Michael Arthur (UCL President and Provost) from 1.23.00
Type: Select Committee appearance (video)
Date: 25/01/2017
How to speak truth to power
Professor Graeme Reid (UCL Public Policy)
Type: Blog, Times Higher Education
Date: 12/01/2017
Scientists need to wake up to the opportunities of Brexit
Professor Graeme Reid (UCL Public Policy)
Type: Blog, The Guardian
Date: 20/12/2016
A time for boldness: EU membership and UK science after the referendum
Professor Graeme Reid (UCL Public Policy)
Type: Report, House of Lords Select Committee
Date: 13/12/2016
Higher Education in Brexit Britain: from international leader to also-ran?
Dr Paul Temple (UCL Institute of Education)
Type: Blog, IOE London Blog
Date: 10/11/2016
Global Learning and Brexit
Dr Douglas Bourn (Development Education Research Centre, UCL Institute of Education)
Type: Video, UCL Media Central
Date: 18/10/2016
Global Learning and Brexit
Dr Douglas Bourn (Development Education Research Centre, UCL Institute of Education)
Type: Academic paper, Development Education Review)
Date: Autumn 2016
Universities have a crucial post-Brexit role in working across borders
Professor Simon Marginson (UCL Institute of Education)
Type: Blog, IOE London Blog
Date: 08/10/2016
Keep the UK's Doors Open to Students and Scholars
Professor Michael Arthur (UCL President and Provost)
Type: Blog, Times Higher Education
Date: 21/09/2016
Impact of Brexit on UK Gene and Cell Therapy: The Need for Continued Pan-European Collaboration
Professor Robin Ali (UCL Institute of Ophthalmology), Professor Adrian Thrasher (UCL Institute of Child Health) and Professor Andrew Baker (Edinburgh)
Type: Academic paper, Human Gene Therapy
Date: 01/09/2016
Here's why science should take a seat at the Brexit negotiation table
Professor Graeme Reid (UCL Public Policy)
Type: Blog, The Guardian
Date: 12/07/2016
Post-referendum uncertainty is harming research - universities need answers now
Professor Michael Arthur (UCL President and Provost)
Type: Blog, The Guardian
Date: 11/07/2016
Science and Brexit
Professor Graeme Reid (UCL Public Policy)
Type: Blog, Science
Date: 01/07/2016
Brexit: UK universities face a new world order
Professor Peter Scott (UCL Institute of Education)
Type: Blog, IOE London Blog
Date: 29/06/2016
Universities will pay a high price now our future has been voted down
Professor Peter Scott (UCL Institute of Education)
Type: Blog, The Guardian
Date: 27/06/2016
Scientists are speaking up in debates over Brexit. So why is big business silent?
Professor Graeme Reid (UCL Public Policy)
Type: Article, The Guardian
Date: 12/05/2016
EU membership and UK science
Professor Graeme Reid (UCL Public Policy)
Type: Report, House of Lords Select Committee
Date: 12/04/2016
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