While it is only three months since the Brexit vote, it is vital that academia and manufacturers don’t lose faith in the UK.
With more than 32,000 European academics working in the UK, nearly 20% of the UK’s academic community, a growing number of UK academics looking to leave Britain and some of the world’s most prestigious institutions already expressing growing unease, there appears to be real and growing concern over the UK’s future when it comes to research and development.
Prime Minister Theresa May has said that she doesn’t intend to provide a running commentary on the Brexit negotiations; fair enough, but perhaps she could start to provide us with a sense of the direction in which she is looking to go.
