No longer welcome: the EU academics in Britain told to ‘make arrangements to leave’

Some EU citizens living in Britain who decided to seek permanent residency after the Brexit vote are being told to make arrangements to leave. A number of these people are among the 31,000 EU academics currently working in UK universities. Colin Talbot says many are alarmed and some have already decided to leave – putting the expertise of Britain’s universities in serious jeopardy.

See also a further LSE EuroppBlog, published in October 2017, Why there is no brain drain (yet) of EU academics in the UK (access via the related url hyperlink below):

A predicted exodus of EU academics from British universities has not yet materialised. Helen de Cruz discusses why, despite the uncertainty hanging over their future status and rights, the ‘brain drain’ has not really begun yet. Finding new posts, especially at a very senior level, can take time; hiring systems elsewhere in Europe are opaque and sometimes not meritocratic; many academics have put down roots in Britain; and other Anglophone destinations are not always attractive.

• Primary Source

ESO: In Focus: Brexit - The United Kingdom and the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/brexit-the-united-kingdom-and-the-european-union/

ESO: Background information: Brexit: acquired rights http://www.europeansources.info/record/brexit-acquired-rights/

ESO: Background information: The system is broken - #47years for the Home Office to register all EU citizens legally living in the UK - Our reaction following the publication of the latest data from the Home Office http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-system-is-broken-47years-for-the-home-office-to-register-all-eu-citizens-legally-living-in-the-uk-our-reaction-following-the-publication-of-the-latest-data-from-the-home-office/

ESO: Background information: Universities UK President calls for urgent government action to address uncertainty among EU students / Brexit fears may see 15% of UK university staff leave, group warns http://www.europeansources.info/record/universities-uk-president-calls-for-urgent-government-action-to-address-uncertainty-among-eu-students-brexit-fears-may-see-15-of-uk-university-staff-leave-group-warns/

Blog: LSE EuroppBlog, 27.01.17: No longer welcome: the EU academics in Britain told to ‘make arrangements to leave’ http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2017/01/27/eu-academics-britain-told-to-leave/

Blog: LSE EuroppBlog, 14.10.17: Why there is no brain drain (yet) of EU academics in the UK http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2017/10/14/why-there-is-no-brain-drain-yet-of-eu-academics-in-the-uk/

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