Brexit: and an uncertain future for Exeter University funding and students

The county's universities are getting worried:
Futures Forum: Brexit: and Exeter Universtiy thinking twice
Futures Forum: Brexit: and academic research: "The negotiations are tough - we cannot see the way forward."

The worries are growing:

Brexit could cost Plymouth and Exeter Universities millions in research funding

1,500 students could also lose opportunity to study abroad

Max Channon
1 AUG 2018

Students inside the Roland Levinsky Building at the University of Plymouth
by Taboola

New analysis reveals Devon universities could lose millions of pounds of research grants because of Brexit.

Universities risk losing access to funds from the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme, totalling almost £1 billion for the South West, which currently supports projects, such as into sustainable energy and work to cure lung disease.

So far £102 million has been distributed in the South West, including:

> £13.4M to the University of Exeter for a five-year project, which will test a new wave energy converter off the north coast of Cornwall.

> £2.4M to Plymouth’s Peninsula School of Medicine and Dentistry, part of an international consortium, for a three-year project to prevent, diagnose and treat lung disease in low and middle-income countries.

> £22.2M to the University of Bristol for research into reducing traffic congestion and poor air quality.

No guarantee has been given to universities that access to this funding will continue after Brexit.

The People's Vote campaign, which conducted the analysis, says UK universities received the highest share of signed funding grant agreements (20%) - ahead of Germany, Spain, Italy and France. It says if EU funding continued at these levels it would see £8.3bn being invested in research and innovation in the UK, until 2020.

The People's Vote campaign wants the UK's Brexit 'deal' to be put to a public vote. However, critics say this is undemocratic, because the UK voted 'leave' in the EU referendum.

Brexit could cost Plymouth and Exeter Universities millions in research funding - Devon Live

But there are other voices, such as:

How Is Brexit Impacting Business Schools In The UK And Europe?

After the Brexit vote, UK business schools feared Armageddon. Students and staff would leave; funding would be lost. Two years on, we spoke to schools to find out what’s changed

Written by Marco De Novellis
21 Jun 2018

Outside London, at the University of Exeter Business School, Brexit has had little effect on MBA applications. The Exeter MBA doesn’t have a history of recruiting large numbers of EU students. For MBA director, Stuart Robinson, visas and work permits are bigger issues than Brexit.

“It’s just something you have to deal with,” he explains. “I was at an MBA fair in Asia, and Canadian schools were there saying: ‘you can come to Canada and we’ll give you an 18-month work visa after your MBA’. Here, we won’t do that, and that’s a problem.

“In all my discussions with candidates,” he continues, “Brexit has never come up. Why would a Chinese student care about Brexit? A lot of them aren’t after a career here anyway.”

How Is Brexit Impacting Business Schools In The UK And Europe? | BusinessBecause
Opinion: How Business Schools Can Use The Brand To Beat Brexit | BusinessBecause
.
.
.