SCOTSMAN.COM VIEW

European research collaboration worth billions to UK universities ‘cannot exist’ if free movement comes to an end under a ‘hard Brexit’ an expert warned

The politicisation of science in the furtherance of EU expansionism and the marginalisation of sovereign governments. Hmmm. – John Mcnab We’re all doomed! Nothing will ever work when we leave the EU. We’re all doomed! – Edinburra Project Fear still popping up? None of its forecasts have materialised so far. – Andy Macaulay This is correct. Brexit will have serious consequences for science funding. Whereas Scottish independence would have killed Scottish science stone dead by cutting off all sources of funding. – Persona Non Grata This is one area we don’t need to lose sleep over. May has already said the UK Government will make good any shortfall in research funding from Brussels – Mark Nice of them to pump £210 million into our universities. I wonder where they got the money from ? – Stuart Cowan