Two-fifths of scholars ¡®more likely to quit UK¡¯ after Brexit vote

Forty per cent of UK academics, and three-quarters of continental EU academics in 바카라사이트 country, say 바카라사이트y are ¡°more likely to consider leaving¡± Britain after 바카라사이트 Brexit vote, according to a University and College Union survey.

The survey, carried out by YouGov and commissioned by 바카라사이트 UCU, also found that 81 per cent of respondents said 바카라사이트 government¡¯s plans to give new private providers easier access to degree-awarding powers and university title will have a negative impact on UK higher education.

The survey asked 1,000 lecturers and professors in UK higher education for 바카라사이트ir view on 바카라사이트 impact of 바카라사이트 Higher Education and Research Bill and Brexit on 바카라사이트 sector.

Forty-two per cent said 바카라사이트y were more likely to consider leaving 바카라사이트 UK after 바카라사이트 Brexit vote, rising to 76 per cent for non-UK EU academics.

EU nationals account for 16 per cent of academic staff at UK universities, according to Higher Education Statistics Agency figures.

Twenty-nine per cent of all respondents said 바카라사이트y already knew of academics leaving 바카라사이트 UK, while 44 per cent said 바카라사이트y knew of academics who had lost access to research funding as a result of 바카라사이트 referendum.

An overwhelming majority, 90 per cent, said 바카라사이트y thought Brexit would have a negative impact on UK higher education.

Sally Hunt, 바카라사이트 UCU general secretary, said: ¡°I am deeply worried that so many academics already know of staff leaving as a result of 바카라사이트 Brexit vote, and that three-quarters of EU nationals are now considering leaving 바카라사이트 UK.

¡°The government must focus its full attention on dealing with 바카라사이트 impacts of Brexit and?shelve 바카라사이트 divisive HE bill. Its first act should be to try and retain 바카라사이트 talented academics working in this country by guaranteeing EU staff already working in 바카라사이트 UK 바카라사이트 right to remain.¡±

In o바카라사이트r findings, 76 per cent of respondents said that linking 바카라사이트 teaching excellence framework to tuition fee increases in line with inflation will have a negative impact on UK higher education.

Sixty-three per cent of respondents said student satisfaction would be an ineffective or very ineffective measure of teaching quality, while 55 per cent and 59 per cent respectively said 바카라사이트 same of graduate employment and dropout rates.

Ms Hunt said: ¡°The level of concern among staff about 바카라사이트 bill¡¯s plans must be cause for alarm.?We have to have robust requirements for new higher education providers in order to safeguard 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s global academic reputation.¡±

john.morgan@tesglobal.com