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Britain's Scientists Are 'Freaking Out' Over Brexit (washingtonpost.com)
"To use a nonscientific term, the scientists in the country are freaking out," reports the Washington Post. An anonymous Slashdot reader quotes their report:
The researchers worry that Britain will not replace funding it loses when it leaves the E.U., which has supplied about $1.2 billion a year to support British science, approximately 10 percent of the total spent by government-funded research councils. There is a whiff of panic in the labs.
Worse than a possible dip in funding is the research community's fear that collaborators abroad will slink away and the country's universities will find themselves isolated. British research today is networked, expensive, competitive and global. Being part of a pan-European consortium has helped put Britain in the top handful of countries, based on the frequency of citations of its scientific papers... Anecdotal evidence suggests that headhunters may already be circling.
Meanwhile, NPR reports that Britain's vote to leave the EU "has depressed the value of the British pound," prompting many Britons to vacation at home rather than abroad -- while "Americans will find their dollars go further in Britain these days." And an anonymous Slashdot reader quotes a report from CNBC that Ford "is considering closing plants in the UK and across Europe in response to Britain's vote to leave the EU, as it forecast a $1 billion hit to its business over the next two years."
Worse than a possible dip in funding is the research community's fear that collaborators abroad will slink away and the country's universities will find themselves isolated. British research today is networked, expensive, competitive and global. Being part of a pan-European consortium has helped put Britain in the top handful of countries, based on the frequency of citations of its scientific papers... Anecdotal evidence suggests that headhunters may already be circling.
Meanwhile, NPR reports that Britain's vote to leave the EU "has depressed the value of the British pound," prompting many Britons to vacation at home rather than abroad -- while "Americans will find their dollars go further in Britain these days." And an anonymous Slashdot reader quotes a report from CNBC that Ford "is considering closing plants in the UK and across Europe in response to Britain's vote to leave the EU, as it forecast a $1 billion hit to its business over the next two years."
How is it a problem when you start losing less money? Don't English scientists know math?
Enjoy your shitty internet, shitty weather and shitty non-culture.
'Baby, baby, baby - oooooohhhh'
Sorry.
Scumbag news article is trying to say that vacationing abroad is a good thing. Unless you're Disney, support vacationing in your own country.
Less issues of picking up a disease your body cannot handle and your money goes back into your economy.
The EU and globalization in general is a scam.
Yep, I never spell check.
More incorrect spellings can be found he
Britain was one of the world's most prosperous, safe, and culturally advanced nations for over a thousand years.
An aggressive cunt of a nation that is finally due its comeuppance. The fact that leaving the EU is a self-inflicted injury is hilarious.
Enjoy your newfound irrelevance. Nigeria will overtake your economy in size in the next few years but I'm just major trading blocs will be queueing up to cut deals with you. LOL.
I do not want your cheap brainburning drugs. They are useless for work. And I am a working man today.
The last time we tried to acquire Canada, Washington DC burned down.
Well, if that's not a good reason to try again, what is?
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.