New 'brain drain' warning from MPs

Any delay in guaranteeing the rights of EU higher education staff to live and work in the UK is likely lead to a significant ‘brain drain’ in talented staff, a cross-party group of MPs has warned. They recommend that the government prepare to ‘unilaterally’ agree their rights by the end of the year, if no reciprocal deal is reached with the EU before then. Over 31,000 – almost one in six – of higher education staff are EU nationals.