Academics are planning to leave the UK after the EU referendum result with fears it could get worse, university leaders have claimed.
The heads of 35 Oxford University colleges warned that without reassurance on their rights many lecturers, researchers and support staff will depart, causing “enormous damage”. It was noted that some are already making plans to leave.
It comes amid fears in other sectors about Brexit uncertainties. Two fifths of EU citizens working in the NHS are thinking of leaving in the next five years, according to a poll conducted by Channel 4’s Dispatches. The survey found that 70% of EU NHS staff found Britain a less appealing place to work, following the referendum result.
Pret A Manger also expressed concern about a loss of EU workers, saying only one in 50 job applicants is British. Its director of human resources, Andrea Wareham, said UK job seekers did not see it as a desirable place to work.
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