Glasgow professor quits UK over Brexit ‘uncertainties’

It's not just European academics who are leaving: leading British scholars too are heading for the exit. It's also hard to get scholars from the US and rest of the world to come to the UK at the moment. The problem is particularly pronounced with senior and leading scholars....

He's taken his time – In July 2016 my south american colleague postdoc was offered a follow on contract which would have got him to the residency requirement for naturalisation. As his then contract was nearing its end he had been looking for other openings. Even though he had to start counting time again he moved to Germany because it offers better potential for settlement in a country with connections to the rest of the world. If Brexit goes ahead we break so many connections we have with the rest of the world, because of the EU. I'd be surprised to get any more new colleagues with EU connections (wherever their origin) – they'll go continental – I now wish I had before other things tied me here.

Thanks Jack for your article. I would like to make two comments: 1) I didn't express myself on whether I know or think (or not) about other academics leaving the UK. I don't know where you have that opinion of mine from. In reality, you are not far off the truth, as it is none of my business to comment or have an opinion on whether other colleagues would do the same. Every person makes their personal decisions based on their life circumstances and on their opportunities and alternatives they have. 2) In your final line, the fact that there is a comma at the end of the quote makes it obvious that the quote was copied and pasted incompletely from the email I had sent to you. For the sake of completeness, this is the full quote: "I love being here, Glasgow and Scotland are great and the University of Glasgow is a great and very supportive place to work. It has been and it is still a wonderful time." Thanks very much, apart from these two things which I wanted to correct, it is a nice article that truly reflects my thoughts and comments, I enjoyed reading it. Best, Fabio