UK universities' EU-born staff do not live in a Brexit-proof bubble

I don't agree with the academic Brexit-free bubble. The pressure on funding and international collaboration is very high in some research areas. This has lead to EU staff leaving the UK to avoid their careers being smashed to bits. I know more than one colleague from the EU who, since June 2016, took the chance and left the UK. From what I hear from them, their mental health has considerably improved. EU student numbers in the UK have dropped quite significantly for some subjects. There's also the (unrelated to Brexit) general pressure on "securing students". Add to this the Brexit factor, some academics are literally driven insane. Some of there who are EU born or have links to EU countries decided to leave. Academia is very much of a bubble for a variety of reasons, but I don't it is a bubble when it comes to Brexit.

Apologies for my inability to proofread my own writing before hitting "Submit comment".

"Before the referendum, there was no bubble". Oh yes there was, it's just that now it has burst.