British universities have warned the government they risk losing talented EU staff who need greater clarity on their post-Brexit rights if they are to commit to remain in the UK. Six out of the top 10 “at risk” subjects with the highest proportions of non-UK EU staff are in the humanities and social sciences. “We are calling on government to guarantee a right to remain indefinitely for non-UK EU academics and their dependents working here.”Almost 40,000 non-UK EU staff currently work in UK universities, who constitute 12% of all full-time equivalent staff across the higher education sector. Mandarin and Arabic are among the languages the UK will need, as well as Spanish, French and German. If the UK is to be truly global post-Brexit, languages must become a national priority.

Source: The Guardian November 14, 2017 00:01 UTC