Brexit still affecting many of UK’s Spanish researchers

Survey by Society of Spanish Researchers in UK warns of ‘potentially serious consequences’ for R&D

Spanish researchers in the UK continue to feel a negative impact of Brexit, according to a survey by their dedicated association, the Society of Spanish Researchers (SRUK).

Eight years after the Brexit referendum, 80 per cent of Spanish researchers in the UK who were polled by SRUK said they “felt affected” by Brexit. Areas of concern included: mobility, bureaucracy, the economy and the cost of living, according to a statement on 7 May.