Fear of Brexit brain drain as EU nationals leave British universities.
Failure to guarantee rights of staff and students will damage ability to recruit, say academics. More than 1,300 academics from the European Union have left British universities in the past year, according to data released by dozens of universities under the Freedom of Information Act, prompting concerns of a Brexit brain drain.

In an age of Brexit and closing borders we need to embrace multilingualism.
Being able to speak to people in their own tongue instantly breaks down hostility and broadens the mind. But in the age of Brexit, the acquisition of other languages has become a political act. Andy Martin wonders was there ever a Big Bang moment when we all understood each other?

The Guardian view on higher education: trouble ahead.
First the universities were treated as businesses. Then they were told to fight for export customers. But now Brexit threatens to cut their student numbers disastrously.

ECJ advocate general issues opinion against UK on non-EU residency rights.
Non-EU nationals may be given the right to reside in a member state in which an EU family member lived before the family member acquired the nationality of that country, a legal adviser to Europe’s highest court has said.