UK universities draw up plans for EU campuses ahead of Brexit: Higher education chiefs, struggling with uncertainty and challenges in regulation and funding, look to soften blow of EU exit. University leaders, juggling the threat of Brexit, punishing new government appraisals and increased competition both inside and outside the sector, say they are facing a severe period of uncertainty over the next 12 months.

Britain’s universities depend on open borders: To assume that the wonderful success story of Britain’s universities is one entirely of their own making would be a mistake: the UK’s academic system has thrived because of, not in spite of, the openness it has shown to foreign researchers in the past.

Brexit fears may see 15% of UK university staff leave, academic exchange service DAAD warns: German academics’ body points to growing evidence that EU employees are turning down posts and considering their futures.