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Brexit’s back: the five issues that will shape science

Europe’s political shake-up is approaching — for researchers, key factors such as immigration and funding hang in the balance.
  1. Holly Else
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Many researchers might wish they could forget about Brexit. But they can’t. The United Kingdom has left the European Union, and for the past ten months it has been in a ‘transition period’ during which little changed. On 1 January 2021, that will end, bringing changes to public life and policy — including that governing research.

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Nature 586, 656-657 (2020)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-02920-2

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