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Impact of Brexit on Northern Ireland's Higher Education and Research Sector

24 August 2016

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PDF icon Leaving the EU: Implications and Opportunities for Science and R esearch

RIA Submission to Inquiry by UK House of Commons Select Committee on Science and Technology on Consequences of Leaving the EU.

In the wake of the exit of the UK from the EU, the RIA will be unique among the national academies in these islands in representing an academic community which straddles the border between the EU and the UK.

Read the RIA's response to an Inquiry by the UK house of Commons Select Committee on Science and Technology on the implications of leaving the EU for science and technology.

This submission considers the impact of Brexit on the higher education and research sector in Northern Ireland. 

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