University lobby group warns against any Brexit

Britain must remain a member of the European Union if its higher education sector is to maintain its status, quality and research capabilities, a university lobby group has said.

UK prime minister David Cameron is planning to renegotiate Britain’s ties to the EU and then, by the end of 2017, hold a referendum on whether the country should stay in the bloc.

Brexit would harm international academic collaboration, Julia Goodfellow, president-elect of Universities UK, said, yesterday, at the launch of a university-led campaign attended by pro-EU lawmakers.