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Opinion: UK research in troubled political times

23 Oct 2017

As Brexit negotiations appear to stall, Professor Dame Athene Donald considers the effect of the UK’s withdrawal from EU research schemes.

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Opinion: The UK's post-Brexit economy hinges on small businesses and innovation

18 Jul 2017

In this piece for The Conversation , Carlos López-Gómez from Cambridge's Institute for Manufacturing, discusses the role that small and medium-sized...

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Opinion: Brexit, Euratom and Article 50

10 Jul 2017

Kenneth Armstrong, Professor of EU law, explains why discussions about UK membership of Euratom are a bellwether for wider Brexit negotiations

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Opinion: Parliament and Brexit

30 Jun 2017

The general election result increases leverage for Parliament when it comes to Brexit. Here, Baroness Smith of Newnham, a lecturer in the Department...

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Opinion: Remainer or re-leaver? The philosophical conundrum posed by Brexit

07 Jun 2017

A recent YouGov survey suggests there is increasing agreement that 'Brexit means Brexit'. However, Alfred Moore from the Conspiracy and Democracy...

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Brexit: people are angry but looking for compromise, research finds

22 May 2017

Researchers engaged with people across the East of England and found anxiety and resentment, as well as a broad consensus that the UK should remain...

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Opinion: Geologists unveil how Britain first separated from Europe – and it was catastrophic

06 Apr 2017

Brexit won't be the first time Britain has left Europe, says Simon Redfern, professor in Earth Sciences at University of Cambridge writing for The...

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Listen: Cambridge experts talk post-Brexit options for the UK

04 Apr 2017

On 30 March, the day after the 'triggering' of Article 50 began the official Brexit process, a group of University of Cambridge lawyers, economists...

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Opinion: Aliens, very strange universes and Brexit – Martin Rees

03 Apr 2017

Martin Rees is Emeritus Professor of Cosmology and Astrophysics at the University of Cambridge, the Astronomer Royal, a member of Britain’s House of...

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Opinion: The Great Repeal Bill White Paper in 20 tweets

31 Mar 2017

Mark Elliott, Professor of Public Law, posted a number of tweets yesterday extracting key paragraphs from the Government’s White Paper on the Great...

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Opinion: The Road to Brexit, or the UK’s Journey into the Unknown

29 Mar 2017

The Prime Minister's triggering of Article 50 is merely the end of the beginning, argues Dr Julie Smith

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Database protecting UK migrants in EU from Brexit ‘misinformation’ to be built by Cambridge researchers

22 Feb 2017

Urgent requirement for channels of timely and reliable information to be developed targeting UK-born people living on the continent, say researchers...

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