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Originally Posted by Livia

Students from the EU don't currently pay higher fees.

Don't agree with you totally... although I do agree that education, and indeed NHS funding should be ring-fenced and increased year on year.

No, but students from Asia and Africa can be paying tens of thousands per year and I don't know about you... But I don't think I would pay that sort of money to study in a country where I didn't feel welcome. Not when there are other options available. Obviously many will still come but it seems unlikely that there won't be a significant decrease in interest.

The main issue though, is the research / PhD funding provided by Europe, and private entities within the EU. The government has this far offered up no plans at all for how that funding is going to be replaced, and R&D funding is absolutely essential for world class Universities.

I still have quite a few friends studying towards PhDs and the consensus has very much been... Get your PhD finished, as quickly as humanly possible, because in a few years time funding may simply not be there.