15 min presentation given to Salisbury for Europe on 2nd Feb 2017 by Dr Rob Davidson, Executive Director of Scientists for EU.

1. Rob Davidson PhD
@bobbledavidson
Scientists for EU
@scientists4eu
Salisbury for Europe
Feb 2017

2. UK Science
“…the UK has overtaken the US to rank 1st by field-
weighted citation impact… It is likely that recent
increases in UK research productivity have, at least
to some extent, been driven by the increase in UK
international research collaboration, which is also
associated with greater citation impact…”
International Comparative Performance of the UK
Research Base – 2013
http://bit.ly/2jq8otG

3. UK Science
Majority of UK increase in publications comes from international collaborations
Dr Jonathan Adams. From: ‘The Fourth Age of
Research’ (2014)
Almost 50% of
Publications are
international

4. UK Science
Dr Jonathan Adams. From: ‘The Fourth Age of
Research’ (2014)

5. EU Science
“In 2011, Europe produced 33.4% of
the world’s research outputs, while
the US accounted for 23.4%”
Comparative Benchmarking of European and
US Research Collaboration and Researcher
Mobility - 2013

6. Publication growth
World bank data – 1990: 2013

7. EU collaboration
• 30% of grants for international cooperation
• 7800 grants
• 87623 grant holders FP7 Monitoring: http://bit.ly/1U8wP7y

8. EU collaboration
• Over 170 countries
• 86% of retained apps from
EU members
• Anyone can ‘access’
• Membership is best
FP7 Monitoring: http://bit.ly/1U8wP7y

9. Brexit means…

10. Restricting immigration
• Restricting immigration: red line
• Theresa May vetoed EU-India trade deal over
visas for Indians
• T.May trip to India: denies skilled worker visa;
denies student visas
• 10s of thousands still promised

11. …but, students?!
• Net gain of £136 million pa
to Sheffield alone
• Only group Theresa May
reduced in 6 years
• Osborne, Treasury, BIS,
Willets, Rudd, Johnson,
Hammond, Cable all asked
to stop targeting
• 57% public support
student immigration
http://huff.to/2jA0D5T

12. #BrainDrainUK

13. Switzerland
2014 referendum: restricted free
movement
• Suspended from Horizon 2020
• Lost access to Erasmus +
• Negotiated associate access
until 2016
• Paid in, lost strategic influence
• Lost consortium leadership
roles
Ultimatum:
Overturn referendum or become
‘third country’

14. Casualties

15. New money
• Autumn Statement £2bn;
Innovation Strategy
(Jan2017) £4bn
– flood defences?
– RPF, loss of higher ed
• Since 2010 (to 2014),
R&D increase by
performing sector (const
prices):
– Biz:15.9%; Higher-
Ed:5.7%; Non-profit: -
20.1%
ONS: http://bit.ly/2kV79EB

16. Moving forward
• Campaign for transparency/democracy
• SfEU Brexit monitoring (science/health)
• Article 50
• Negotiation announcements
• National Statistics
• Vote on Final Deal
• General Election

17. EU-cosystem

18. Our campaigns
Healthierin.eu
@healthierIN
Scientistsforeu.uk
@scientists4eu
Tradedealwatch.org
@tradedealwatch