Keeping The Brains Of Britain

This is the second in a series of posts delivered by Deloitte's innovation lead Vimi Grewal-Carr, looking in to Brexit and its impact on innovation in the UK.

The UK has a world class innovation system. Our last post highlighted the strengths and opportunities that Brexit posed for the UK innovation system. Among the strengths are idea generation and the quality of the UK's universities, which attract students from all over the globe.

Figure 1. Number of migrants by reason for coming to the UK, 2014

Source: International Passenger Survey 2014, Deloitte analysis

A recent survey suggested that Brexit could harm the UK's appeal to talented international students, with 80 per cent of EU students and 35 per cent of non-EU students stating that Brexit would make the UK a less attractive place to study.