2019 Summer Forum: Bracing for Brexit
On 23 June 2016, voters in the United Kingdom participated in a referendum that resulted in a ‘yes’ vote for the UK to leave the European Union. The so-called ‘Brexit’ decision set in motion a series of developments that are scheduled to culminate in the United Kingdom's exit from the EU.
Whether or not that deadline holds and regardless of the form – ‘hard’ or ‘soft’ – that departure takes, the prospect of Brexit has provoked deep reflection across Europe about the nature and future of the European Union. For the European higher education community in particular, Brexit scenarios have raised a series of questions and concerns that require urgent, solutions-oriented consideration. Understanding that Brexit is still a phenomenon in process, this issue of Forum aims to explore what Brexit means for those of us working in international higher education in the European context, and to offer practical insights into how we might operate and cooperate in a post-Brexit framework.
