• Question: should England saty in the EU?? Will this affect your job in antobiotics

    Asked by ROB to Daniela ?, ☣ Danna, Jonny, Juan, Lindsay on 17 Jun 2016. This question was also asked by alandra._xx.
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      Jonathan Hunter answered on 17 Jun 2016:

      This is a very difficult topic to talk about as there are so many unknowns and variables.
      Personally, I think we should say within the EU. Part of the money I get paid comes from government grants which come (in part) from the EU – so it may, in the future be harder to get funding if we leave.
      Also, a lot of the other scientists who I work with are from Europe. If we leave the EU it would make it a lot harder for them to work here as they would need visa (cost money) and I think this would put a lot of scientists off from working in the UK.
      But those are my own opinion.

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      Lindsay Robinson answered on 17 Jun 2016:

      Hi Alandra. I have the same opinion as Jonathan. Much of the science we do in this country is funded from European grants. In fact I work on a large European project called the European Lead Factory which is only funded by the EU. Leaving the EU essentially means my job will no longer exist so I’m keen to stay!

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      Daniela Lobo answered on 17 Jun 2016:

      I may be biased as I am not originally from the UK, but I think UK should stay in the EU. I don’t see many benefits for the UK (or the EU) if this goes through.
      There might be some implications for me as a scientist if UK decides to not be part of the EU anymore – but I am not sure, I will have to wait and see.

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      Danna Gifford answered on 17 Jun 2016:

      I think that the UK should stay in the EU, although as I’m neither European nor British I’m an outsider on this question–yet as a Commonwealth citizen living in the UK, I do get to vote in the referendum. It seems like the good outweighs the bad–freedom of movement, trade, the ability to take a job anywhere you want in Europe.

      It probably won’t affect my job currently, as my salary comes from a UK organization, but it would definitely affect my decision to stay in the UK over the long-term.

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      Juan Ortiz answered on 17 Jun 2016:

      I believe nations should stay united to be stronger. EU makes very easy to travel between the belonging countries and to work in them without a visa. In science the best people should be recruited regardless where they are from and leaving the EU will make this more complicated and expensive putting off recruiters from UK to hire people from overseas and also scientist from overseas to come to work in UK. I believe EU is beneficial for the development of all the state members.

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