Preparing for Brexit: UCL’s Response LONDON’S GLOBAL UNIVERSITY Provost’s View Preparing for Brexit: UCL’s Response

UCL is the most successful Higher Education Institution in collaborative research in Europe 167 collaborative research projects More than €94m Horizon 2020 funding journal articles with over 1,000 European organisations

LONDON’S GLOBAL UNIVERSITY Proactively nurturing and sustaining European partnerships to help maintain our academic excellence

Cities partnerships Programme LONDON’S GLOBAL UNIVERSITY Cities partnerships Programme Launching in a new city each year, initially in Europe Designed to extend our research and teaching collaborations across the continent

The government has guaranteed to underwrite funding for Horizon 2020 projects submitted before Brexit day and up to 2020 However, there is a risk of being excluded from the entire seven-year scientific research initiative Horizon Europe due to start in 2021 A simulation of a Higgs boson from ATLAS, a detector at the Large Hadron Collider, which received €230m under Horizon 2020. The government will also provide funding for successful Erasmus+ applications while the UK is still a Member State

Key steps to mitigate against Brexit LONDON’S GLOBAL UNIVERSITY Key steps to mitigate against Brexit We set up the Brexit Mitigation Group (BMG) immediately after referendum result Assessing the detail of how Brexit could affect UCL Reviewing and developing responses to the 100 Technical Notices issued by the government to prepare for a ‘no deal’ outcome Brexit Mitigation Group (BMG) Assessing the detail of how Brexit could affect the university – from recruitment, retention and status of EU staff and students to mobility, fees, access to research funding and partnerships. Reviewing and developing responses to the 100 Technical Notices issued by the government outlining how organisations should prepare for a ‘no deal’ outcome. Work plans for these will be finalised by the end of the month.

UCL’s priority is to support you as best we can. LONDON’S GLOBAL UNIVERSITY Supporting our people UCL’s priority is to support you as best we can. EU students and staff are highly valued as part of our diverse and vibrant community, changing the world for the better.

We have made available Interest free loans for immigration law advice Cover for the costs of the application fee to apply for settled status in the UK Talks with Faculties about Brexit and the work of the BMG offered by Dr Uta Staiger, Pro-Vice-Provost (Europe)

LONDON’S GLOBAL UNIVERSITY Want to know more? The UCL and Brexit site gives more detail on our approach to planning for and responding to Brexit Please see https://www.ucl.ac.uk/brexit