Archive for the ‘Brexit’ Category

LSW response to the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

7 September, 2017

The Learned Society of Wales has responded to the joint consultation on the European (Withdrawal) Bill and its implications for Wales, run by the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee and the External Affairs and Additional Leg... Read More

National academies ready to engage with Brexit negotiations

3 August, 2017

Today the Learned Society of Wales, along with the British Academy, the Royal Irish Academy and the Royal Society of Edinburgh, has issued a joint a statement expressing readiness to engage with the UK Government as it proceeds with the negotiations with the EU and in facilitating the various other arrangements which w... Read More

LSW’s Brexit comments

3 May, 2017

The recent consultation and inquiry responses, comment pieces and other relevant Society activity related to the UK's decision to exit the EU have been compiled in a summary document. The document is availab... Read More

‘We can only end up with less’ – the risks and challenges of Brexit

3 April, 2017

On 29 March, Sir Emyr Jones Parry, President of the LSW published an essay in the Western Mail on the risks and challenges of Brexit, in particularly in terms of the impact on the devolved legislatures of the UK, and their relationship with Westminster:
Exiting the EU will not lead directly to add... Read More

Higher Education, Research and Innovation: After Triggering Article 50

29 March, 2017

Speaking in response to today's decision to trigger Article 50 as part of the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill, Sir Emyr Jones Parry, President of the LSW said
"UK HE and research are pre-eminent. Cooperation with external universities is crucial to the UK’s success... Read More

‘Science priorities for Brexit’ – LSW comment

24 March, 2017

On the 21^st March Stephen Metcalfe MP, Chair of the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee and the Commons Science and Technology Committee, published a statement Science priorities... Read More

Society Contributes to House of Lords EU Select Committee inquiry on Brexit: devolution

9 March, 2017

The Learned Society of Wales, The Royal Society of Edinburgh and The British Academy, provided a joint submission to the House of Lords EU Select Committee inquiry on Brexit: devolution. The evidence has been developed with the particular expertise of Professor Christopher McCrudden FBA, Professor Michael Keating FB... Read More

Science is global – European academies’ statement

28 July, 2016

On the occasion of the EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF, 2016) conference in Manchester in July, many of Europe’s National Academies took the opportunity to lend their support to the value of exchanging ideas and international science. Given that many of today’s most pressing challenges are global ones, the joint pr... Read More

UK national academies joint statement on research and innovation after the EU Referendum

19 July, 2016

The Academy of Medical Sciences, the British Academy, the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Royal Society, the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the Royal Irish Academy and the Learned Society of Wales have today, 19 July 2016, published a joint statement on research and innovation after the EU Referendum. The seven UK ... Read More

President’s letter to Secretary of State for Wales

27 June, 2016

The Society's President, Sir Emyr Jones Parry has today written to the Secretary of State for Wales, urging that the UK government work to maintain UK researchers’ access to EU Research programmes, and that the level of financial supp... Read More