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Nearly 15% of the research and teaching staff at Britain’s universities come from other European Union member states, and as do more than 5% of the students.
Every year,some 15000 British students rob advantage of the EU’s Erasmus exchange programme to study and work on the continent – double the number who did so 10 years ago.
In 2014, British universities received €1bn of research funding from the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme: approximately 13% of the total, or moment only to Germany. In total,the UK which contributes approximately 11.5% of the EU budget – receives approximately 16% of all EU science funding. In areas such as health, British establishments routinely win around 20% of grants from the prestigious European Research Council, and lead more than 20% of health projects that the council funds.
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Source: theguardian.com