Dear Beate, Thanks so much for telling us about this. I have forwarded what Chris Brink says to Nancy Rothwell, President and VC of the University of Manchester, with a question about our own institution's commitment to EU staff. (So far, this does not seem to have gone much beyond a few fine words.) Maybe colleagues in other universities would be interested in doing the same? All best, Wiebke Dr Wiebke Brockhaus-Grand | Senior Lecturer in German Linguistics | Department of German Studies | School of Arts, Languages and Cultures | University of Manchester | Manchester, M13 9PL, UK | Tel +44 (0)161 275 3180 | mobile +44 (0)7973 709 099 | http://staffprofiles.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/Profile.aspx?Id=wiebke.brockhaus-grand ________________________________ From: JISCmail German Studies List [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Beate Muller [[log in to unmask]] Sent: 17 October 2016 17:52 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Strong words from Newcastle University's VC on Brexit Dear all, Prof Chris Brink, VC at Newcastle University, has just published a very strong statement about Brexit in our university newsletter. I feel it warrants wider dissemination: it would be good if more HEI leaders followed suit... https://my.ncl.ac.uk/staff/nuconnections/item/welcome-to-this-brexit-edition-of-nu-connections Best wishes, Beate Dr Beate Müller Head of German Newcastle University