What BREXIT means

Learning mnemonics are very useful tools in providing memorable frameworks to analyse key issues.

PESTLE is a good framework for reviewing the external environment of business or markets, for example.

SWOT and TOWS provide similar frameworks for review.

BREXIT is no different.  Theresa May says that "BREXIT means BREXIT" and, of course she is absolutely correct - BREXIT is a mnemonic that outlines a clear framework within which parties affected by the UK removing itself from the EU.

We can consider the case of Higher Education as an example:

B - Bums on Seats - will EU students avoid us even if they can still enjoy our product at home prices?  Will International student visas prove to be just too much of a barrier?
R - Research funding - will EU researchers eschew inclusion of UK boffins for fear that Brussels will not favour their bid?
E - Enterprise - actually nobody in HE knows what this is and so let's not tax ourselves.
X - Cross fertilisation of ideas -See B and R above.
I - Internationalisation -will EU academics avoid risk by remaining within the EU bubble?
T - Teaching - Teaching is always a winner as the world crumbles or rises, as crises come and go.  Good teaching reduces uncertainty in the minds of its students and awards them skills to cope with the constancy of change.

So, that's alright then.....