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This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament

Rejected petition Protect the funding for STEM subjects/research in the UK.

One major concern I have with leaving (having voted to leave myself) is the lack of protection that STEM and academia may receive in the future. I believe that our world-leading academia is a strategic and essential sector within the UK: will it be protected?

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/135670

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