Sam Gyimah Quotes

I have some friends, colleagues here at the Karolinska Institute and even in the United States and many other countries too, because we are working together as scientists.

Britain punches way above its weight in science, and I think we need to continue to do that, and anything that makes it easier to bring scientists in will be very welcome.

America has a strategic interest in continuing to welcome international students at our colleges, universities, and high schools. Attracting the world's top scientific scholars helps to keep our economy competitive.

The continued contributions of foreign students will be absolutely vital to maintaining American technological leadership.

If you look at U.K. science, we collaborate with people across the whole world, and it's extremely important we continue to do so in the future.

I foresee the Globe attracting scholars from all over the world.

The H-1B visa is called the 'genius visa' for a reason.

We need to bring control into movement of people coming into the U.K. from the E.U.

Our national prosperity is built on our open borders. However, the reality is that if a points system is introduced in the UK it would be unavoidable for us in the Netherlands to implement similar proposals - and inevitable that many other EU countries would follow suit.

Not all research is going to be turned into some new innovation, but there are some things that can be and that haven't been, and I think the federal government has a proper role to play in doing that.

Our idea is to make the U.K. a privileged partner of the E.U.

In 1956, I received an invitation to a dedication of an observatory in the Soviet Union, in Soviet Armenia, as a guest of the Soviet Academy of Sciences.

We want to encourage foreign students to come to our universities - to study, research and teach.

I want to start by making a pledge, a pledge to those from the Windrush generation who have been in this country for decades and yet have struggled to navigate through the immigration system: This never should have been the case, and I will do whatever it takes to put it right.

The whole Brexit saga is, in my view, one big, terrifying leap in the dark.

I do not believe that as a country we are completely ill-prepared for no-deal Brexit. It is not the optimal solution it is not the best outcome for Britain, we will do much better than people expect.

Immigrants and foreigners have always been an indispensable part of our country, including its great record in scientific research.

We must face up to a difficult paradox: The U.S. can maintain a leading position in science only by giving up its desire to be number one.

It's difficult to see how the U.K. can be a member of the E.U. if it's not adherent to the principles set out in the convention.

Brexit is not ideal. I'm famously not a Brexit negotiator, but relations between Ireland and the U.K. have been getting stronger, and a big part of that has been trade and feeling like sister countries within the E.U. I don't think it will affect the 'vibe' of relations, but it will have a significant effect on trade and business.

I disagree with those who want to shut down the H-1B Visa program.

To enter the U.K., you have to show your passport - whoever you are, wherever you're from - and you always will. That's because we have opted out of the passport-free Schengen area and have retained full control over who comes in.

The fact is, as we leave the EU, Britain will be able to choose its own immigration system rather than having free movement with one part of the world and a managed system with elsewhere.

Creating a global platform for collaboration in education research and innovation has been the PISA initiative's aspiration from its conception in the late 1990s.

Our universities also have a lot of foreign students. Are we going to ban them access because in their culture there's a certain type of clothing?