tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3553440626649035970.post5203042545328164897..comments2023-12-10T16:30:24.965+00:00Comments on Max Atkinson's Blog: Brain drain again?Max Atkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06163447049027217653noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3553440626649035970.post-54862937123602860322009-11-15T22:27:44.780+00:002009-11-15T22:27:44.780+00:00Certainly not Max, I was rather poking fun at a fr...Certainly not Max, I was rather poking fun at a friend of mine; who attended Oxford some considerable time ago. Sorry I suppose I should have made that clear.Ross J Warrennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3553440626649035970.post-21432067970347493422009-11-15T20:28:17.393+00:002009-11-15T20:28:17.393+00:00I'm sure you're right that the damage of t...I'm sure you're right that the damage of the brain drain towards the UK from developing economies is far more damaging to them than the drain from here to the USA is to the UK.<br /><br />But I hope you're not implying that I'm a 'lofty high brow', as I left Oxford more than 20 years ago to go freelance, since when I've managed to make a living by showing people and writing about the results of research that might originally have had 'lofty' and 'high brow' aims - but turned out to have some rather simple, useful and very practical implications from which anyone who wants to become a better public speaker can benefit (very quickly!).Max Atkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06163447049027217653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3553440626649035970.post-11139552412309318172009-11-15T18:11:12.451+00:002009-11-15T18:11:12.451+00:00It sounds to b. a little as if the truth is academ...It sounds to b. a little as if the truth is academics are rather over paid in the US, to be harsh. Sadly this story is far to often true, and many well qualified people are tempted out of the UK by lucrative deals abroad. In our turn we grab all of the best available talent from India , South Africa and other states. These people are of course missed from their home nations. This applies more in the NHS than in Oxford university, I imagine. The impact on these nations is greater than the loss here, as far as I am concerned, and in fact this raises a couple of obvious and not it seems unfounded, criticisms of the lofty high brows, and the fortunes of the nation. Should we not be willing to forgo some of the potential rewards in favour of doing what is clearly our duty, and investing our talents in the National good ,and the welfare of this once and future Great Nation?Ross J Warrennoreply@blogger.com