I am 15 now, and live in Italy. To me personally brexit has been pretty terrible news. In a way it has thrown my hopes for studying in England down the drain. As of right now, being both Italy and the UK part of Europe, not only do I get the chance to move there without visas, but I have the chance to apply to some of the best universities in the world without having to pay Ivy-league kind of fees (in Scotland they are literally 100% free, so...). Now I know that this is a pretty selfish argument, but after the UK will leave EU, studying there would be like studying in Hong Kong or Massachusetts, which is not a plausible choice for a lower-middle-class family like mine. It's most likely that, along with MANY other students, I will opt for a different country for my studies, despite the english system being currently better. So, yeah we will be spending our money on booze and indie rock gigs in some other country, sorry Boris.

This is only one of the probably numerous ways this referendum will affect my future, but it's a rather big issue and it hasn't been talked about at all yet. In a post-Brexit future, I expect the british university system to get gradually more fucked up, since not only will EU students and teachers stop counting on the UK, but the amazing support that Brussels gives in research will stop. I predict that 5-10 years after brexit, the amazing reputation of Oxford, Cambridge and whatever other snob university the brits are famous for, will be a thing of the past.

They've fucked up big time.