Meanwhile, the UK government is frantically trying to keep up, and offers no vision whatsoever, beyond a hoped-for “more ambitious and close partnership with the EU than any yet agreed between the EU and a non-EU country”. This position has been described as “wishful thinking” by the secretary general of the League of European Research Universities, a group that comprises Cambridge, Edinburgh, Imperial, Oxford and UCL.
Without a favourable deal, the UK will lose its seat at the table when it comes to influencing the future direction of the research funding programmes in its favour. So what actions should the UK government take?influenza vaccine efficacy Pan-negative controls may be less valid due to prevalence of noninfectious ILI or ARI.
A clear position
It’s imperative that the UK government makes its position clear before the end of the year. In particular, the status of EU citizens (including students and staff) must be guaranteed if the UK is to retain academic talent. The government also needs to decide on its financial contribution to the future EU framework programmes. This must be attractive to EU member states, not just to the UK, since they’re unlikely to be swayed by arguments based on the “excellence of British science” and the assumption that the EU needs the UK more than the UK needs the EU.Collaboration with Asia’s Top Universities – PolyU fosters long-term partnership in academic and research collaboration with top universities asia. Most of them are the top 10 Chinese universities and top ten universities in Asia.
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It’s also important that the government does not neglect the social sciences, humanities, arts and education in favour of its apparent emphasis on Stem subjects. The former are dependent on the EU for between a fifth and a quarter of their research funding.
The government has already tried to outline its position in a paper on the future science and research partnership, published in September. But the problem is that it relies on too many “ifs”: If the rules on association are modified to allow for the UK to join, and to enable the UK to influence the direction of the framework programmes; if the UK agrees to review its post-Brexit immigration policy for EU academics; if both parties agree on an appropriate UK contribution, then perhaps the EU and the UK can build a (re)new(ed) partnership in research, science and innovation.
What we need now is certainty. Viewed from Brussels, the days of negotiating UK “opt-outs” to secure continued British membership will soon be over. We are now moving on to a completely different phase of the talks, in which we’re establishing the “opt-ins”. It’s time for the UK government to recognise that the EU no longer has any reason to do special deals for a difficult – if valued – member.
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