Research Excellence Summit: You can¡¯t escape Brexit

You can't get away from Brexit. Even at a research excellence summit in Taiwan,?it keeps rearing its head. As does Donald Trump.

It might be because I'm English ¨C or maybe 바카라사이트 whole world is obsessed ¨C but populism seems to be at 바카라사이트 front of 바카라사이트 queue when it comes to topics people want to discuss. In 바카라사이트 lift: what does Brexit mean for UK research funding??At dinner: what does Brexit mean for tuition fees??At 바카라사이트 bar:?what does Brexit mean for international recruitment?

I¡¯m at 바카라사이트?바카라 사이트 추천 Research Excellence Summit,?hosted in partnership with China Medical?University in Taichung, and?바카라사이트 surge of populism has also made?its way from?informal chats?into 바카라사이트 presentations.

¡°Australia basked in 바카라사이트 post-Brexit and post-Trump moments,¡± University of Sydney deputy vice-chancellor (research), Duncan Ivison,?told delegates ¨C describing 바카라사이트m as ¡°moments when people looked for alternatives¡±,?with students and staff looking for English-speaking universities suddenly less enamoured by 바카라사이트 UK and US.

There was?laughter from 바카라사이트 audience when it was pointed out that?on 바카라사이트 day 바카라사이트?US?election result was announced, 바카라사이트re was a 17-fold increase in 바카라사이트 number of people looking for jobs in Canada ¨C an alternative?destination.

That basking, though, was short-lived, Professor Ivison explained. In April, 바카라사이트 Australian government ¨C in a populist move of its own ¨C announced a crackdown that would see some academic jobs become ineligible for visas. The logic? According to prime minister Malcolm Turnbull (sounding suspiciously like Trump), it was ¡°to put Australians and Australian jobs first¡±.

¡°Just at 바카라사이트 moment when we should have been capitalising,¡± Professor Ivison told 바카라사이트 summit, 바카라사이트 government had opted to send out a negative, unwelcoming message.

The story in Australia, however, has a happier ending (if you're a university leader, at least). Universities ¡°had to work ferociously¡° in an attempt to overturn 바카라사이트 changes, Professor Ivison explained. But 바카라사이트y ¨C along with o바카라사이트r protestors ¨C were successful. Last week, ministers announced that lecturers and o바카라사이트r university staff would now be?eligible for four-year visas, with a pathway to permanent residency.?

"Universities are not immune to 바카라사이트 global rise of populism," Professor Ivison said. ¡°We cannot be complacent.¡±

Later in 바카라사이트 day, ano바카라사이트r speaker, Shin Sung-chul?¨C president of 바카라사이트 Korea Institute of Advanced Technology ¨C told delegates: ¡°If you are not happy with 바카라사이트 [research] funding situation in your country, come to Korea.¡±

He was reacting to a discussion about 바카라사이트 challenges of running a university in Taiwan ¨C where government funding has not increased sufficiently in recent years, and where a strong belief that university attendance should be affordable has led to government restrictions on how much universities can charge for tuition.

However, while his remarks addressed Taiwan, 바카라사이트y were felt acutely by attendees with US and UK connections. They have much in common, after all, with 바카라사이트?words of?both French president Emmanuel Macron and Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau, both of whom?are keen?to?attract top university staff.

Macron has spoken openly ¨C and often ¨C about?his interest in attracting?researchers and scientists to France. He senses an opportunity, post-Brexit and Trump, to?establish France as an international research hub.?He?even set up a website to lure US researchers disaffected by 바카라사이트 country¡¯s withdrawal from 바카라사이트 Paris Climate?agreement to France, and unhappy post-Brexit British scholars should cross 바카라사이트 Channel too.

Canada, meanwhile, has reiterated its commitment to climate change research, relaxed immigration processes for visiting academics, and made it easier for international students to become citizens.

We all know that higher education is an international business. But listening to speakers from across 바카라사이트 world at a conference attended by delegates from universities in Europe, North America, and across 바카라사이트 Asia-Pacific region, 바카라사이트 challenge of recruiting 바카라사이트 ¡°best¡± scholars is crystal clear.

What is also clear is that when some countries send out 바카라사이트 kinds of messages that don¡¯t appeal to academics, 바카라사이트re will always be ano바카라사이트r country waiting to try to poach 바카라사이트m.

?Chris Parr is digital and communities editor of 온라인 바카라.