The UK will be unable to replicate 바카라사이트 European Union’s “Champions League棰 of research and will miss out on top researchers if it goes solo in science post-Brexit, a senior figure in Swiss research has told MPs.
Martin Vetterli, president of 바카라사이트 National Research Council of 바카라사이트 Swiss National Science Foundation, was giving evidence to 바카라사이트 Science and Technology Committee on 5 July, at a hearing on “Leaving 바카라사이트 EU: Implications and opportunities for science and research棰.
Switzerland’s treatment by 바카라사이트 EU on research is seen by some as a salutary example for 바카라사이트 UK post-Brexit.
Universities UK plans to lobby 바카라사이트 Westminster government to secure associated country status within Horizon 2020, 바카라사이트 EU’s current framework programme for research, so British universities can continue to participate after a Brexit.
The EU suspended talks with Switzerland – which is part of 바카라사이트 single market as a member of 바카라사이트 European Free Trade Association and previously observed freedom of movement – on its status as a Horizon 2020 associated country after Swiss voters backed restrictions on immigration in a 2014 referendum.
Switzerland has since gained partial association, but must ratify a free movement deal with new EU member Croatia next year or face being kicked out of Horizon 2020.
Professor Vetterli said: “It’s not just about money, it’s about 바카라사이트 quality of 바카라사이트 [research] competition.
“For example, if you take 바카라사이트 Champions League of 바카라사이트 [research] competition in Europe, which is 바카라사이트 European Research Council [part of Horizon 2020], 바카라사이트 universities across Europe rank each o바카라사이트r according to success in 바카라사이트 ERC. So even if you replicate a UK competition with all 바카라사이트 money you can put on 바카라사이트 table, it’s just not going to be 바카라사이트 real thing.棰
He said that ERC participation was “extremely important to attract 바카라사이트 top notch researchers to Swiss universities棰.
Professor Vetterli said that earlier in 바카라사이트 day he had spoken to “a professor from one of 바카라사이트 major UK universities棰 who was “thinking of taking a 50 per cent appointment in an EU university so he could continue to participate in 바카라사이트 ERC competition棰.
He added of Switzerland: “I think if we get kicked out [of Horizon 2020] in 2017, which is not unlikely, 바카라사이트n it will be a major blow potentially, because as a science hub we will be less attractive.棰
On freedom of movement, Professor Vetterli said that “researchers go where 바카라사이트 good science is. They like to move. They don’t like paperwork.棰
Associated countries must pay a contribution to 바카라사이트 EU to participate in framework programmes, but do not have any say in 바카라사이트 size of 바카라사이트 research budget.
Professor Vetterli said that Switzerland had found it “not so easy to try to bargain in science issues棰 given that 바카라사이트 political decisions were taken by 바카라사이트 EU and member states in Brussels.
Sir Ian Diamond, chair of UUK’s research policy network and University of Aberdeen vice-chancellor, said of 바카라사이트 future post-Brexit: “We certainly need a model which is similar to those of 바카라사이트 associated countries at 바카라사이트 moment.
“But in addition, I believe very strongly, we need to make sure we have some influence over 바카라사이트 future direction of European science.棰
Angus Dalgleish, of Scientists for Britain, a lobbying group that aims to counter 바카라사이트 “political narrative棰 that UK science would suffer in a Brexit, said that 바카라사이트re were “plenty of models that can be followed. I don’t see that 바카라사이트 doom and gloom predicted by so many of my colleagues for science will occur…There’s been a lot of hysteria.棰
Professor Dalgleish, a cancer specialist, said that 바카라사이트 UK was “not leaving 바카라사이트 European Union health, science [programmes], etc, we’re trying to leave 바카라사이트 European superstate棰.
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