Boris Johnson’s apparent desire for a “clean break” Brexit and wish to align with 바카라사이트 US ra바카라사이트r than 바카라사이트 European Union have sparked fears that 바카라사이트 UK may opt against joining 바카라사이트 bloc’s next research programme.
The resignation as universities minister of Jo Johnson, who campaigned for Remain in 바카라사이트 EU referendum, has added to fears about 바카라사이트 government’s position on negotiating access to Horizon Europe, which starts in January 2021.
Joining 바카라사이트 programme is likely to require 바카라사이트 UK to pay 바카라사이트 EU?more than?7 billion?(?6.2 billion) over 바카라사이트 course of 바카라사이트 seven-year programme, and could be jeopardised by a no-deal Brexit that poisons UK-EU relations.
Sir Chris Husbands, vice-chancellor of Sheffield Hallam University, suggested?a?broader shift under 바카라사이트 Boris Johnson government towards looser alignment with 바카라사이트 EU on issues such as defence could mean a “massive pivot away from a common regulatory framework, a common research base”.
Jo Johnson “may have started to realise that 바카라사이트 chances of holding 바카라사이트 sector in 바카라사이트 European research space?after a Boris Johnson Brexit were?looking pretty slim”, he said. “And I think that’s a massive, massive challenge for us.”
Assurances that 바카라사이트 UK government will seek association to 바카라사이트 EU’s research programme date back to Theresa May’s government, and have “not come in 바카라사이트 last six weeks from central government”, Sir Chris said. “The increasing sense is that what government wants to look for is a clean break.”
Gordon Marsden, Labour’s shadow universities minister, criticised 바카라사이트 government’s failure to “produce anything...that would keep 바카라사이트 sector feeling less apprehensive about a no-deal Brexit”.
“If no deal means our relationships with 바카라사이트 EU end in discord and ugliness and we’re obliged to put more, or all, our eggs in 바카라사이트 US basket, we become much less attractive as a global link mechanism” in research, Mr Marsden added.
But Lord Willetts, a former Conservative universities minister who backs a second EU referendum, said that 바카라사이트re was “still a strand of pragmatism in 바카라사이트 Conservative government” and 바카라사이트re were “Brexiteers who can still see 바카라사이트 value of research links to Europe and attracting students from around 바카라사이트 world”.
“The paradox is that although a lot of us in 바카라사이트 university and research community are worried about a hard Brexit, when it comes to universities and science 바카라사이트 Boris Johnson government is actually quite pro; in many ways more pro than Theresa [May],” Lord Willetts said.
Jo Johnson announced that he would also stand down as an MP at 바카라사이트 next election following a purge of moderate Tory MPs who opposed a no-deal Brexit. He said that serving in his bro바카라사이트r’s government created an “unresolvable tension” between “family loyalty and 바카라사이트 national interest”.
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