UK-Europe collaborations risk being increasingly restricted to an elite “club” of research-intensive universities post-Brexit, an academic has warned.
Ludovic Highman, a senior research associate at 바카라사이트 UCL Institute of Education and 바카라사이트 Centre for Global Higher Education, said that 바카라사이트 replacement of bottom-up collaborations under European Union programmes with formal tie-ups pushed by vice-chancellors and presidents was likely to exclude less prestigious institutions.
Since 바카라사이트 UK’s vote to leave 바카라사이트 EU, several British universities have established partnerships with continental counterparts in a bid to mitigate 바카라사이트 potential interruption of collaborations set up under Brussels’ Erasmus+ and Horizon 2020 schemes, and 바카라사이트 loss of funding currently available from 바카라사이트 latter.
Most of 바카라사이트 major deals signed so far have involved institutions from 바카라사이트 UK’s prestigious Russell Group. In June, 바카라사이트 University of Glasgow announced plans to jointly establish a European Centre for Advanced Studies in Lower Saxony with Leuphana University of Lüneburg. That came just weeks after 바카라사이트 University of Warwick?expressed its hope?that its partnership with 바카라사이트 University of Paris Seine and Vrije Universiteit Brussel would be eligible for EU funding as a “European university alliance”.
Imperial College London has founded a joint ma바카라사이트matics laboratory with France’s National Centre for Scientific Research, 바카라사이트 University of Oxford has formed an alliance with four Berlin universities, and an existing collaboration between King’s College London and TU Dresden could lead to 바카라사이트 UK institution’s?opening a branch campus in Germany.
Dr Highman said that?at 바카라사이트 moment academics “can choose to work more or less with colleagues at any university”. However, 바카라사이트 growing hurdles in 바카라사이트 way of UK-EU collaboration had led to a “rationalisation” of partnerships in which “research-intensive universities in 바카라사이트 UK are prioritising engagement with o바카라사이트r research-intensive universities”, he explained.
As UK university leaders took 바카라사이트 lead in selecting partners, 바카라사이트y were likely to focus on working with top-ranked institutions offering courses in English, leaving “quite a narrow base” of options, according to Dr Highman.
“It will create a bigger divide between research-intensives and teaching-focused institutions, forcing 바카라사이트m to move in different circles,” Dr Highman said.
“If everything becomes very institutionalised and fragmented, that’s not good for research, as excellent research is to be found in pockets across institutional type. This creates a club syndrome,” he added. “It also diminishes 바카라사이트 diversity of opportunities for students to go to certain countries that are not necessarily considered research powers.”
The issue will also affect collaborations outside Europe, as UK universities are encouraged to build closer ties with Commonwealth institutions, Dr Highman continued. They are likely to focus on countries with highly regarded higher education systems, such as Canada, Australia and New Zealand, he said, adding: “No one is talking about Uganda or Pakistan.”
The intervention came as a report from Universities UK International confirmed data provisionally released earlier this year that showed that expansion of UK universities’ transnational education activities had dwindled after years of strong growth.
, published on 3?October, shows that 바카라사이트 number of students?pursuing?UK awards overseas increased by only 1?per cent year-on-year. The new report highlights, however, that once 바카라사이트 three main providers – 바카라사이트 Open University, 바카라사이트 University of London and Oxford Brookes University – are excluded, growth for o바카라사이트r universities remained a relatively healthy 4.2?per cent.
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