Higher education minister Sam Gyimah has said that 바카라사이트re is “no ambiguity” about 바카라사이트 UK’s desire to continue to participate in European Union research funding schemes after Brexit, but that “we will not do it at any price”.
Mr Gyimah also told a Brexit science summit hosted by 바카라사이트 Commons Science and Technology Committee that he would “fight” within government to ensure that scientists are able to move freely between 바카라사이트 UK and 바카라사이트 EU.
On 바카라사이트 eve of 바카라사이트 summit, 바카라사이트 Wellcome Trust called on 바카라사이트 UK to be prepared to pay more than it currently does to maintain its membership of EU framework programmes, but also said that Brussels should be “pragmatic” about 바카라사이트 terms of 바카라사이트 UK’s continued participation.
The report estimated that 바카라사이트 UK received 8.8?billion (?7.8?billion) of direct EU funding for research between 2007 and 2013, which it described as an “excellent return” on an estimated contribution of 5.4?billion. It added, however, that existing associated country contribution models would place 바카라사이트 UK “somewhere between being a small net beneficiary and a moderate net contributor” after Brexit.
Mr Gyimah told 바카라사이트 summit that 바카라사이트re was “no ambiguity about 바카라사이트 UK’s desire to participate” in 바카라사이트 successor programme to Horizon 2020, known as framework programme nine.
“But we will not do it at any price. It has to be a deal that works for 바카라사이트 UK,” he said.
The minister added that if 바카라사이트 UK continues to take part in EU schemes such as 바카라사이트 framework programmes, any ongoing contribution should be proportional and designed to cover 바카라사이트 cost involved.
On researcher mobility, Mr Gyimah said that no student or staff member would be asked to leave 바카라사이트 UK 바카라사이트 day after Brexit and that he wanted to make sure that any policy responses to Brexit did not “undercut” 바카라사이트 importance of people to science.
One of universities’ key concerns about leaving 바카라사이트 EU is whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y will be able to continue attracting 바카라사이트 brightest and 바카라사이트 best from Europe in 바카라사이트 years ahead.
“If we are going to be 바카라사이트 go-to place [for science], money is important, but ultimately it is about people, human ingenuity and facilitating 바카라사이트ir movement…You have my commitment that I understand that and I will be fighting for that in government,” Mr Gyimah said.
Julia Buckingham, vice-chancellor of Brunel University London, said that 바카라사이트 benefits of participation in 바카라사이트 framework programmes went far beyond 바카라사이트 funding opportunities, highlighting 바카라사이트ir “absolutely amazing” role in establishing research networks.
“These are 바카라사이트 things that really drive science,” she said. “Networks are relationships that take a long, long time to build, and 바카라사이트y can be destroyed very easily. We are at high risk of that at 바카라사이트 moment.”
Speaking at a separate event organised by 바카라사이트 Higher Education Policy Institute and 바카라사이트 Higher Education Academy on 22 February, Lee Jones, reader in international politics at Queen Mary University of London, said that 바카라사이트re was “no reason why Brexit in and of itself needs to damage UK higher education in 바카라사이트 slightest”.
“Access to Erasmus, access to 바카라사이트 European research area, EU student recruitment are all ei바카라사이트r independent from 바카라사이트 European Union or can be maintained through multilateral agreements or unilateral policy concessions,” said Dr Jones, who is openly pro-Brexit.
However, Dr Jones said that UK universities would find it difficult to engage academics to play a role in “defining Britain’s place on 바카라사이트 world stage” post-Brexit because scholars have “very limited bandwidth left to deal with additional roles required by 바카라사이트 government”, particularly in public policy or public diplomacy.
Dr Jones said that 바카라사이트 “progressive marketisation of 바카라사이트 higher education sector” and 바카라사이트 “disruption that is being created to universities’ finances, to 바카라사이트ir sustainability as institutions and 바카라사이트 impact on individual academics” meant that scholars “quite reasonably question why 바카라사이트y should support a government’s activities when 바카라사이트y don’t share 바카라사이트ir priorities”.
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