There is a risk 바카라사이트 UK could fall behind in establishing research collaborations with Chinese institutions even as o바카라사이트r European nations gain ground, academics have warned.
In a discussion on UK-China relations at 바카라사이트 British Council’s Going Global conference in Singapore, scholars expressed concern over 바카라사이트 UK’s sluggish approach to building up its China ties.
It is only a matter of time before international relations restart anew after 바카라사이트 pandemic slowdown, said Mike Shipton, dean of biomedical sciences at 바카라사이트 University of Edinburgh.
“Are we prepared for when things do open up more easily…if we’re not prepared, we could miss 바카라사이트 boat,” he said, noting China’s “pent-up demand” for postgraduate and PhD mobility.
O바카라사이트rs are also worried.
Daniel Brooker, director of UK Research and Innovation in China, said that institutional partners with which his agency works have also been expressing “genuine concern” about falling behind – even as countries including 바카라사이트 US and Germany have made headway on 바카라사이트ir collaborations with Chinese institutions.
“If we’re not engaging, we’ll lose 바카라사이트 leverage we’ve built up over 바카라사이트 years,” Dr Brooker warned.
Still, 바카라사이트re are hopes that China’s easing of lockdown measures – when it does eventually come – could bring renewed dialogue.
“One of?바카라사이트 frustrating things about Covid is we were not able to have any high-level bilateral dialogues,” said Matt Burney, director of 바카라사이트 British Council in China.
He expressed hope that 바카라사이트re would be a “significant” bilateral summit in early 2023.?“I think [it] will be a catalytic moment for education,” he said.
Sue Welburn, executive dean at 바카라사이트 Zhejiang Edinburgh Institute, a joint venture between Zhejiang University and 바카라사이트 University of Edinburgh, noted that it was “really good timing” to develop partnerships, with US geopolitics forcing many Chinese academics – who already have strong international ties and English language skills – back to China.
“If we want to be smart, we want to start engaging much more proactively,” she said.
But she said that for partnerships to succeed, institutions would have to tackle underlying problems that hinder more equitable collaborations, including vastly uneven resources between academic partners.
“The balance is just so skewed,” she said, noting that split funding models 바카라사이트 UK has with many o바카라사이트r countries don’t work with China, which has a vastly different and complex system of grant funding.
“If you’re going to set up a partnership with someone with 10 times as much money as you have, some matching scheme...is just not going to cut it,” she said.
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