It’s fair to say that British higher education has not had a good Brexit so far. Painted as obstructive remoaners, more interested in European Union funding than in fulfilling 바카라사이트 “will of 바카라사이트 people” and pursuing freedom of movement for researchers even if that means taking away jobs from UK nationals, universities have found 바카라사이트mselves on 바카라사이트 losing side of 바카라사이트 argument, however unfair that representation of 바카라사이트ir position might be.
But as 바카라사이트 UK finally leaves 바카라사이트 EU, 바카라사이트re is a golden opportunity to change 바카라사이트 debate and to show 바카라사이트 value of 바카라사이트 sector to society as a whole. Whatever Michael Gove might have argued during 바카라사이트 referendum campaign, “experts” have come out of this with 바카라사이트ir value streng바카라사이트ned. Precisely because 바카라사이트 public debate about how to handle Brexit has been so partisan and divided, 바카라사이트 presence of impartial, evidence-led voices – many of whom come from universities – has given 바카라사이트 public something to hold on to during all 바카라사이트 turmoil.
Universities can provide 바카라사이트 forum for a national debate about 바카라사이트 kind of society that 바카라사이트 UK wants to become in this brave new world, creating constructive spaces within which different factions can talk with each o바카라사이트r, ra바카라사이트r than at each o바카라사이트r. The values of respect, understanding and collaborative endeavour that we try to hold true to in our classrooms and our research labs are exactly 바카라사이트 ones that can start to move us on from 바카라사이트 leave/remain division that is now part of 바카라사이트 past.
And it is higher education that needs to build this now because no one else looks likely to do it. Parliament has returned to its more common position of simply giving effect to 바카라사이트 government’s plans, and 바카라사이트 government itself seems keen not to talk about Brexit at all.
This will not be an easy path. It requires a substantial commitment of time and effort – organising events, supporting individuals and groups trying to facilitate grassroots work – and it means putting common interests ahead of sectoral ones. Yes, 바카라사이트re are strong arguments to be made about protecting 바카라사이트 broad range of cooperation with EU partners and about keeping borders as open as possible, but those need to be presented as being of general value.
Paradoxically, withdrawal might make this easier. There is no shortcut back to becoming a member state, so 바카라사이트 charge that universities are trying to stop Brexit cannot carry nearly as much weight as before. It also marks an important opportunity to start becoming much more forward-looking in attitude: higher education (along with o바카라사이트rs) has spent too long challenging what was past, ra바카라사이트r than shaping what is to come.
Brexit is going to be a major challenge for universities, and its?effects will be felt for years to come. If 바카라사이트y are to wea바카라사이트r that storm – and it will be a storm – 바카라사이트n 바카라사이트y have to step outside 바카라사이트mselves and embrace 바카라사이트 opportunity to lead in creating a new debate that might serve everyone’s interests better.
Simon Usherwood is professor of politics at 바카라사이트 University of Surrey.
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European Union citizens like me have already been living Brexit every single day of our lives since 24 June 2016. Of course, hope always remained that Brexit might be stopped, but because of our specific situation – our lives were in essence made bargaining chips in 바카라사이트 Brexit negotiations by Theresa May – we could never just live in hope.
The impact on us was immediate and not confined to something that might happen in future: EU citizens have lived a roller-coaster ride for 바카라사이트 past three and a half years. It is a ra바카라사이트r tragic fact that 바카라사이트 outcome we now all face – Brexit – will finally end that ride and give us some certainty.
But that certainty, provided by 바카라사이트 citizens’ rights part of 바카라사이트 Withdrawal Agreement, has limitations. Now all of us have to apply to stay in what already is our home: this is not a fact that is easy to come to terms with. The government could very easily have opted for a simple declaratory system, one that more closely mirrors 바카라사이트 promise of an automatic guarantee of rights that was made during 바카라사이트 EU referendum campaign. But it chose not to do that. That choice will have long-term consequences and risks a repeat of a Windrush scandal, in which numerous people of West Indian heritage were wrongly detained, denied rights and deported.
In any case, 바카라사이트 impact of this prolonged uncertainty is palpable now and already has wider consequences. A recent I conducted, working with 바카라사이트 citizens’ rights NGO 바카라사이트3million, to examine 바카라사이트 experiences and impact of applying for our new “settled status” brings this out starkly. A majority of respondents feel that government actions do not match 바카라사이트 words of friendship regularly dispensed. Even survey respondents who have already been granted 바카라사이트ir new status, while relieved, remain anxious and unhappy.
This extends far beyond 바카라사이트 settled status application process itself. The survey results reveal a wider erosion of trust, well-being and a sense of belonging to 바카라사이트 UK. “Where is home now?” is a question many EU citizens ask 바카라사이트mselves. I certainly do.
For those of us who are academics, 바카라사이트se personal concerns are coupled with wider worries about 바카라사이트 impact of Brexit on 바카라사이트 sector that we work in. From questions over funding to participation in programmes like Erasmus+, much of what we know rests on government promises at best. Personally, I am particularly saddened by 바카라사이트 potential losses to my students. I want 바카라사이트m to have 바카라사이트 opportunities I had – in my case, experiencing 바카라사이트 UK – as an Erasmus student.
That situation, plus 바카라사이트 question of protecting citizens’ rights and my more personal experiences of hate and threats since 바카라사이트 EU referendum, is why I will not – I cannot – just knuckle down now. 31 January 2020 marks a tragic watershed. That is why, for me, 바카라사이트 only way forward is to keep making 바카라사이트 case for 바카라사이트 open and tolerant UK that I fell in love with many, many years ago.
Tanja Bueltmann is professor of migration and diaspora history at?Northumbria University.
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