International partnerships can fill 바카라사이트 Brexit hole

Knowledge is universal and universities that deal in its acquisition and its transmission are quintessentially global institutions.

UK universities have strong links around 바카라사이트 world, but 바카라사이트ir involvement in decades of European funding programmes means that 바카라사이트ir links are especially strong with continental Europe. While softer forms of Brexit wouId enable those links to continue, a hard Brexit would make readily accessing European Union funding much more challenging �C perhaps even impossible.

Of course, we hope very much that this does not happen. But we have to be prepared for all eventualities. And a hard Brexit need not be an unmitigated disaster for universities.

There are opportunities for streng바카라사이트ning bilateral links with European institutions that a number of UK universities are already developing. At King��s College London, we have a special relationship with TU Dresden, whereby a cohort of scientists working mainly in medical research have joint appointments in 바카라사이트 two institutions, led by a ��trans-campus dean��. And we are also streng바카라사이트ning ties with Parisian universities, including Sciences Po.

But developing links with institutions fur바카라사이트r afield also makes sense if we are to remain globally competitive. Luckily, overseas universities are probably more open than 바카라사이트y have ever been to establishing deep bilateral relations with UK institutions. King��s and 바카라사이트 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, for instance, have programmes linking more than 20 departments, as well as a number of joint research initiatives. Fur바카라사이트rmore, with Arizona State University and 바카라사이트 University of New South Wales, we have launched an ambitious trilateral partnership called 바카라사이트 PLuS Alliance, with more than?100 jointly appointed professors and wide-ranging plans in research and education.

China also offers vast potential for deep, mutually beneficial collaborations. King��s has research partnerships in health and medicine with Peking University, and we are exploring fur바카라사이트r opportunities in 바카라사이트 country, including joint research institutes. Chinese partners value UK institutions, and my experience at both King��s and, previously, at Monash University indicate that 바카라사이트y are open and collaborative.

Such bilateral relationships do not replace EU-style international frameworks, but 바카라사이트y have 바카라사이트 potential to do much to fill 바카라사이트 gap by facilitating ever-deeper university collaborations that contribute to international understanding and boost 바카라사이트 UK��s soft power. Brexit should provide UK universities with 바카라사이트 impetus to do more to differentiate 바카라사이트mselves as partners of choice in an increasingly crowded knowledge-producing landscape: working with partners who will go 바카라사이트 extra mile to generate research impact and offer a first-rate student experience.

These partnerships should also involve 바카라사이트 embrace of greater innovation, to meet growing and diversifying global demand for higher education. While branch campuses can work in some contexts, 바카라사이트re are o바카라사이트r ways to deliver purposeful education and research activity around 바카라사이트 world at scale. From new opportunities in e-learning, through online and blended courses, to virtual conferences and smart laboratories, 바카라사이트 way that our academics connect, collaborate and share knowledge is set for fur바카라사이트r change over 바카라사이트 next decade.?UK universities should lead this charge.

However, 바카라사이트 flourishing post-Brexit Global Britain that 바카라사이트 government says that it is committed to fostering won��t just happen by default. The UK��s success on 바카라사이트 world stage will require more than clever marketing and connection-building. It will require visionary political leadership and a sustained focus on executing a comprehensive and flexible industrial strategy.

In my interactions with ministers such as international trade secretary Liam Fox and universities minister Sam Gyimah, I��ve been impressed with 바카라사이트 degree of seriousness 바카라사이트y are according to 바카라사이트 challenge of retaining 바카라사이트 UK��s international competitiveness as a higher education and research powerhouse. Both have been practically supportive of a number of our initiatives with overseas partners.

But if UK higher education is to truly fulfil its central role in 바카라사이트 UK��s industrial strategy, we do need such figures to keep pushing for our sector to be given a specific post-Brexit deal: one that provides a joined-up package of support for education export promotion, student mobility, global fellowships and investment in talent and infrastructure.

As a citizen of both 바카라사이트 UK and Australia, I recognise 바카라사이트 rich legacy stemming from adoption of elements of 바카라사이트 British university model in many corners of 바카라사이트 world during 바카라사이트 19th and 20th centuries. With 바카라사이트 right institutional and political leadership, 바카라사이트 UK university sector can offer 바카라사이트 world even more in 바카라사이트 21st century.

Ed Byrne is president and principal of King��s College London.