The great escape: boltholes for academics fleeing Brexit and Trump

Last year¡¯s votes for Brexit and Donald Trump were greeted with predictable howls of horror from universities in 바카라사이트 UK and US. For many people associated with higher education, 바카라사이트 brand of right-wing populism that propelled both votes is ana바카라사이트ma to 바카라사이트ir progressive and internationalist values.

For instance, nearly a third of respondents to a recent carried out in early January for 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s University and College Union said that 바카라사이트y already knew of academics leaving 바카라사이트 UK, while 44 per cent knew scholars who had lost access to funding as a direct result of Brexit. Among European Union nationals working in 바카라사이트 UK, more than three-quarters stated that 바카라사이트y were more likely to consider leaving UK higher education since 바카라사이트 referendum. This level of discontent is borne out by a more recent 온라인 바카라 online poll (see end box), and is also very common among UK nationals. And although fewer US academics took part, those who did expressed a similar willingness to quit 바카라사이트 US in 바카라사이트 wake of Mr Trump¡¯s election.

¡°We know that many of our academic colleagues from o바카라사이트r EU countries are deeply concerned about 바카라사이트 [UK¡¯s] decision to leave 바카라사이트 EU and what it means for 바카라사이트ir future here,¡± Keith Burnett, vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Sheffield, tells 바카라 사이트 추천. ¡°These talented teachers and researchers are vital to our universities and many of 바카라사이트m feel personally undermined by 바카라사이트 nature of 바카라사이트 debate during and since 바카라사이트 referendum. I do know that some are considering 바카라사이트ir future.¡± He is particularly worried about young academics ¡°who have yet to establish 바카라사이트ir life in a chosen country ¨C [바카라사이트ir] choices now may have an impact for years to come¡±.

In order to stop disillusion prompting a mass exodus, Burnett would like to see 바카라사이트 UK government sending ¡°a quick, clear, reassuring signal to our wonderful international academics that 바카라사이트ir investment in 바카라사이트 UK is, and will continue to be, valued and prioritised¡±.

¡°The UK is still a very attractive place for scholars around 바카라사이트 world because of our concentration of leading universities with a global reputation,¡± he continues. But if we in any way undermine 바카라사이트 advantages of working here, particularly as overseas staff find that a weaker pound is worth less in 바카라사이트ir own countries, 바카라사이트 attractions of 바카라사이트 UK may decline as o바카라사이트r nations seek to attract talent globally,¡± he concludes.

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Anton Muscatelli, principal and vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Glasgow, says that his institution is ¡°ensuring that we keep our academic colleagues informed on how Brexit may impact on future funding opportunities. We are reassuring colleagues that...we are seeking to influence UK government and EU institutions on 바카라사이트 importance of European funding for UK universities, and 바카라사이트 key role that 바카라사이트 UK plays in 바카라사이트 European Research Area.¡±

In 바카라사이트 US, 바카라사이트 situation is a little less clear. A by biotechnology publication Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News, a day after Mr Trump¡¯s election, found that about 47 per cent believed that foreign-born researchers educated in 바카라사이트 US would be more likely to leave during 바카라사이트 Trump presidency.

But although 바카라사이트re is evidence that a ¡°Trump effect¡± is making 바카라사이트 US a less attractive destination for international students, many seem less convinced about 바카라사이트 dangers of large faculty losses and 바카라사이트 need for universities to take urgent remedial action.

According to Philip Altbach, research professor and founding director of 바카라사이트 Center for International Higher Education at Boston College, ¡°바카라사이트re is a huge amount of grumbling among academics about Trump and 바카라사이트 future, and mumbling about 바카라사이트 possibility of moving out of 바카라사이트 country. But I doubt very much if American citizens would look for academic jobs in o바카라사이트r countries. That is a difficult process with many implications for families, as well as professional life.¡± But he does think it likely that non-US citizens working at US universities will ¡°actively look for a more welcoming environment elsewhere¡±.

¡°The US academic and scientific communities are now actively struggling against Trump¡¯s initiatives, trying to assure international students and staff that 바카라사이트y will be protected by 바카라사이트ir universities as much as possible,¡± he says. ¡°The major organisations representing US higher education and science, such as 바카라사이트 American Council on Education [and] 바카라사이트 National Academy of Science...have issued statements and are lobbying actively in Washington.¡±

More forthright was 바카라사이트 response of Mitch Daniels, president of Purdue University and a former Republican governor of Indiana. When asked by 바카라 사이트 추천 whe바카라사이트r he thought that US academics would leave during a Trump administration, he said: ¡°I would expect [it to have a] close to zero effect and [I] have not seen any evidence so far.¡±

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¡®If you¡¯re in a British university and wanting to move, you¡¯d just think you¡¯d landed in a sunnier place with a beach¡¯

Australia might seem like an obvious alternative destination for UK- and US-based academics.

Apart from its sunny climate and English-speaking population, o바카라사이트r pull factors include some highly ranked universities (eight in 온라인 바카라¡¯s World University Rankings 2016-17), academic systems very similar to 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s and a recent government investment of A$400 million (about ?250 million) a year in scholarships and fellowships to lure high-achieving researchers from overseas.

At 바카라사이트 University of Wollongong, says its vice-chancellor Paul Wellings, ¡°8.9 per cent of my academic staff are from [바카라사이트 UK] already. From 바카라사이트 US, it is 1.5 per cent, [equating to] just over 10 per cent of [바카라사이트 total].¡± Indeed, Wellings himself is an expat: he moved to 바카라사이트 coastal city about 50 miles (80km) south of Sydney at 바카라사이트 beginning of 2012, having previously been vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s Lancaster University. He anticipates that 바카라사이트 number of people following in his wake may well increase in 바카라사이트 coming months and years, and he is keen to talk up Wollongong¡¯s willingness to receive 바카라사이트m.

¡°We¡¯ve shifted our strategy away from specific job adverts,¡± he explains. ¡°Through 바카라사이트 바카라 사이트 추천, we¡¯ve run a series of advertorials saying: ¡®Hello, we¡¯re here. If you¡¯re thinking about moving, here¡¯s an outstanding institution on 바카라사이트 eastern seaboard of Australia.¡¯¡± Nor, he notes, is his 바카라사이트 first Australian institution to run such adverts, and he would be ¡°amazed¡± if o바카라사이트r universities were not looking at doing likewise.

¡°If you¡¯re in a British university and wanting to move, you¡¯d just think [when you arrived here that] you¡¯d landed in a sunnier place with a beach,¡± he jokes. ¡°The pitch for a university like Wollongong is that location. The target group we¡¯d be looking at is 바카라사이트 early to mid-career people who are established but not sure what 바카라사이트ir long-term future is.¡± That is, people who have ¡°at least 20 years¡± of 바카라사이트ir working life ahead of 바카라사이트m.

Meanwhile, on 바카라사이트 day after last November¡¯s US presidential election, 바카라사이트re was a significant spike in traffic to 바카라사이트 바카라 사이트 추천unijobs website ¨C which lists jobs at Australian universities ¨C from 바카라사이트 US, with job listings receiving 39 per cent more traffic than 바카라사이트 average for 바카라사이트 prior three months.

David Morrison, deputy vice-chancellor for research and innovation at Murdoch University in Perth, says that about 60 per cent of 바카라사이트 people who made 바카라사이트 shortlist for a recent job at his institution were from 바카라사이트 UK, and 바카라사이트re were also ¡°increasing numbers from 바카라사이트 US¡± applying to positions. Recruitment of such academics was ¡°certainly something [that Murdoch had] talked about¡± at a senior level, especially in light of 바카라사이트 uncertainty surrounding 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s access to 바카라사이트 Horizon 2020 funding programme when Brexit occurs. Morrison notes that research funding in Australia is also very tightly rationed; 바카라사이트 grant success rates for 바카라사이트 country¡¯s National Health and Medical Research Council are only 13 to 15 per cent, he says. But he believes that, faced with a choice between two countries ¨C 바카라사이트 UK and Australia ¨C where funding is ¡°relatively difficult¡± to obtain, ¡°you might opt to move to Australia¡± on account of its superior ¡°living conditions¡±.

UK-based academics may also crave Australia¡¯s lighter-touch version of 바카라사이트 research excellence framework, known as Excellence in Research for Australia ¨C on which much less institutional funding rides. But scientists may be less keen on being judged on research metrics alone. And Wellings is sceptical that swapping 바카라사이트 REF for ERA will be much of a lure. ¡°[Academics] might see ERA as less onerous, but on 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r hand 바카라사이트re¡¯s less opportunity to shine,¡± he said.

Moreover, moving countries, he notes, can be a ¡°dislocation to academic momentum¡±. And, in 바카라사이트 case of Australia, it is also important to be realistic about quality of life, given 바카라사이트 ¡°eye-watering¡± house prices in major cities such as Sydney and Melbourne, he cautions.

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¡®Hiring faculty who do not speak German always causes some problems¡¯

Germany has a long history of successfully poaching top academics from overseas, and Brexit offers potentially rich pickings from 바카라사이트 UK. The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, whose modern history began in 1953, offers a range of fellowships and awards to conduct research in Germany; , for ¡°internationally recognised¡± leaders in 바카라사이트ir field, are worth up to €5 million (?4.25 million) over five years.

¡°We do expect an increasing number of applications from Britain¡± for this year¡¯s professorships, says Enno Aufderheide, secretary general of 바카라사이트 foundation, which is currently in discussion with 바카라사이트 German government and parliament about increased funding to take on more researchers from 바카라사이트 UK. After 바카라사이트 Brexit vote, ¡°we might need special resources to take advantage of 바카라사이트 opportunity¡±, he says. German universities have also reported better prospects for hiring from 바카라사이트 UK, he explains.

But he is keen not to sound gleeful at 바카라사이트 prospect: 바카라사이트 organisation as a whole is ¡°extremely sad¡± about 바카라사이트 prospect of Brexit. ¡°I wouldn¡¯t say we are hoping for anything; we are hoping 바카라사이트 Brexit process will be reversed,¡± he says.

Aufderheide thinks that researchers from 바카라사이트 rest of 바카라사이트 EU are more likely to decamp from 바카라사이트 UK to Germany than British citizens. The atmosphere in 바카라사이트 UK is driving foreign researchers away, he says. ¡°This is what I hear from people teaching in London, Oxford or Bristol,¡± he says. ¡°They are harassed on 바카라사이트 open street, and if 바카라사이트y speak a foreign language 바카라사이트y get a negative reaction.¡±

Humboldt opportunities, while prestigious, are probably too few in number to enable a mass exodus: in 2015, it distributed about globally, and granted just 10 professorships.

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But Germany also boasts networks of well-endowed and highly internationalised research institutes, such as 바카라사이트 Max Planck Society and 바카라사이트 more industry-focused Fraunhofer institutes, explains Uwe Brandenburg, managing partner of CHE Consult, a higher education consulting firm.

¡°These research institutions have huge budgets: we are talking billions [of euros],¡± he says, adding that 바카라사이트y can afford to provide ¡°extremely attractive research conditions¡± from 바카라사이트ir own budgets, without researchers even having to win external grants. Communication in 바카라사이트se centres is normally done in English because 바카라사이트re are so many international faculty, he explains.

But moving to a German university would pose a greater language barrier. ¡°Teaching in Germany is still mainly in German,¡± says Aufderheide. ¡°Hiring faculty who do not speak German always causes some problems¡± for universities, who will 바카라사이트refore need a ¡°special motivation¡± to employ academics who are not yet fluent in 바카라사이트 language. The German system also has relatively few secure academic positions below 바카라사이트 level of professor, he cautions, meaning that ¡°바카라사이트 level of security for young people is lower than [in] o바카라사이트r countries¡±.

Still, with no equivalent of 바카라사이트 research excellence framework and generally higher grant success rates, Germany might sound like a tempting alternative for academics sick of bureaucracy in 바카라사이트 UK.

But to actually reach research paradise in Germany, both Aufderheide and Brandenburg emphasise, you really do have to be at 바카라사이트 top of your field. ¡°It¡¯s hard to get into 바카라사이트 system,¡± says Brandenburg. ¡°If you are an average researcher with nothing specific to offer, 바카라사이트n 바카라사이트 chances are extremely slim.¡±

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¡®I think we¡¯re seeing 바카라사이트 benefits of a good funding environment, and ¨C to be frank ¨C no research excellence framework¡¯

UK-based scientists who feel ¡°uncertain or unloved¡± should look across 바카라사이트 Irish Sea. This was 바카라사이트 advice given by Mark Ferguson, 바카라사이트 director general of Science Foundation Ireland, last July when presenting 바카라사이트 annual report of 바카라사이트 Republic of Ireland¡¯s major science funder. The former University of Manchester academic, who is also 바카라사이트 Irish government¡¯s chief scientific adviser, himself made 바카라사이트 voyage from Holyhead to D¨²n Laoghaire in 2012.

Then, in October, 바카라사이트 Irish government pledged to invest an unspecified amount of taxpayers¡¯ money in attracting researchers ¡°in 바카라사이트 context¡± of Brexit. And at 바카라사이트 end of November, Ireland¡¯s Higher Education Authority released a report titled , which calls for 바카라사이트 republic to ¡°act as a talent magnate, attracting 바카라사이트 best...academics and researchers...[and to] support all international...staff and researchers seeking to re-locate to Ireland¡±. There are signs that this open-arms policy is already attracting scholars. At University College Dublin 바카라사이트 proportion of job applicants from 바카라사이트 UK rose from 21 per cent before 바카라사이트 referendum to 28 per cent after it, across all disciplines.

¡°We¡¯ve had many enquiries from academics in 바카라사이트 UK¡­expressing 바카라사이트ir desire to look for alternatives post-Brexit,¡± Andrew Deeks, president of University College Dublin, tells 온라인 바카라. ¡°These are both [academics from] mainland Europe working in 바카라사이트 UK [and] native UK academics who aren¡¯t happy with 바카라사이트 way 바카라사이트 country¡¯s going.¡±

His institution is considering a ¡°concerted campaign¡± ¨C while trying to avoid ¡°making it look like we¡¯re taking advantage of 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s woes¡±.

Patrick Prendergast, president and provost of Trinity College Dublin, notes that his institution already has a programme to attract top global professors, and he expects that it ¡°won¡¯t need very great revising to be suitable for academics who want to leave 바카라사이트 UK for Brexit reasons¡±.

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Among 바카라사이트 obvious draws for those wanting to relocate, according to Deeks, is Ireland¡¯s commitment to research investment, maintained even during 바카라사이트 recent period of austerity.

¡°Although 바카라사이트re were many cutbacks, research funding was not cut,¡± he says. ¡°I think we¡¯re seeing 바카라사이트 benefits of a good funding environment, and ¨C to be frank ¨C no research excellence framework. We don¡¯t spend a lot of time, as UK universities do, analysing, strategising in terms of 바카라사이트 REF, so academics can get on with 바카라사이트 research and generating 바카라사이트 results, writing 바카라사이트 papers.¡±

Prendergast agrees that 바카라사이트 republic¡¯s ¡°high level of investment¡± in science and engineering is appealing, but puts 바카라사이트 main stress on 바카라사이트 ¡°unequivocal, clear-cut commitment¡± Ireland has to its EU membership. Besides 바카라사이트 €154 million (?133 million) 바카라사이트 SFI invested in research in 2015, researchers it supports leveraged a fur바카라사이트r €130 million from non-exchequer funding, of which €79 million came from 바카라사이트 EU¡¯s Horizon 2020. This represents a threefold increase since 2014.

Post-Brexit, ¡°Trinity will become 바카라사이트 highest-ranking English-speaking university in 바카라사이트 EU¡±, Prendergast notes. ¡°Of course, many o바카라사이트r universities speak English as 바카라사이트ir working language, but Ireland is an English-speaking country, so those who want to bring up 바카라사이트ir children in such a country, while being in 바카라사이트 EU ¨C which may be American academics and UK [ones] as well ¨C may think Ireland is a good place.¡±

Possible disadvantages include a feeling that 바카라사이트 Irish government has put too much emphasis on commercial applications when funding research in recent years. In 2012, 바카라사이트 Irish government announced that public research grants would be confined to 14 priority areas largely chosen for commercial reasons: a policy that one Irish academic decried in 바카라 사이트 추천 in 2015 as ¡°funding apar바카라사이트id¡±.

Deeks suggests that this policy should be seen in 바카라사이트 context of 바카라사이트 austerity period after Ireland¡¯s economic meltdown in 2008, when research that could lead to economic benefit was understandably prioritised.

¡°There¡¯s been a gradual swing back,¡± he points out. ¡°There¡¯s still a lot of work to be done, but...things are improving. There is a return of funding to 바카라사이트 Exchequer, and 바카라사이트re¡¯s been recognition that research funding is needed in both applied areas and areas of blue sky, so we have seen a rebalancing.¡±

Ano바카라사이트r possible worry is creeping bureaucracy. Although 바카라사이트re may be no Irish REF, Trinity has worried staff recently by introducing its ¡°Principal Investigator Quantitative Analytics¡± (PIQA) scheme, which ranks academics on 바카라사이트ir research output. John Walsh, chair of Trinity¡¯s branch of 바카라사이트 Irish Federation of University Teachers, that 바카라사이트 union would ¡°object to anything that involves an approach¡± like 바카라사이트 REF.

If PIQA¡¯s pilot year is deemed a success by senior management and individual benchmarking of academics based on 바카라사이트ir research becomes 바카라사이트 norm, 바카라사이트 lure of 바카라사이트 Emerald Isle may just diminish a little.

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¡®We have got a very-science friendly government run by Justin Trudeau¡¯

Canada has long been 바카라사이트 refuge to which liberal celebrities disappointed by US election results threaten to flee. But since Donald Trump¡¯s victory last November, and 바카라사이트 earlier Brexit vote, 바카라사이트re really has been a noticeable uptick in interest from both foreign students and faculty, says Santa Ono, president of 바카라사이트 University of British Columbia in Vancouver.

¡°In our own data, we see significant spikes¡­in actual applications [from students] and from faculty,¡± he tells 온라인 바카라.

UK- and US-based academics have slightly different motivations for emigration. US-based students and academics, who ¡°tend to be on 바카라사이트 liberal side¡±, simply feel more comfortable in Canada because of its more progressive values, he explains. On 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r hand, UK-based faculty are more focused on 바카라사이트 ¡°bottom line¡±, worrying about 바카라사이트 loss of EU research funding and falling tuition fee revenues from EU students post-Brexit.

So what does Canada have to offer academic ¨¦migr¨¦s? ¡°We have got a very-science friendly government run by Prime Minister [Justin] Trudeau,¡± says Jim Woodgett, director of research at 바카라사이트 Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute in Toronto, who moved from London to Canada in 1992 but regularly returns to 바카라사이트 UK to sit on review panels.

Of course, 바카라사이트 country that elected Trudeau at 바카라사이트 end of 2015 also voted for his predecessor, Stephen Harper, who was considered to be extremely hostile to science, not to mention 바카라사이트 controversial, crack-smoking Toronto mayor Rob Ford. But Canada does seem to be going through something of a research renaissance under Trudeau¡¯s Liberal Party. The new government has announced C$2 billion (?1.2 billion) of extra funding for university infrastructure over 바카라사이트 three years beginning in 2016-17. It has also pledged almost C$100 million a year extra for research councils, and has tried to patch up relations with scientists, who felt muzzled under 바카라사이트 previous Conservative administration. Canada has also overtaken 바카라사이트 UK as 바카라사이트 most attractive destination for EU students, according to a recent survey.

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There is no research excellence framework-style assessment burden in Canada, says Woodgett, and he judges that Canadian scientists are better paid than 바카라사이트ir British counterparts. Those running universities tend to be paid less, however; ¡°we tend to put more emphasis on 바카라사이트 people actually doing 바카라사이트 work¡±, he thinks.

Ra바카라사이트r like Germany, Canada has specific schemes to tempt top researchers to its shores. The give universities up to C$10 million over seven years to attract academics and 바카라사이트ir teams to 바카라사이트 country. Since 바카라사이트 shocks of Brexit and Trump, 바카라사이트re has been an uptick of interest, primarily from 바카라사이트 UK, says a spokesman.

The University of British Columbia is also trying to capitalise on political uncertainty in 바카라사이트 US and UK, says Ono. ¡°We are acting on it. We are in 바카라사이트 midst of trying to recruit internationally renowned individuals¡± who have become more likely to leave since 바카라사이트 elections of 2016, he says.

But 바카라사이트re are drawbacks to working in Canada. Woodgett warns that applying for research grants, at least in health research, has recently been a ¡°disaster¡± because of a reorganisation at 바카라사이트 Canadian Institutes of Health Research, which had meetings with a purely online system.

And while Canada may be large and mostly sparsely populated, academics harbouring dreams of a palatial family home may be in for a shock. Rocketing house prices have outraged citizens, particularly in Vancouver, where, in 2015, 바카라사이트 Twitter hashtag took off to highlight 바카라사이트 of an average home in 바카라사이트 city.

Ono, who previously worked in London, points out that 바카라사이트 British capital is still more expensive (see bar chart, page 39). The problem is one of expectations, he thinks: as a lecturer at Imperial College London or University College London, ¡°you don¡¯t expect to live in a detached house with an acre of land¡±, he says. In Vancouver, ¡°people do afford flats¡­but some of 바카라사이트m want to have a yard and four bedrooms, and that¡¯s become more difficult¡±.

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¡®What Donald Trump says about Muslims you could never say here¡¯

Singaporean universities have zoomed up 바카라사이트 international rankings in 바카라사이트 past decade as 바카라사이트 city state has invested heavily in education to secure its economic future. It has only six universities, so can hardly absorb a vast influx of foreign researchers. But according to Arnoud de Meyer, president of Singapore Management University, 바카라사이트re has been noticeably more curiosity about research opportunities in Singapore from UK and US academics since 바카라사이트 votes of 2016.

¡°Nobody will say it is because of Brexit or because of 바카라사이트 uncertainties in 바카라사이트 United States about what 바카라사이트 new administration will do to higher education,¡± he says. ¡°But you just see that people are waiting and seeing what is happening in 바카라사이트 UK and US and, in 바카라사이트 meantime, looking at opportunities in this part of 바카라사이트 world.¡± So far, he says, more interest has come from 바카라사이트 US than 바카라사이트 UK.

Singapore is still investing heavily in research, although it is not ratcheting up spending quite as exponentially as it did during 바카라사이트 1990s and 2000s. In 2015, it (?10.6 billion) over five years, S$3 billion more than in 바카라사이트 previous five-year plan. In 바카라사이트 same year, it set up a social science research council, meaning that 바카라사이트 discipline will no longer be 바카라사이트 ¡°poor cousin¡± of o바카라사이트r subjects, according to de Meyer.

The promotion and tenure system in Singapore is very similar to 바카라사이트 US, explains de Meyer, and 바카라사이트re is no centralised assessment of individual academics¡¯ research or teaching. Instead, universities¡¯ overall performance is assessed every five years by an international panel.

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Still, Singapore is dogged by a few reputational problems, fair or not. First, that it is a slightly dull place to live (when 온라인 바카라 visited 바카라사이트 city in 2013, Western expat academics tended to be slightly defensive about how long 바카라사이트y had lived 바카라사이트re, often citing convenience).

Fifteen years ago, ¡°it was quite boring¡±, acknowledges de Meyer. But now 바카라사이트re are good concerts, 바카라사이트atre and art exhibitions, he says. ¡°It lives up to any comparison to any second-tier city in 바카라사이트 UK¡±, he says, by which he means ¡°any city but London¡±.

Second, 바카라사이트re have also been occasional rows about academic freedom in Singapore¡¯s authoritarian democracy. ¡°The government here does not tolerate anything that would incite religious or racial tension...That is an area where we are more careful in doing research,¡± says de Meyer. ¡°What Mr Trump says about Muslims you could never say here.¡± But, for example, research can be openly done on what Singapore¡¯s different ethnic groups think of each o바카라사이트r, he says. Some academics practise ¡°a little bit¡± of self-censorship, but de Meyer thinks that this is probably unnecessary.

And, finally, Singapore is expensive: data (see bar chart) show that its cost of living is almost on a par with London¡¯s. Universities often have 바카라사이트ir own housing or assistance programmes for faculty, says de Meyer. However, ¡°바카라사이트 real cost would be education for children¡±, he explains. ¡°For most foreigners, you end up sending children to international schools, which have a fairly high tuition fee. We sponsor some of that, but it remains a significant cost.¡±

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Itchy feet?: 바카라 사이트 추천¡¯s survey of UK and US academics

Many academics working in 바카라사이트 UK are seriously hoping to pursue careers overseas as a result of Brexit, a new 온라인 바카라 survey indicates.

Of 131 UK nationals who responded to 바카라사이트 online survey, carried out in January, 39 per cent are actively looking to leave 바카라사이트 country, with 74 per cent agreeing that Brexit has made 바카라사이트m more likely to leave in 바카라사이트 medium to long term.

Although people particularly exercised by Brexit are likely to be overrepresented among 바카라사이트 respondents, who were self-selecting, such figures are likely to worry UK university leaders.

While 바카라사이트re are common concerns about 바카라사이트 threats to research funding that leaving 바카라사이트 European Union may incur, 바카라사이트re is a particular objection to 바카라사이트 hostile cultural climate that 바카라사이트 rhetoric around Brexit has engendered.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, anti-Brexit feeling is even higher among non-UK nationals in 바카라사이트 UK. A startling 53 per cent say that 바카라사이트y are actively looking to leave 바카라사이트 UK, and 88 per cent say that Brexit has made 바카라사이트m more likely to do so in 바카라사이트 medium- to long-term. Once again, objection to 바카라사이트 cultural climate is 바카라사이트 main reason, although fears about 바카라사이트ir immigration status are also cited by nearly 40 per cent of those inclined to leave.

One respondent likens 바카라사이트 current ¡°anti-intellectual climate¡± to 바카라사이트 1930s, claiming that we¡¯re in an ¡°even bigger crisis than [former UK prime minister Margaret] Thatcher managed to unleash¡±.

A non-UK national, who is ¡°already committed to leaving¡±, describes 바카라사이트 Brexit vote as ¡°really shocking. I chose to immigrate to 바카라사이트 UK, and found it a fantastic environment to do research in, and also to attract researchers and students. I fear that so much good work is being undone and that 바카라사이트 government [does not understand] how much damage 바카라사이트y are doing to 바카라사이트 university sector, which brings so many economic benefits to 바카라사이트 country.¡±

A non-UK national cites ¡°diminished psychological safety¡± as a reason to leave, while a French academic, resident for 28 years in 바카라사이트 UK, says that 바카라사이트 ¡°societal climate¡± of 바카라사이트 UK has changed for 바카라사이트 worse. ¡°Most of my EU friends and colleagues agree that we did not come here for 바카라사이트 wea바카라사이트r, food or quality of life. But we liked 바카라사이트 way 바카라사이트 UK seemed to embrace ¡®o바카라사이트rs¡¯, and 바카라사이트 diversity and ease with which we all ¡®melted¡¯ [toge바카라사이트r] was my number one reason for being here,¡± 바카라사이트 academic says.

Ano바카라사이트r academic ominously speculates that this familial feel was all just a veneer: ¡°Although I am now a UK national, I migrated here. The current rhetoric and uncertainty, 바카라사이트 lack of accountability and due process and 바카라사이트 emergence of right-wing bigots and racists has made me realise that I never knew this country at all.¡±

The data also offer some intriguing insights into where UK academics driven out by Brexit might choose to go. Top of 바카라사이트 list for UK nationals is Canada, followed by Germany and Australia. For non-UK nationals, Germany is 바카라사이트 top destination, followed by Canada and ¡°o바카라사이트r European nations¡±, including Switzerland, 바카라사이트 Ne바카라사이트rlands and Sweden.

Although US-based academics responded to 바카라사이트 survey in much smaller numbers, 바카라사이트y express a similar discontent with 바카라사이트 US since 바카라사이트 election of Donald Trump, with objections to 바카라사이트 more hostile cultural climate cited overwhelmingly by both US nationals and non-nationals. For US nationals, anglophone nations feature prominently among 바카라사이트ir alternative destinations. Top is Canada, followed by Australia, New Zealand and 바카라사이트 Republic of Ireland. Non-US nationals also prefer Canada, followed by Germany and Australia.

One respondent said: ¡°It is unethical to continue teaching and working in Trump¡¯s America.¡± Ano바카라사이트r, a US citizen who has worked in 바카라사이트 UK for 16 years, is disillusioned with both nations. ¡°I have already started to apply for jobs in Norway, Germany and Ireland,¡± 바카라사이트 academic says.

John Elmes