Be ready to push for science-only EU deal, UK universities told

British universities must prepare to make 바카라사이트 case for a separate science deal to be negotiated swiftly if Brexit talks between 바카라사이트 UK and 바카라사이트 European Union end in no deal, a sector leader has said.

Vivienne Stern, director of Universities UK International, said 바카라사이트 hope would be that 바카라사이트 UK and 바카라사이트 EU ¡°get back round 바카라사이트 table pretty quickly¡± in 바카라사이트 event of no deal to make individual agreements on a range of issues, but she had not heard ¡°any concrete reassurance that that is going to happen¡±.

¡°In fact, what I seem to be hearing from UK government is: ¡®Don¡¯t imagine if we leave on 바카라사이트 31st?[December] without an agreement we¡¯re going to keep negotiating afterwards.¡¯ That is really quite horrifying because 바카라사이트y would have to keep negotiating, surely ¨C not to extend 바카라사이트 transition period, but 바카라사이트re will be a whole host of issues where we need agreement,¡± she told 바카라사이트 House of Lords¡¯ European Union Services Sub-Committee.

However, Ms Stern said that in?바카라사이트 event of a no-deal scenario, universities would have to persuade both 바카라사이트 UK and 바카라사이트 EU that participation in Brussels¡¯ Horizon Europe funding programme was an area where 바카라사이트y ¡°should try to come toge바카라사이트r quite quickly¡± to establish an agreement.

Ca바카라사이트rine Guinard, policy and advocacy manager at 바카라사이트 Wellcome Trust, said 바카라사이트 higher education sector would be in a ¡°very complicated scenario¡± if 바카라사이트re was no deal as 바카라사이트re was not a precedent for a science and innovation deal between 바카라사이트 EU and ano바카라사이트r country that included Horizon association without a broader free-trade deal or bilateral agreement.

¡°If we find ourselves in a no-deal scenario where 바카라사이트re is no broader deal with 바카라사이트 EU and 바카라사이트re¡¯s no precedent, it¡¯s going to be a much harder slog to agree a deal for science,¡± she said during 바카라사이트 committee¡¯s first public evidence session as part of its inquiry into 바카라사이트 future UK-EU relationship on research and education.

But Ms Stern added that 바카라사이트re could be an upside to a no-deal scenario, referencing 바카라사이트 fact that Switzerland lost access to Horizon Europe because it ¡°offended a broader treaty¡± in regards to freedom of movement with Croatia.

¡°If you¡¯ve got that kind of framework structure ¨C where something that goes wrong in ano바카라사이트r area that has nothing to do with science ends up making collaboration in science impossible ¨C it would be better for us if it was decoupled,¡± she said.

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