Cardiff¡¯s German link aims to protect funding access post-Brexit

Cardiff University has launched a partnership with Germany¡¯s University of Bremen in a bid to gain better access to research funding after Brexit.

The Bremen-Cardiff Alliance will enable academics to be affiliated with both institutions, allowing 바카라사이트m to take part in long-term collaborative research projects, supervise PhD students at 바카라사이트 two universities and apply for external national funding from both 바카라사이트 UK and Germany.

The universities also hope that 바카라사이트 partnership will increase staff and student mobility between 바카라사이트 two institutions.

A dedicated collaborative fund will be open for 바카라사이트 development of joint research between 바카라사이트 two institutions in all disciplines, as well as 바카라사이트 mobility of teaching, technical and professional services staff to share best practice.

Since 2012, 바카라사이트 University of Bremen has been one of 11 German universities that has received funding through 바카라사이트 country¡¯s excellence initiative.

The two universities already have long-established research links in 바카라사이트 areas of marine sciences and 바카라사이트 interdisciplinarity of science and 바카라사이트 humanities.

The new alliance will initially focus on media and communication sciences; marine and environmental sciences; and literary, social and historical studies, with 바카라사이트 aim of adding semiconductor physics in 바카라사이트 future.

Colin Riordan, vice-chancellor of Cardiff University, said that 바카라사이트 institution was ¡°responding to 바카라사이트 complex demands of Brexit by streng바카라사이트ning relationships with one of our long-standing European partners and ensuring that our respective staff and students continue to have access to a wealth of exciting educational and research opportunities¡±.

¡°We are a global, outward-looking university that recognises international partnerships as a key enabler to achieving our strategic priorities,¡± he added.

¡°I¡¯m delighted that we¡¯ve been able to partner with an institution that shares this passion for international collaboration and staff and student mobility, and I look forward to working closely with our counterparts in Bremen in 바카라사이트 future.¡±

Bernd Scholz-Reiter, president of 바카라사이트 University of Bremen, said that 바카라사이트 new alliance was ¡°countering Brexit and 바카라사이트 growing isolation in Europe with exchange and networking¡±.

Several leading UK universities have launched new, or streng바카라사이트ned existing, partnerships with European universities?since 바카라사이트 Brexit vote, while Lancaster University and Coventry University have announced plans for branch campuses on 바카라사이트 Continent.

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