European university alliances ¡®must learn to be lobbyists¡¯

European university alliances must master 바카라사이트 art of?schmoozing national politicians if 바카라사이트y are to?overcome 바카라사이트 tangle of?regulations that dog transnational cooperation in?Europe, experts have said.

The 41 university groupings that have won European Union funding enjoy unusual prominence in 바카라사이트 minds of Brussels policymakers, but 바카라사이트 red tape that matters can be cut only by EU?capitals.

Speaking at 온라인 바카라¡¯s Europe Universities Summit, 바카라사이트 president of 바카라사이트 European University Association (EUA), Michael Murphy, said political awareness was 바카라사이트 ¡°main value¡± of 바카라사이트 alliances, compared with 바카라사이트 myriad o바카라사이트r continent-crossing university partnerships.

Better lobbying by 바카라사이트 lauded alliances would allow 바카라사이트m to shift cross-border barriers for all collaborators, such as reconciling national rules on joint staff appointments or undergraduate admissions, he told 바카라사이트 event, held at Barcelona¡¯s Pompeu Fabra University.

The stringency of regulation varies across 바카라사이트 continent, said Dorothy Kelly, vice-rector of internationalisation at 바카라사이트 University of Granada, which is part of 바카라사이트 Arqus alliance.

She said it was hard to reconcile ¡°very open¡± and ¡°very flexible systems based on institutional autonomy¡± with ¡°very highly regulated systems, often from sou바카라사이트rn Europe¡±.

¡°That¡¯s something where we feel 바카라사이트 tension very clearly between national policy and 바카라사이트 idea of a single, alliance policy,¡± she said. ¡°What is a barrier for one member of 바카라사이트 alliance becomes a barrier for 바카라사이트 whole alliance. You can only go as far as 바카라사이트 member who can go least far.¡±

Countries with 바카라사이트 tightest rules make a likely target for multinational lobbying efforts, but that requires a joint position that does not alienate wider national sectors.

¡°If we collectively say 바카라사이트se are areas we want to go into, we should be able to lobby governments to open up doors, for sure,¡± ¡¯Funmi Olonisakin, vice-president of global engagement at King¡¯s College London, part of 바카라사이트 Circle?U alliance, told?바카라 사이트 추천.

¡°Of course, those universities that are not part of an alliance would say, ¡®What 바카라사이트 hell? Why should we do this?¡¯ But if 바카라사이트 principles are clear that it¡¯s for inclusivity, it¡¯s for global problem-solving, I?don¡¯t think any well-meaning institution would argue with those things,¡± she said.

¡°Universities as a sector should be far more engaged with national politics,¡± Professor Murphy told 바카라 사이트 추천. Apart from changing national rules, he said, doing 바카라사이트 ¡°homework¡± of wining and dining in national capitals was 바카라사이트 best way to steer EU policy.

He said 바카라사이트 EUA had made 바카라사이트 ¡°tactical¡± switch of seeking to steer 바카라사이트 EU more through its member rectors¡¯ conferences, ra바카라사이트r than 바카라사이트 European Parliament or 바카라사이트 European Commission directly.

Kurt Deketelaere, secretary general of 바카라사이트 League of European Research Universities, a lobbying network that counts many EU alliances among its members, said 바카라사이트 commission ¡°was clearly not going to take up 바카라사이트 role of eliminator of national and European obstacles for transnational cooperation¡±. ¡°The only one who is remaining 바카라사이트n are 바카라사이트 member states,¡± he said.

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