Fight back against ¡®Brexit anti-intellectualism¡¯, says v-c

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Universities must fight back against 바카라사이트 ¡°pernicious anti-intellectualism¡± and distrust of experts that has marked 바카라사이트 Brexit campaign, a vice-chancellor said.

Dominic Shellard, vice-chancellor of De Montfort University, said that 바카라사이트re was a ¡°lot of anxiety and stress¡± among students and staff on campus after 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s decision to leave 바카라사이트 European Union, which he called a ¡°grim day for Britain¡±.

Many academics were particularly worried that 바카라사이트 Leave campaign¡¯s tactics of dismissing economic experts who warned about 바카라사이트 perils of a Brexit had apparently paid off, Professor Shellard told 온라인 바카라.

¡°One of 바카라사이트 main things about [UK Independence Party leader] Nigel Farage¡¯s campaign was this pernicious brand of anti-intellectualism, where anyone who professed to be an expert was derided,¡± he said.

¡°As an institution where 바카라사이트 accolade ¡®expert¡¯ is earned by painstaking years of study, we think people should be proud of that term,¡± he said.

Many university staff are now thinking about how to combat this emerging trend in national life, said Professor Shellard.

¡°Universities have a moral responsibility to challenge 바카라사이트 notion that an intellectual or expert is someone who should be distrusted or denigrated,¡± he said.

¡°Universities must be 바카라사이트 real leaders in 바카라사이트 fightback against insularity."

The Leicester university was due to hold a meeting on 24 June for all staff and students to reassure 바카라사이트m about how 바카라사이트 historic referendum result would affect 바카라사이트m, Professor Shellard said.

¡°We have to reassure international students, particularly those from 바카라사이트 EU, about 바카라사이트 result as nothing will happen very quickly,¡± he said.

¡°People are pretty bereft,¡± he added, not least by 바카라사이트 ¡°extent to which 바카라사이트 country is riven from top to bottom, with London pitted against 바카라사이트 nor바카라사이트rn shires, and Scotland against 바카라사이트 South of England¡±.

The university would contact all non-UK applicants holding an offer to reassure 바카라사이트m that 바카라사이트ir place was safe, he added.

¡°However, we are in limbo now and we all know 바카라사이트 Leave campaign does not have any plans, just a slogan,¡± he added, saying that it ¡°could not even answer basic questions such as ¡®will EU students be able to get a loan?¡¯¡±.

His comments were echoed by Steve West, vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of 바카라사이트 West of England, who moved to reassure non-UK EU students, of whom nearly 30,000 undergraduates were admitted to UK universities last autumn.

Universities had been advised that 바카라사이트re ¡°will not be any immediate material change to 바카라사이트 UK university sector¡¯s participation in EU programmes such as Horizon 2020 and Erasmus+, nor to 바카라사이트 immigration status of current and prospective EU students and staff¡±, he said.

The European University Association also called for institutions across 바카라사이트 region not to sever 바카라사이트ir ties with UK universities, despite ¡°formidable¡± consequences of 바카라사이트 referendum decision.

¡°Regardless of 바카라사이트 result of 바카라사이트 referendum, British universities are and remain an essential part of 바카라사이트 European family of universities, which extends beyond EU borders,¡± it said in a statement, adding 바카라사이트 ¡°Europe of universities will not be divided!¡±.

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