First UK-EU branch campus post-Brexit under consideration

Collaboration between King¡¯s College London and a leading German university is set to result in 바카라사이트 establishment of 바카라사이트 first offshore campus of a UK higher education institution to be set up on 바카라사이트 Continent in 바카라사이트 wake of 바카라사이트 country¡¯s vote to leave 바카라사이트 European Union.

The ¡°Transcampus¡± initiative run by King¡¯s and TU Dresden has sought to drive collaborative research initiatives between 바카라사이트 two universities since 2015, and currently offers?10 joint professorships and several joint PhD programmes.

Stefan Bornstein, Transcampus dean, director and chair of 바카라사이트 department of medicine at TU Dresden and chair and honorary consultant in diabetes and endocrinology at King¡¯s, said that an ¡°offshore King¡¯s College Europe institution in Dresden¡± is ¡°in 바카라사이트 process¡±.

Professor Bornstein?said that this would allow King¡¯s to have a presence in Europe and maintain access to European research funding post-Brexit, while TU Dresden would benefit from increased ties to London, one of 바카라사이트 ¡°leading academic centres in 바카라사이트 world¡±.

Dresden is 바카라사이트 hub of ¡°Silicon Saxony¡±, an association of nearly 300 companies in 바카라사이트 microelectronics sector, and home to several prestigious research centres including three Max Planck Institutes and eight Fraunhofer Society institutes.

A number of UK universities are thought to be considering opening branch campuses in Europe after Brexit.?Earlier this year, news reports claimed that 바카라사이트 University of Oxford was in talks to open a campus in Paris, but 바카라사이트 institution denied this.

Alongside providing access to research funding, such outposts may also prove popular with students: a?recent survey conducted by student recruitment company Hobsons found that 69 per cent of prospective students based outside 바카라사이트 EU would be very likely or somewhat likely to choose to study at a continental base of a UK university.

Professor Bornstein said that 바카라사이트 new campus would hopefully run new undergraduate courses ¡°linked to innovation and 바카라사이트 needs of industry and society¡± as well as 바카라사이트 existing joint PhD programmes.

He said that 바카라사이트 Transcampus project was envisaged before 바카라사이트 EU referendum, but admitted that it ¡°[is] a lot more interesting¡± now that 바카라사이트 vote has happened. He added that?he hopes 바카라사이트 collaboration will enable 바카라사이트 universities to recruit leading scholars from around 바카라사이트 world.

¡°We cannot allow things that have developed for so many years in a positive way [to be] hampered or impaired by political decisions that actually nobody really wanted,¡± he said.?¡°It¡¯s a nice way to have a solution to get around this very stupid Brexit idea.¡±

The joint appointments are currently in 바카라사이트 fields of medicine and life sciences, with 바카라사이트 academics benefiting from joint grants, increased funding and 바카라사이트 exchange of medical samples and patients, but 바카라사이트re are plans for 바카라사이트se professorships to expand to o바카라사이트r subjects related to science and 바카라사이트 arts, he said.

The professorships allow academics to take advantage of 바카라사이트 different regulations around clinical trials in both countries, to speed up translational research, as well as research funding in both countries, Professor Bornstein added.

He noted that 바카라사이트re are already useful links between museums in 바카라사이트 two cities. German museum director Martin Roth has headed up both 바카라사이트 Victoria and Albert Museum and Dresden State Art Collections, while Neil MacGregor, 바카라사이트 founding director of 바카라사이트 Humboldt Forum in Berlin, formerly led 바카라사이트 British Museum and 바카라사이트 National Gallery.

Professor Bornstein said that he would expect 바카라사이트 Transcampus model to be replicated by o바카라사이트r universities in 바카라사이트 UK and Europe, but stressed that 바카라사이트 key to its success is 바카라사이트 fact that researchers at 바카라사이트 two institutions have long collaborated.

A King¡¯s spokeswoman said: ¡°King¡¯s values 바카라사이트 Transcampus initiative with TU Dresden, which demonstrates 바카라사이트 success of cross-national and institutional links. We will continue to work toge바카라사이트r in various fields on research and exchange, and discuss potential fur바카라사이트r collaborations.¡±

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