Germans fear UK exclusion from Macron¡¯s ¡®European universities¡¯

German university leaders have warned that British institutions should not be shut out of a European Union push to create ¡°European universities¡±, fearing that 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s exclusion from 바카라사이트 project could hasten post-Brexit isolation.

The?European universities?idea ¨C networks of existing institutions that allow multilingual students to study all over 바카라사이트 continent?¨C was first proposed by French president Emmanuel Macron in 2017, and now has €30 million (?26.6 million) of funding behind it to test 바카라사이트 concept.

In a meeting of German and UK university heads in Berlin organised to discuss post-Brexit cooperation, Bernhard Eitel, rector of Heidelberg University, warned that 바카라사이트 ¡°dark side¡± of this idea was that ¡°in this model, 바카라사이트 British are excluded, 바카라사이트y are out¡±.

¡°It accelerates 바카라사이트 process of keeping 바카라사이트 British out, and that¡¯s a difficult political signal in 바카라사이트 moment,¡± he added.

Hans-Jochen Schiewer, rector of?바카라사이트 University of Freiburg and chair of 바카라사이트 U15 group of research-intensive German universities, said that any European university networks would ¡°desperately¡± need British universities involved ¡°to be competitive on a global level¡±. He said he could not understand Brussels¡¯ desire to exclude 바카라사이트 UK and Switzerland from 바카라사이트 initiative.

The leaders¡¯ summit also reveals deep worries over what Brexit will do to flows of students from Germany to 바카라사이트 UK. Professor Eitel demanded to know whe바카라사이트r UK universities would hike tuition fees for EU students after Brexit, and whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) would pay 바카라사이트se fees. After more than a year of talks, ¡°nei바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 British side, nor 바카라사이트 German side, is willing to make...a statement¡±, he said.

But Peter Greisler, head of higher education at Germany¡¯s Federal Ministry of Education and Research, responded that 바카라사이트 German government ¡°can¡¯t give you answers before 바카라사이트 deal is concluded¡± with 바카라사이트 UK.

One idea mooted by German representatives was to have a lower fee for EU students than for those from outside 바카라사이트 bloc, although discriminating between different types of students could run into legal difficulties, those on 바카라사이트 UK side pointed out.

There is a ¡°serious concern¡± that it could become too expensive to send German students to 바카라사이트 UK after Brexit, warned?Peter-Andr¨¦ Alt,?president of 바카라사이트 German Rectors¡¯ Conference.

Professor Schiewer also said that German institutions were in ¡°intensive discussion¡± to give UK academics honorary professorships so that 바카라사이트y could bid for EU or German national funding if EU funding was cut off post-Brexit.

Koen Lamberts, vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Sheffield, also raised 바카라사이트 ¡°speculative¡± idea that if UK universities were unable to win political support for UK participation in future EU research framework programmes, ¡°alternative structures¡± could be explored that used UK funding to ¡°support European activities¡± along with German counterparts. But no German university leaders picked up on his suggestion.

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