Glasgow signs deal to open European study centre in Germany

The University of Glasgow has become 바카라사이트 latest UK higher education institution to set up a major European collaboration in 바카라사이트 wake of 바카라사이트 Brexit vote.

The Scottish university said on 19?June that it had signed a partnership agreement with Leuphana University of L¨¹neburg to jointly establish a European Centre for Advanced Studies in Lower Saxony.

The venture is seen as providing a platform for research collaborations, joint courses, and student and staff exchanges, as well as, significantly, creating a vehicle for joint research funding bids. This means that it could offer Glasgow a means of partly mitigating any reduction in access to European Union research funding after 바카라사이트 UK leaves 바카라사이트 bloc.

Sir Anton Muscatelli, Glasgow¡¯s principal, said that ¡°with Brexit on 바카라사이트 horizon, it is essential that we continue to be heavily involved in successful collaborations¡±.

Sascha Spoun, Leuphana¡¯s president, said that 바카라사이트 new centre ¡°brings 바카라사이트 opportunity to send out a strong political signal for 바카라사이트 idea of Europe and 바카라사이트 future development of academia in times of Brexit¡±.

The announcement comes after 바카라사이트 University of Warwick formed a partnership with 바카라사이트 University of Paris Seine and Vrije Universiteit Brussel, aimed in part at accessing European funding for cross-border higher education networks.

Imperial College London?has opened a?joint?ma바카라사이트matics laboratory?with 바카라사이트 French National Centre for Scientific Research, 바카라사이트?University of Oxford?has signed an?alliance with four universities in Berlin, and?King¡¯s College London?is considering opening a?branch campus in Dresden.

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