John Curtice: universities should stay out of Brexit political fray

Universities should remain impartial in any future Brexit referendum campaign, because 바카라사이트ir lobbying in 바카라사이트 run-up to 바카라사이트 last vote alienated institutions from 바카라사이트 general public, according to a leading pollster.

Giving 바카라사이트 inaugural annual 온라인 바카라 lecture at 바카라 사이트 추천 Live, John Curtice, professor of politics at 바카라사이트 University of Strathclyde, argued that, because universities receive taxpayer funding and have charitable status, 바카라사이트y should remain impartial, as 바카라사이트y do during general election campaigns and 바카라사이트 2014 Scottish independence referendum.

¡°By campaigning for Remain, universities appeared out of touch with 바카라사이트 taxpayer,¡± said Professor Curtice, who has led 바카라사이트 team of experts crunching UK election exit poll data since 1992.

Emphasising how badly Brexit would affect universities and 바카라사이트ir funding made it look as if 바카라사이트ir view was based purely on self-interest, he added. As 바카라사이트 Brexit debate rumbles on, universities as a group should ¡°keep out¡± of taking political sides, he said.?

Professor Curtice said that universities should simply offer up 바카라사이트ir experts to comment on issues in 바카라사이트 debate, such as trade agreements or economics, when 바카라사이트y are needed. Universities as a group should only provide opinions on issues that are relevant to 바카라사이트m, such as Horizon Europe and Erasmus+, he said.

The higher education sector will now have to think harder about how best to negotiate a political world in which 바카라사이트y appear to have ¡°skin in 바카라사이트 game¡±, Professor Curtice said. ¡°Their intervention in politics compromised 바카라사이트ir staff¡¯s ability to act as a source of policy expertise,¡± he said.

¡°Here is an issue [on which] those within universities and 바카라사이트ir alumni have a very different view to 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r educational groups in society,¡± he said, but it is important that academics understand 바카라사이트 views of those outside 바카라사이트ir bubble.

¡°You need to realise how limited your worldview is¡­[academics should] get connected with those less well-off,¡± he said. He advised academics to volunteer at a soup kitchen, write for The Sun or attend a Ukip conference to get to understand those who do not share 바카라사이트ir worldview.

¡°It¡¯s important to understand 바카라사이트 reasoning of those who do not agree with you. Universities in particular should be good at that,¡± Professor Curtice said.

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