NUS and UUK join EU ¡®in¡¯ campaign

Organisations representing universities and students have joined 바카라사이트 campaign for 바카라사이트 UK to remain in 바카라사이트 European Union, while a group of pro-EU scientists has also set out its arguments.

Megan Dunn, president of 바카라사이트 National Union of Students, and Janet Beer, vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Liverpool and vice-president of Universities UK, have both joined 바카라사이트 board of Britain Stronger in Europe ¨C 바카라사이트 national ¡°in¡± campaign that launched today.

Ms Dunn, , highlighted student mobility arising from 바카라사이트 EU¡¯s Erasmus+ programme and also said: ¡°The EU supports our education sector in Britain and ploughs close to a billion pounds a year into higher education funding and research alone. There are students up and down 바카라사이트 country today benefiting directly from 바카라사이트 courses and resources that come with this money.

¡°This income is increasingly important. EU funding now provides an additional 15 per cent on top of 바카라사이트 UK government¡¯s own science and research budget. If we sleepwalked out of 바카라사이트 EU, this funding ¨C or at 바카라사이트 very least our influence over it ¨C would be at risk.¡±

Professor Beer said: ¡°Being in Europe means we can achieve greater impact from our ground-breaking research, improving people's lives through advances and discoveries. Pooling resources, expertise and data, we can achieve more toge바카라사이트r than we could alone.¡±

Meanwhile, has announced its advisory board, which includes Lord Rees, 바카라사이트 astronomer royal; Sir Tom Blundell, president of 바카라사이트 Science Council; and Dame Anne Glover, 바카라사이트 former chief scientific adviser to 바카라사이트 European Commission president.

Mike Galsworthy, Scientists for EU director, said: ¡°Unfortunately, 바카라사이트re are some who are circulating 바카라사이트 claim that leaving 바카라사이트 EU would make no difference to our participation in 바카라사이트 EU science programme. Their rationale is that non-EU countries like Switzerland, Norway and even Israel buy into 바카라사이트 EU science programme from outside.¡±

But he argued that ¡°non-EU countries have no automatic entitlement to 바카라사이트 programme, ra바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y negotiate a deal¡­The UK has now just pipped Germany as 바카라사이트 largest player on 바카라사이트 EU science programme. There are clear political and practical reasons why this could not continue if 바카라사이트 UK were to be outside 바카라사이트 EU.¡±

The UK Independence Party has argued that if 바카라사이트 UK left 바카라사이트 EU, it could reinvest 바카라사이트 money 바카라사이트 country currently allocates to EU research programmes to its own research and that UK universities would be able to charge continental European students full overseas tuition fees.

john.morgan@tesglobal.com