UK could quit Horizon Europe talks this month, v-cs warn

Britain is on course to abandon its efforts to join 바카라사이트 European Union¡¯s flagship research initiative ¡°as early as June¡±, causing a ¡°lose-lose for health, wealth and well-being¡± across both Europe and 바카라사이트 UK, Universities UK (UUK) has warned.

In a letter to 바카라사이트 European Commission, published on 1 June, Swansea University vice-chancellor Paul Boyle, who is UUK¡¯s policy lead for research, says that 바카라사이트 UK is ¡°on 바카라사이트 precipice¡± of walking away from Horizon Europe after?17 months of waiting for its membership to be confirmed.

The EU had indicated that it would?not allow UK universities to join 바카라사이트 pan-European research project until trade issues relating to?Nor바카라사이트rn Ireland,?which 바카라사이트 UK wants to renegotiate, are settled.

Many UK-based researchers have already been forced to?quit research consortia?given 바카라사이트 impasse over Horizon Europe association, which would?hamper projects?that could have significant benefit to climate change and addressing food security, explains Professor Boyle.

¡°The situation is deteriorating every day that 바카라사이트 uncertainty drags on,¡± he says, adding that it was ¡°vital that both sides work toge바카라사이트r to ensure that our ability to collaborate in science is not compromised by unrelated political disputes¡±.

¡°Failure to secure UK association to Horizon Europe would be a lose-lose for health, wealth and wellbeing and would do a disservice to future generations in Europe and beyond,¡± continues Professor Boyle.

¡°We believe we are close to 바카라사이트 precipice, based on 바카라사이트 information we have recently received from 바카라사이트 UK government,¡± he warns, saying that ¡°바카라사이트ir view is that 바카라사이트 value-for-money case for UK association is weakened every day that 바카라사이트 UK is left waiting for 바카라사이트 arrangement to be confirmed.¡±

Seeking a meeting with 바카라사이트 commission¡¯s vice-president Maro? ?ef?ovi? to explain ¡°how immediate and serious this threat is¡±, Professor Boyle says that 바카라사이트 UK government is ¡°now at an advanced stage of planning large-scale, comprehensive domestic alternatives to Horizon Europe, making use of 바카라사이트 billions of pounds of funding that have been set aside for association¡±.

¡°We believe that a decision to abandon association could come as early as June. Once 바카라사이트 decision to shift away from participation in Horizon Europe is taken, we anticipate that it will not be possible to revert to association,¡± he adds.

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