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Brexit and Horizon Europe - What is the Price of Uncertainty for the UK?
Brexit and Horizon Europe - What is the Price of Uncertainty for the UK?

£3bn Standoff over UK-EU Scientific Collaboration
Sector calls for compromise to ensure UK researchers stay in Horizon Europe.

Higher Education in the UK is Morally Bankrupt. I'm Taking My Research Millions and I'm off
Higher Education in the UK is Morally Bankrupt. I'm Taking My Research Millions and I'm off
After 25 years I feel Britain has broken my trust. I'm one of many academics who now see their future in Europe

No-deal Brexit Could Wreck UK's Chance of Leading Covid-19 Global Research
EU and UK Research Organisations Plan a Strong Future Relationship Post Brexit
EU and UK Research Organisations Plan a Strong Future Relationship Post Brexit
On the day that the United Kingdom leaves the European Union, higher education and research organisations from across the UK and Europe have reaffirmed their commitment to working together, and are calling on their respective governments to make this a priority.

So Long, and Thanks for All the Research: UK is Out, but What Does the Future Hold?
And so it is finally happening: tomorrow at midnight central European time, the EU bids farewell to the UK. After a tortured three-and-a-half year plod to the exit, the country heads into an eleven month transition period where everything stands still, and then into the unknown of the yet-to-be negotiated Future Relationship. In light of the historic moment, Science|Business contacted science figures around Europe, to find out:

Brexit: Implications for Swiss Higher Education Institutions
Resources compiled by swissuniversities to address questions that UK researchers and students on mobility programmes within Swiss higher education institutions will be confronted with after the Brexit.
Calls for Continued UK-EU Cooperation As Brexit Bell Tolls
On the day of the UK leaving the EU, 36 research and higher education organisations from across Europe published a joint statement stressing that they “wish to continue working together”, and called for the UK to fully participate in future EU R&D and education programmes.

Brexit is happening: what does it mean for science?
Negotiators have less than a year to agree on how the United Kingdom will participate in European Union research programmes.
Viewpoint: We Lost the Brexit Argument. But We Need to Fight on
The Scientists for EU group is gearing up for 2020 after the desperate disappointment of losing its three-and-a-half year campaign against Brexit - a result that has major implications for research.

UK Parliament Rejects Proposal to Keep Country in EU's Erasmus+ Scheme
Conservative MPs have voted against an amendment that would have required the government to negotiate continuing full membership of the EU's Erasmus+ programme, which helps students study in other countries.

Memo to London: 'No Cherry Picking' over Horizon Europe Membership
The European Union's top research official telegraphed a message to the UK's Brexit negotiators: When it comes to a post-Brexit deal on research cooperation, there can be "no cherry picking."

What the United Kingdom's 'Brexit Election' Means for Science
Promises to raise research spending and take action on climate change overshadowed by scientists' fears about leaving the European Union.

Lib Dems Warn of Brexit Brain Drain As EU Academics Quit
Figures show 11,000 have left UK universities in three years since referendum.

'We're at Breaking Point': Will UK Scientists' Big Ideas Survive Brexit?
Funding for blue skies research is falling in favour of work aligned with the government's strategic priorities.

7 Things Manifesto Writers Should Know About Science | Wellcome
A UK election has been called for the 12 December. That means the scramble is on for the political parties to pull together a manifesto that will capture the imagination and lead to votes.

Brexit Uncertainty Sees UK Share of EU Research Funding Drop from 16% to 11%
Brexit Uncertainty Sees UK Share of EU Research Funding Drop from 16% to 11%
The UK's share of EU research funding has fallen dramatically because of Brexit uncertainty, with the country's take home from the EU Horizon 2020 programme cut by almost €500 million since 2015, according an analysis by the Royal Society.
