The government’s confirmation this week of the launch of a fast-track visa system for ‘global talent’ in research, science and maths, was, on that note, smartly timed. The research that is needed to counter them cannot be, either. This is an apt illustration that the biggest challenges society faces are not concerned with or bound by borders. But looming over these pressing concerns is an even bigger worry for the sector: the extent to which the UK, having stepped back from its closest overseas ties, will continue to be an outward-looking, international player in research and collaboration in the years to come.įor the UK, Friday marks a political departure that has been nearly four fraught years in the making, but the news agenda domestically and internationally in the final run-up has been led by the outbreak of the new coronavirus in China and its international spread, as well as ongoing fears over climate change. But for many in UK academia, this Friday-Brexit day-will be every blue day rolled into one.Īs the UK exits the European Union, those in research still have unanswered questions over the country’s future participation in highly regarded EU programmes, including the next Horizon framework and the Erasmus+ student and staff mobility initiative.įor individuals and institutions trying to plan their work and lives more than a mere eleven months ahead-when the Brexit transition period ends-this uncertainty is causing greater strain with every week it continues. The most depressing day of the year, as a persistent yet baseless marketing myth would have it, has already been and gone. As the UK leaves the EU, its research must keep its global outlook
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