£1bn funding cut threatens UK “science superpower” position – UUK
The president of Universities UK has written a letter to Boris Johnson urging him to prevent reported cuts for science and research funding.
The president of Universities UK has written a letter to Boris Johnson urging him to prevent reported cuts for science and research funding.
The EU’s new coronavirus recovery plan fail to secure and strengthen Europe as a research location, according to science organisations DAAD, DFG and HRK.
The UK should seek full association to the Horizon Europe research program and commit £1 billion research funding per year following Brexit, the Russell Group has urged.
A shake-up of visa regulations to attract more top scientists is on the cards for the UK, with the PM announcing he has instructed the Home Office and BEIS to work on a fast-track visa route to be launched later this year.
Full association to the next EU framework program should be "plan A" and preventing barriers to mobility for staff and students a priority, the EU Home Affairs Sub-Committee of the House of Lords has heard in an evidence session.
The UK’s continued participation in the recently-christened successor to Horizon 2020, Horizon Europe, is not to be taken for granted, according to a policy briefing by the Centre for Global Higher Education.