Brexit

UCL announces drive for academic-led collaboration with major global cities and their universities

UK universities ‘engaged in intensive planning’ for no-deal Brexit impact across range of activities

Survey of scientists at Francis Crick Institute finds that only 10 per cent are confident about the future of UK science

New pilot phase of post-Brexit immigration plans will prioritise applications from European Union staff working in higher education

Coventry deputy v-c says brief visits may replace longer-term exchange

Russell Group institutions dominate tie-ups announced since vote to leave bloc

Russell Group chair says politicians have ‘moral obligation’ to stop UK crashing out of EU without an agreement

Science blooms when colleagues’ ideas cross-pollinate. Impediments to free movement will lead to a disastrous withering, says Sir Keith Burnett

But universities welcome Migration Advisory Committee call to end Tier 2 visa cap

Sir Paul Nurse says having to apply for visas for EU researchers would be ‘a heavy financial administrative blow’

UK government guidance highlights EU programmes where ‘third country’ participation is not permitted

‘Swivel-eyed’ Brexiteers must acknowledge that leaving with no deal in March would be disastrous for UK higher education, says Hywel Williams

In light of the UK government’s recent statements on the future relationship with the EU, what do policy experts see as the key areas of Brexit uncertainty to be addressed for higher education?

University set to offer English-taught degrees in Wrocław from next year

Almost half of ERC grants awarded to UK institutions for 2018 won by EU nationals, as UK sees overall decline in successful bids

Mobile students would face same costs as local learners post-Brexit under MillionPlus proposal

University says it is ‘exploring options’, but sector leaders urge caution

Grants awarded under Horizon 2020 will still be paid even in event of ‘no deal’ Brexit

Research shows that Australia’s overseas student numbers have surged while Brexit will ‘compound the decline’ in UK’s global position

Government document fails to offer universities reassurance, sector critics warn

Initiative will allow UKRI to sponsor researchers from outside the EU, but key questions unanswered

European Union students enrolling in 2019-20 will pay the same fees as UK students

Cambridge vice-chancellor says reforms are needed if foreign researchers are to be attracted to post-Brexit Britain

Russell Group broadly welcomes Home Office plan, but warns on project’s impact on study leave abroad

Credit transfer agreement addresses concerns that part-time learners from finance sector will have to relocate

Collaboration with Leuphana University of Lüneburg could lead to submission of joint research funding bids

Reid review says academics must win a greater share of competitively allocated funding post-Brexit

Institution hopes to win funding under European Commission project, despite Brexit

European Commission proposal means the UK will be able to seek an agreement to participate post-Brexit

Moral and cultural organisations such as universities must strive harder to rid the body politic of populist infection, in central Europe and elsewhere, says Tomáš Halík

Latest Hesa data show there was no immediate exodus of academics but Russell Group warns against ‘complacency’

Task ahead for universities to show return if country is to be part of next framework programme

As the EU’s proposals for its Horizon Europe research funding framework near publication, the UK must commit to playing a full role, says Paul Boyle

Confirmation removes one of major barriers to country’s continued participation in framework programmes

PM says UK would ‘willingly’ pay to enter Horizon Europe, but wants ‘influence’

Giving Irish undergraduates continued access to home fee status and loans could be discriminatory, experts warn

UCL provost Michael Arthur warns on potential impact of immigration restrictions and exit from EU research

The former LSE director tells Matthew Reisz that colleagues at Sciences Po sense an opportunity in Brexit, that the French should not fret over league tables and that academics, policymakers and bankers must talk more

Vice-chancellor explains why new degree courses will be vital for the agricultural industry after the UK leaves the EU

MPs on Science and Technology Committee not satisfied with government response to Brexit report

UK expertise pulls far ahead of Europe in terms of output, but collaboration will be vital if sectors are to remain competitive with US and Asia, experts say

Literary studies offer us vital tools for understanding the roots of Brexit and forging new styles of community, argues new book

Big hikes in visa, right to remain fees bring ‘under the radar’ issue to fore and prompt post-Brexit worries for EU staff

Data is latest evidence uncertainty caused by the referendum result has cost British academics

While their credentials are not in dispute, institutions could have their teaching and research undermined by a crisis in morale

Academics at British institutions make one in four successful bids in 2017 funding round, underlining risks of Brexit

Rigid, top-down tie-ups will do nothing to foster quality or European identity, says Jan Palmowski

Martin Stratmann warns Britain against utilitarian approach to future EU research programmes

New work attempts to address aspects of politics difficult to capture in words

Analysis of data on current research networks suggests that subjects where expensive kit is shared could be vulnerable

Universities cannot afford to wait for politicians to resolve future research relationship between the UK and European Union

Research collaboration ‘should be as important to the government as security’ and should not be a ‘knock-on consequence of other negotiations’, says report

Creating a separate pot of money for international research ‘risks funding second-rate’ work, conference hears

Brexit has provided the ‘stimulation’ for higher education institutions in the two countries to ramp up their relationship

Disappointment after European Parliament, which must ratify Brexit deal, strikes tougher than hoped for line against the UK

Sam Gyimah has been criticised for failing to commit to associate membership of Framework Programme 9

Study from UCL’s Centre for Global Higher Education sheds light on continental perspectives on the UK’s decision to leave the European Union

Historians must not let Boris Johnson and other armchair scholars take centre stage in their discipline, says Tanja Bueltmann

Minister says he will ‘fight’ to ensure scientists can move freely post-Brexit

Roger Brown on a study of the implications for universities of leaving the European Union