UK: Unis warn Horizon could be “abandoned”
University leaders have asked the European Commission to urgently resolve the issue of the UK’s association to Horizon Europe.
University leaders have asked the European Commission to urgently resolve the issue of the UK’s association to Horizon Europe.
The sector has highlighted the importance of additional, non-traditional measures in assessing the success of higher education institutions.
UUK has said that visa reform and tackling immigration bureaucracy could help the UK to realise its research superpower ambitions.
Mitigating risk when starting international collaboration projects, entering markets and fostering relationships overseas took central stage at UUKi's International Higher Education Forum 2022.
The importance of studying overseas is "growing greater" as the world begins to "fracture into different spheres of influence", a UK minister has said.
Denmark has followed Germany in calling on institutions to suspend all cooperation with institutions in Russia in response to the invasion of Ukraine.
The length of time short-term exchange students are permitted to stay in the UK should be extended from six months to one academic year in a bid to boost exchanges from around the world and limit an expected reduction in EU exchange students, Universities UK has urged.
The government needs to cooperate with the sector to ensure economic benefits and "global ambitions" are met, UUK has urged.