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University staff demographics: the fabric of UK universities at risk from Brexit
Full text linkTheresa May acknowledged in an open letter dated 11 December 2017 that the UK would be ‘poorer’ if non-UK EU citizens living in the UK were to leave as a result of Brexit. This statement is especially relevant to the UK higher education (HE) sector, and to EU staff working at UK universities
Redefining a Post-Brexit EU-UK Partnership in Research and Higher Education
Full text linkThe complexity of the intricate relationships linking European Union (EU) member states as well as the EU institutions and their member states appears to have beenmisunderstood in the United Kingdom (UK) at the time of the June 2016 referendum. If information is indeed power, its current unavailability is a concern, given that the UKgovernment’s plans to remain firmly embedded within theEuropean Research Area (ERA) or the Erasmus Plus programme are largely unknown to the UK’s 162 higher education institutions (HEIs) in receipt of public funding (2016-17). In what can be described as a game of high politics between the EU and the UK government, the fate of research and higher education collaboration will be sealed by high-level inter-governmental agreements decidedbehind closed door
The UK’s participation in Horizon Europe: caught in a game of high politics?
Full text linkOn 6 March 2018 the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) released its proposed vision for the EU’s Ninth Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2021- 2027). Recently christened Horizon Europe, this is the world’s largest and most competitive research funding programme, established at a time of growing uncertainty as to whether the UK wants, can afford, or will be allowed to fully participate. This is the first time the EU framework programme will include ‘Europe’ in its name, flagging a commitment to the wellbeing of its members and the European project – one the UK has chosen to leave. The UK’s participation in Horizon Europe is likely to be dependent on the continuing Brexit negotiations and the respective moods in Brussels and London
Creating National Champions in France: A Little Less Égalité, a Little More Sélectivité?
Full text linkThe merger between Paris–Sorbonne University (Paris IV) and Pierre and Marie Curie University (Paris VI) will create a single, multidisciplinary institution in the heart of Paris. This merger needs to be contextualized within the national and European contexts, in order to shed light on the drivers, opportunities, and challenges behind a trend that has become increasingly visible among European nations, which seek torationalize and consolidate their higher education systems
The EU’s modernisation agenda for universities: the rising stars of French higher education
Full text linkEver since the Lisbon European Council declared in March 2000 that Europe was to become the “most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world”, European Union (EU) institutions have actively promoted various strategies to achieve this ambitious goal. For example, as early as 2003, the European Commission strongly advocated for a “Europe of Knowledge” (2003), and in the following years has regularly released Communications (2005, 2006, 2011) explicitly nudging member states to ‘modernise’ their higher educationsystems and universities
Redefining a Post-Brexit EU-UK Partnership in Research and Higher Education
Full text linkThe complexity of the intricate relationships linking European Union (EU) member states as well as the EU institutions and their member states appears to have beenmisunderstood in the United Kingdom (UK) at the time of the June 2016 referendum. If information is indeed power, its current unavailability is a concern, given that the UKgovernment’s plans to remain firmly embedded within theEuropean Research Area (ERA) or the Erasmus Plus programme are largely unknown to the UK’s 162 higher education institutions (HEIs) in receipt of public funding (2016-17). In what can be described as a game of high politics between the EU and the UK government, the fate of research and higher education collaboration will be sealed by high-level inter-governmental agreements decidedbehind closed door
The EU’s modernisation agenda for universities: the rising stars of French higher education. College of Europe Policy Brief #5.16, March 2016
Full text linkExecutive Summary
> Several EU member states have embarked on
major higher education reforms pertaining to
structural issues (Germany, 2005-2007; Finland,
2010; France, 2008; Ireland, 2011).
> The EU’s ‘modernisation’ agenda for higher
education has urged member states to improve the
governance and funding of higher education.
> The quantitative growth in student numbers and
the EU’s 2020 higher education attainment target
of 40% of all 30-34 year olds has led to an increased
strain on public resources.
> Concentrating public resources in a small number
of higher education institutions has become an
increasingly popular policy choice.
> Competitions that evaluate and reward the
research intensity of a higher education institution
will find it difficult to discourage a ‘one race for all’
type of competition. Such a competition is
detrimental to diversity, however, because the
stakes are too high
Brexit and the issues facing UK higher education
Full text linkUK higher education is about to experience a period of turbulence, as the consequences of the UK leaving the European Union (EU) become clearer. Higher education institutions are bracing themselves for what will no doubt be a period of substantial change, uncertainty and challenge, but also opportunity. This paper outlines some of the consequences of Brexit for UK higher education institutions.<br/
Emerging from the Mist: French Universities and Global Rankings
Full text linkThe French higher education landscape has been considerably altered in the early twenty-first century. In order to enhance the competitiveness of the sector at the global level, the French government has steered the system through structural policy processes aimed at consolidating it and overcoming the traditional divide between universities and grandes écoles, while providing incentive schemes rewarding mergers
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