Category: BREXIT
Can Keir Starmer land a knockout blow on Boris Johnson?
Nic Mitchell considers what Keir Starmer must do to make Labour a more attractive alternative to Boris Johnson’s Conservative chaotic government.
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EU vaccine row reopens Irish border can of worms
Why Ursula von der Leyen’s short-lived EU vaccine war with the UK reopens a can of worms over Northern Ireland’s position in the single market, but still inside the UK
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Brexit brinkmanship baffles the Euro experts
Nic Mitchell unravels the new row preventing the UK and EU securing a trade deal and says why he hopes the two sides can achieve peaceful coexistence
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Carry on Erasmus+ Horizon 2020 EU-UK collaboration
Universities UK is working hard to clear up confusion about what the signing of the UK-EU Withdrawal Agreement means for continued cooperation for Erasmus+ and Horizon 2020 programmes
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Brexit academic silver lining for Emerald Isle
Guest blogger Olivia Bridge looks at how academia in Ireland is set to benefit from the UK leaving the European Union
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Brexit: Is it really peace in our time?
Although Big Ben won’t bong, there is no doubt many in the United Kingdom will be celebrating ‘Brexit Day’ on January 31, 2020.
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Did three little words win it for Boris Johnson?
Did Boris Johnson’s “Get Brexit Done” three-word message destroy Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party and any hope of Labour preventing a Tory onslaught across Northern England in the 2019 UK General Election?
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Time to wake up and think tactically
Trust is being severely strained by the General Election in the United Kingdom Does it matter when...
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Is there a third way to sort Brexit?
Well, at least the Liberal “Democrats” have put some clear blue water between the main political...
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Don’t you know anyone who voted for Brexit?
Does the UK higher education elite need to break out of its London and South East bubble and attempt to understand why people in Northern cities like Sunderland and Middlesbrough voted heavily in favour of Brexit?
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Students and researchers need an orderly Brexit
Students who will be halfway through their Erasmus+ semesters abroad and researchers in the middle of cross-Channel European Union collaborative projects are understandably worried about what will happen after Brexit Day on March 29.
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Keeping UK HE attached to the world after Brexit
Among the challenges confronting British higher education in 2019 is how to maintain a strong...
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