EU funds multiple Huawei projects despite European ban Huawei is involved in a number of advanced R&D projects across the EU worth millions of euros. TechRadar · Jun 14, 2023
Current emissions targets could keep the planet below a 2°C temperature rise but a turbocharged effort is needed In the landmark Paris Agreement, adopted at the 2015 United Nations climate change conference (COP21), 196 countries decided that the world must limit global temperature increases to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels – and to 1.5°C above current levels if possible. The Conversation · Jun 7, 2023
Tory minister in bizarre 'Union benefit' claim as UK fights for EU scheme admission A TORY minster has claimed tortuous talks to get Scotland back into a top EU science programme is a benefit of being in the Union. The National (Scotland) · May 2, 2023
Anger as Tories look to get back into EU scheme after Scotland 'hammered' SCOTTISH universities and researchers have been "hammered" by the UK's exit from the EU's Horizon scheme, the SNP have said, as a Tory… The National (Scotland) · Apr 4, 2023
Michelle Donelan in talks on UK access to EU’s £88.6bn science scheme The Science Secretary is heading to Brussels to discuss possible future association with Horizon Europe. The Independent UK · Apr 4, 2023
UK scientists welcome government’s new technology plan but say more funding needed Intervention is ‘yet another sticking plaster’ says Royal Society president, as EU funding programmes highlighted The Guardian - UK · Mar 6, 2023
UK scientists hope to benefit from €100bn Horizon Europe programme UK researchers received little funding from EU programme because of Brexit trade deal negotiations The Guardian - UK · Feb 28, 2023
UK access to EU’s £88.6bn science scheme on the cards, EU chief says The Windsor Framework paves the way for Britain to become an associate member of the EU’s flagship research programme, Ursula von der Leyen suggested. The Independent UK · Feb 27, 2023
Northern Ireland protocol: key issues revised deal must address Trade and governance will be at centre of new post-Brexit pact, but what about other areas of disagreement? The Guardian - UK · Feb 27, 2023
Scientists criticise Treasury for taking back £1.6bn funding The money had been set aside for UK involvement in the EU’s £88 billion Horizon Europe research programme. The Independent UK · Feb 21, 2023
UK ready to snub key EU science research scheme if Brexit row not resolved Amid stalemate over UK joining Horizon Europe due to Northern Ireland protocol, Michelle Donelan looks to allies outside bloc The Guardian - UK · Feb 12, 2023
UK ready to snub EU’s £88bn science scheme over Brexit row Britain ‘ready to go it alone’, claims new science secretary Michelle Donelan The Independent UK · Feb 12, 2023
Welsh university research projects face 'urgent cliff edge' over end of EU funds Swansea University's Vice-chancellor said 60 projects are due to end this year putting approximately 1,000 jobs at risk Birmingham Post · Feb 7, 2023
Brexit causes collapse in European research funding for Oxbridge Oxford and Cambridge universities, once given more than £130m a year in total by European research programmes, are now getting £1m annually between them The Guardian - UK · Feb 4, 2023
The Independent UK · Jan 31, 2023 Time is running out for science projects amid Horizon limbo – Cambridge academic The minister laid the blame for the delay entirely with the EU, insisting that the Government itself is ready to associate with Horizon.
The Independent UK · Nov 10, 2022 UK and Switzerland sign own science deal after both excluded from EU programme OLD UK-Swiss deal comes with no new funding
The Guardian - UK · Oct 8, 2022 ‘Things will only get worse’: fears top scientists may shun UK over Brexit British-based Nobel prize winner says hopes for securing an alliance with the crucial Horizon Europe collaboration are fading fast
The Guardian - UK · Aug 21, 2022 Guaranteed research funding is still available in the UK Letter: Prof Christopher Smith of UK Research and Innovation responds to an article on grants being lost post-Brexit, and offers some reassurance
Reuters · Aug 16, 2022 Britain launches dispute resolution with EU over post-Brexit research Britain has launched dispute resolution proceedings with the European Union to try to gain access to the bloc's scientific research programmes, including Horizon Europe, the government said on Tuesday, in the latest post-Brexit row.
The Independent UK · Aug 3, 2022 Government ‘not on course’ to turn UK into ‘science superpower’ by 2030, peers say Baroness Brown of Cambridge says the government’s ‘science policy has been far from perfect’
The National (Scotland) · Jul 24, 2022 World-class Scotland-based cancer research 'could be forced abroad by Brexit' THE Tory government has been told to stop using cancer research as a “political football”.
The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2022 Public health research at risk if EU programme membership is lost – universities Russell Group say research is too important to be part of Northern Ireland Protocol negotiations.
The Independent UK · Jul 20, 2022 UK’s scientific policy ‘rudderless’ as government fails to appoint new science minister ‘The government has committed to making the UK a science superpower but the absence of a science minister means any conversations about realising that goal are at risk of stalling’
The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2022 EU scraps 115 grants for UK scientists and academics amid Brexit row Move follows dispute over Northern Ireland protocol, as one academic says UK is going down a ‘dark path’
The Guardian - UK · Jun 10, 2022 Brexit row could prompt exodus of senior scientists from UK At least 16 recipients of prestigious ERC grants making plans to reject UK offer and move their labs abroad