‘Blue card’ call for free movement of academics across UK and EU

The Turing mobility scheme is a poor substitute for Erasmus+ but UK universities must learn to love it or it will soon crumble, says Marcus Dowse

26 January

Some opt to keep EU fees at same or similar levels to home fees post-Brexit to avoid ‘killing market’, as others consider legal questions

6 January

If the UK wins more money from the EU’s flagship research programme it will have to pay it back – but only if the imbalance is structural

5 January

Turing scheme will not cover tuition fees, travel costs to the UK or staff exchanges, leaving UK universities to negotiate fee waivers

4 January

LSE research head says academia should work with other service sectors to enable free movement for a fixed period of time