Will the UK get a Brexit deal on research? That's the €160bn question | Ludovic Highman

Eighteen months have passed since the EU referendum and the government's position on science and research is no clearer - we need certainty

• Ludovic Highman is a senior research associate at the Centre for Global Higher Education, UCL

The government isn't committing to a Brexit deal for universities, but we need a new partnership in science and innovation between the EU and the UK - and we need it urgently. The stakes are high: the continued ability of British universities to produce high quality research, and of the UK to retain its status as a leading knowledge economy, depend upon it.

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