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Cambridge University astrophysicist loses Esa project role over Brexit row

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MaizieD Sat 21-May-22 09:32:24

Bullying EU. How dare they not let us do things because we're not a member of the club any more..

Do you think that people voted Leave because they enjoy having a sense of victimhood?

(No-one who voted for Brexit is going to read or comment on this thread.)

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volver Sat 21-May-22 09:06:22

I know I should comment on this - physics, European consortia, etc. But the whole thing is so blooming dispiriting.

But you know, blue passports. ?

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Whitewavemark2 Sat 21-May-22 08:37:50

Told you so.

Project fear manifesting itself as project Truth

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GagaJo Sat 21-May-22 08:22:15

A Cambridge University astrophysicist studying the Milky Way and hoping to play a major part in the European Space Agency’s (Esa) next big project has been forced to hand over his coordinating role on the scheme after the row over Northern Ireland’s Brexit arrangements put science in the firing line.

Nicholas Walton, a research fellow at the Institute of Astronomy, reluctantly passed his leadership role in the €2.8m pan-European Marie Curie Network research project to a colleague in the Netherlands on Friday.

The European Commission had written notifying him UK scientists cannot hold leadership roles because the UK’s membership of the flagship £80bn Horizon Europe (HE) funding network has not been ratified.

www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/may/21/cambridge-university-astrophysicist-loses-esa-project-role-over-brexit-row-nicholas-walton

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