Swiss university leaders expect to have to wait until at least 2025 before associating to Horizon Europe after the UK struck a deal with Brussels last week. Switzerland, like the UK, has been excluded due to wider political disagreements with the EU. But while the UK solved its dispute over the Northern Ireland protocol in February this year, Switzerland hasn’t even formally re-started talks with Brussels that could pave the way for association.
Only four universities hitting Europe’s 20 per cent target, but immobile institutions say agency figures belie specific barriers and possibilities of domestic exchanges