I was also attracted by the UK university system because of job security and a fair pension package. However, I feel that these benefits of the HE system in the UK are slowly eroded. 2/n
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I deeply feel that many vice-chancellors’ priorities are not to protect these benefits for their current and future lecturers and professors in the UK anymore. As someone who did his academic training in different countries, ... 3/n
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… I am worried that there is less and less incentive for academics from abroad to come to the UK to build up their independent research program and to attract competitive grants. I am worried that the UK scientific community will slowly become less international ... 4/n
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… and thereby less academically stimulating. Why should international academics not start or move their careers to countries with better salaries, job security, and better pension packages, and where they can trust that these promises will not be broken in the future? 5/n
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I still love to do science in an exciting environment in the UK but I’m deeply worried that I might regret in a few years down the road that I naively trusted the UK HE system and I will be so much worse off financially than my academic colleagues in other countries. 6/n
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In addition to new great buildings and several start-up funds to attract ECRs, I think a fair and secure compensation package in UK HE comparable to other countries will be key to keep the UK at the forefront of internationally competitive research. 7/n
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I would like to discuss with our VC what he together with other VCs across the country can do to retain and attract academics from other countries with a secure and fair compensation package that is comparable to other countries with internationally leading research. 8/n
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