, 7 tweets, 2 min read Read on Twitter
Just to raise awareness on the danger of shooting ourselves in the foot: The UK is apparently in the process of leaving EUI. (Thread) eui.eu
EUI is the European University Institute, an institution of Higher education and learning. Full disclosure: I have spent some time there. But then... many people in academia have. It is well-known. I would say “elite”, but apparently that’s a bad word these days.
Now EUI is, this is indisputable, intimately connected to the EU. Here’s a text about its history. eui.eu/About/Historyo…
However, EUI has been set up by an international agreement. Which I link here eui.eu/Documents/Abou…
The government has published a SI on leaving EUI. It is premised on the assumption that the UK will automatically fall out of the Convention gov.uk/eu-withdrawal-…
Here is the chair of international law of (ironically) EUI pointing out why that is erroneous.
But that’s not the end of it. Apparently this action was taken without informing people affected by it. What will happen to UK students? UK professors? UK staff?
Missing some Tweet in this thread?
You can try to force a refresh.

Like this thread? Get email updates or save it to PDF!

Subscribe to Holger Hestermeyer
Profile picture

Get real-time email alerts when new unrolls are available from this author!

This content may be removed anytime!

Twitter may remove this content at anytime, convert it as a PDF, save and print for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video

1) Follow Thread Reader App on Twitter so you can easily mention us!

2) Go to a Twitter thread (series of Tweets by the same owner) and mention us with a keyword "unroll" @threadreaderapp unroll

You can practice here first or read more on our help page!

Follow Us on Twitter!

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!


This site is made by just three indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3.00/month or $30.00/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal Become our Patreon

Thank you for your support!