As Universities Scotland’s convener Professor Pete Downes stated, the research and innovation collaborative ecosystem “transcends all borders”, and it is in everyone’s interests that“vigorous cross border collaboration is supported to continue whatever the result of the referendum.”Tim O’Shea, principal of the University of Edinburgh, said that“there is no reason why any form of constitutional change should preclude participation in higher order research councils.”Professor Ian Diamond, principal of the University of Aberdeen, has stated that he“can’t see it’s in the interests of anyone in the rest of the UK to want to exclude Scotland, nor is it in the interest of Scotland to be excluded from collaboration.”As far as I am aware, none of those views has been expressed...