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Travelling Hopefully to 2.4% GDP
David Willetts, for a number of years the Minister of State for Universities and Science, now an FRS, President of the Advisory Board for a think-tank (Resolution Foundation) and writer (most recently, A University Education), has just published a pamphlet … Continue reading
Posted in Science Funding
Tagged David Willetts, Dominic Cummings, Fraunhofer Institutes, Richard Jones
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Pyramid Schemes and the Book Cover Challenge
As a child I occasionally got sucked into a strange pyramid form of exchanging postcards, an old-fashioned form of chain mail (but not of the metal variety). The details escape me but the basic idea was that you contacted half … Continue reading
Getting the Balance Right
Without much fanfare, the allocations across the different research councils have just been announced until the end of the current spending round. What processes went into making decisions about the distribution between the different research councils is not obvious, or … Continue reading
Where’s an Industrial Policy When You Want One?
A little while ago I had the pleasure of hosting the visit of Chukka Umunna (Shadow Business Minister) to the University of Cambridge to discuss the UK’s industrial strategy or, perhaps more accurately, its lack thereof. Over a sandwich lunch … Continue reading
Posted in Science Culture, Science Funding
Tagged Chuka Umunna, industry, policy, Richard Jones
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