Charitable connections keep our science strong

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Issues relating to the future funding of university biomedical research in the United Kingdom are examined. It is argued that plans by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (Hefce) to remove charity income from its research funding allocation formula will result in a reduction in the level of support received by many of the most research-intensive universities in the UK and will move funds away from biomedical sciences. It is claimed that the move by Hefce contradicts the government's recognition of charitable research and that the removal of funding would make it hard for a world-class science base to be sustained.

Strategy & planning, Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences, Medical Research, Epilepsy & Muscle Disease R&D, Administration of Public Health Programs, Health Research Programs, Planning, Donations, Company business planning, Higher Education Funding Council for England, Medicine, Experimental

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Will savage pruning fell the tree of science

Article Abstract:

An analysis of the growing opposition in university departments in the UK for the Labour government's plans to further concentrate research funding. It is argued that the plans have already had a negative impact on universities, with people backing out of taking up positions at less research-intensive institutions as a result of concerns that they might have even less research funding in the future.

Organizational history, Administration of Education Programs, Education Programs, Management, Education and state, Demonstrations and protests, Labour Party (United Kingdom), Company restructuring/company reorganization, Reorganization and restructuring, Company organization, Educational finance

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