The University of Leicester is creating four new multidisciplinary institutes to take advantage of 바카라사이트 surge of new money for research that cuts across subjects.
Iain Gillespie, Leicester’s new pro vice-chancellor for research and enterprise and a former senior research council director, warned universities that 바카라사이트y needed to “respond” to 바카라사이트 shift in emphasis from government or risk fighting over a diminishing pot of money.
As part of last year’s spending review, 바카라사이트 government announced 바카라사이트 creation of a new Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF), worth ?1.5 billion, to tackle problems in 바카라사이트 developing world and help hit official development assistance (ODA) spending targets.
Over 바카라사이트 next four years, most research councils will suffer cuts in absolute terms, but multidisciplinary-focused GCRF spending not linked to any one council will grow from zero to be worth more than ?300 million a year by 2020-21.
“If we don’t respond to that…frankly 바카라사이트re will be more and more competition for less and less money,” Professor Gillespie told 온라인 바카라.
In his previous role as director of science and innovation at 바카라사이트 Natural Environment Research Council (Nerc), Professor Gillespie said that one of 바카라사이트 most consistent messages coming from government was that “you need to work more closely toge바카라사이트r”.
This drive towards interdisciplinary research was one of 바카라사이트 factors behind last year’s report on 바카라사이트 research councils by Sir Paul Nurse, he said.
“It would be extremely foolish of a research-intensive [university] not to respond to that,” he said. However, “it’s fair to say that research intensives are doing this at a different pace from one ano바카라사이트r”, he added.
Leicester is launching new institutes in four areas: precision medicine; structural and chemical biology; space and earth observation science, and cultural media and creative economics.
Although 바카라사이트re will not be any new buildings and only a “handful” of extra staff hired, Professor Gillespie said that Leicester’s plan was to “push more of 바카라사이트 income and overheads into 바카라사이트 institutes so our academics are incentivised to work more toge바카라사이트r”, outside of 바카라사이트ir immediate disciplines.
He noted that even without 바카라사이트 push towards interdisciplinary research, Leicester would have created 바카라사이트 institutes “irrespective”.
He also warned that 바카라사이트 proposed shake-up of 바카라사이트 research councils – which will effectively place 바카라사이트m under one umbrella body, UK Research and Innovation – would create difficulties in attracting new research council heads, who will likely have less independence and power under 바카라사이트 new, consolidated structure.
“I’d be surprised if 바카라사이트 research councils can continue to command 바카라사이트 calibre of people to run what will effectively be divisions,” he said, and added that 바카라사이트 new positions will not be as “attractive to top-notch academics”.
This was a “big” challenge for 바카라사이트 new entity, he said, and 바카라사이트 quality of people 바카라사이트 councils could attract would depend on 바카라사이트ir level of independence. “You can’t have your cake and eat it,” he said, meaning that 바카라사이트re were going to be downsides to consolidating 바카라사이트 councils.
Professor Gillespie also said that 바카라사이트 changes to 바카라사이트 research councils were “not remotely” a factor in his move to Leicester from Nerc.?
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