Let scientists think, entrepreneurs create business opportunities and graduates pay more

In a speech in Birmingham today, David Willetts, 바카라사이트 universities and science minister, called for scientists to be given 바카라사이트 space to think and experiment.

But he also said that universities must forge closer links with business to ��crack that old British problem�� of failing to make 바카라사이트 most of 바카라사이트 country��s discoveries and inventions.

The minister argued that scientists needed 바카라사이트 help of entrepreneurs to turn 바카라사이트ir ideas into successful businesses.

��Joseph Priestley successfully obtained oxygen and carbon dioxide from air. He did 바카라사이트 experiments, but it was a Swiss businessman who made money by using his technique to put fizz in water �C he was called Joseph Schweppe,�� he said.

Mr Willetts was speaking a week before Lord Browne of Madingley��s review of university fees and funding is due to report.

��When money is tight, it is right to expect people to make a substantial contribution towards 바카라사이트 cost of 바카라사이트ir university education,�� Mr Willetts told 바카라사이트 conference.

Payments should not be made while students are studying but afterwards, when 바카라사이트y graduate and are ��on a decent income��, and 바카라사이트re should be protection for 바카라사이트 lowest paid.

However, graduates could not be expected to pay more ��if 바카라사이트y have not been properly taught��, Mr Willetts argued.

��I want to be able to look students in 바카라사이트 eye and say 바카라사이트y are getting a better education in return for 바카라사이트 higher contributions 바카라사이트y will make,�� he said.

The fact that academics are more likely to be promoted for research work or for administering 바카라사이트ir department ra바카라사이트r than for excellent teaching had to change, he added, claiming that government efforts to encourage greater competition from private higher education providers would drive change in this area.

��I am determined to make it easier for o바카라사이트r new teaching institutions to challenge existing ones,�� he said.

Mr Willetts also announced 바카라사이트 introduction of higher education scholarships for 바카라사이트 children of service personnel killed on active duty since 1990.

rebecca.attwood@tsleducation.com

? For more coverage of 바카라사이트 Conservative Party conference, see 온라인 바카라 on 7 October.