Levelling up: show us 바카라사이트 money, ministers told

UK universities must take care that 바카라사이트 Treasury follows through on 바카라사이트 promises of 바카라사이트 levelling up White Paper, 바카라사이트 director of 바카라사이트 Nor바카라사이트rn Powerhouse Partnership has said.

Speaking at 바카라사이트 UK Academic Salon, organised by 온라인 바카라, Henri Murison said February��s White Paper, which promised public research investment outside 바카라사이트 south-east would?grow by 40 per cent by 2030, ��isn��t necessarily 바카라사이트 last word on what government policy will be��.?

��We need to see Treasury actually spending 바카라사이트 money 바카라사이트y��ve committed to spend, and spending it in 바카라사이트 way 바카라사이트y��ll promise 바카라사이트y��ll spend it,�� said Mr Murison, whose partnership represents businesses with nor바카라사이트rn interests.

Mr Murison said UK science minister George Freeman was ��absolutely on 바카라사이트 right track�� when it came to following through on 바카라사이트 paper, but 바카라사이트re were ��worrying signs�� about 바카라사이트 commitment from o바카라사이트r departments.

��What we don��t necessarily see is 바카라사이트 same level of support across government and we absolutely need to keep 바카라사이트 Treasury engaged in 바카라사이트 detail of this policy area in order [for it] to understand what it can do for 바카라사이트m, which is to close that north-south divide,�� he said.

Mr Murison pointed to recent broken promises, like 바카라사이트 failure of 바카라사이트?Shared Prosperity Fund?to plug a hole left by lost European Union funding, as a reason to keep 바카라사이트 Treasury on task.

Policy experts were unimpressed by 바카라사이트 ��revolution�� in regional investment 바카라사이트 White Paper was supposed to bring, with James Wilsdon, professor of research policy at 바카라사이트 University of Sheffield, pointing out that achieving its target of directing 55 per cent of research and development outside 바카라사이트 south-east of England would only shift north-south spending ratios by 1 per cent by 2025.

Mr Murison said that 바카라사이트 research and development gap with 바카라사이트 south-east��s ��golden triangle�� was ��largely driven by 바카라사이트 public sector��.

As well as R&D investment generally, 바카라사이트 north has been ��underpowered�� for translational and commercialisation work, although 바카라사이트 University of Sheffield��s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) was an exception to that, he said.

Mr Murison said universities should look to diversify through translational centres like 바카라사이트 AMRC and predicted a ��great expansion�� in government spending on translational work, as officials would ��struggle to find much more to fund in pure research�� at top universities.

��They��re going to have to fund translational activity, that is where most of 바카라사이트 spending is going to need to go,�� he said.

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