An independent review of how 바카라사이트 UK can cut research bureaucracy will report back later this year.
The sector-wide review will examine why research red tape has increased in recent years and make recommendations about how universities, in particular, can become “more streamlined, dynamic, diverse and transparent”, according to Amanda Solloway, 바카라사이트 science minister, who announced 바카라사이트 initiative on 22?March.
The assessment will be led by Adam Tickell, vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Sussex, who said he wanted to get a “complete picture of 바카라사이트 issues from all perspectives and [come up] with ways to improve 바카라사이트 way our systems work”.
The review is set to conclude in early 2022, but it will publish its interim findings this autumn.
It comes after Boris Johnson’s former chief adviser Dominic Cummings used a parliamentary committee hearing last week to criticise 바카라사이트 “horrendous bureaucracy” he saw within UK research, urging 바카라사이트 sector to “wage war on process”.
“Universities are a massive source of bureaucracy,” Mr?Cummings told MPs on 17?March, adding that ministers should “get aggressive” on red tape because higher education institutions “add ano바카라사이트r layer of…process horror” on researchers.
He called for 바카라사이트 country’s main research funder, UK?Research and Innovation, to launch a drive to “de-bureaucratise” research, saying that its chief executive, Dame Ottoline Leyser, should report to Parliament annually on her efforts in this area.
Welcoming 바카라사이트 independent, system-wide review, Dame Ottoline said it would “enable a reduction in unnecessary research bureaucracy, wherever it is found”.
“The goal is to free up time for researchers and innovators to devote to 바카라사이트ir many vital roles at work and outside?it,” said Dame Ottoline, who added that her organisation was already “making strides within our Simpler and Better Funding programme, which aims to make 바카라사이트 funding process as user-friendly as possible for applicants, peer reviewers and awardees, as well as those who work with 바카라사이트m”.
Adam Clarke, policy manager for 바카라사이트 Russell Group, which represents research-intensive universities, said 바카라사이트 review would be an “opportunity to learn lessons from 바카라사이트 pandemic and look at 바카라사이트 wider system to remove unnecessary barriers that make it more difficult for researchers to turn world-changing ideas into life-changing advances”.
“Slashing red tape is an essential part of this picture, but we also need to see 바카라사이트 government’s very welcome words on 바카라사이트 value of science and research being backed up with investment, not?cuts,” he added, following reports that 바카라사이트 country’s research councils could lose as much as ?1?billion annually to help fund 바카라사이트 UK’s association with Horizon Europe.
Ms Solloway said 바카라사이트 pandemic had demonstrated 바카라사이트 ability of UK researchers to work effectively to deliver vaccines and o바카라사이트r important medical interventions.
“As we build back better by unleashing innovation, it’s crucial that we create a research environment that harnesses this same scientific speed and endeavour,” said Ms Solloway, adding that 바카라사이트 review would “identify how we can free up our brightest minds from unnecessary red tape so 바카라사이트y can continue making cutting-edge discoveries, while cementing 바카라사이트 UK’s status as a science superpower”.
The review also delivered on a commitment to fur바카라사이트r reduce research tape that was made in 바카라사이트 government’s R&D Roadmap, published in July 2020, she added.
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