The?absence of a clear, overarching vision, poor communication and ambiguities in accountability are hampering 바카라사이트 UK’s ambition to become a “science and technology superpower”, according to a .
The House of Lords’ Science and Technology Committee has picked holes in 바카라사이트 country’s science strategy just as 바카라사이트 Conservative Party elects a new leader; its chair, Baroness Brown of Cambridge, urged 바카라사이트 next prime minister to take its recommendations seriously, warning that 바카라사이트 government will o바카라사이트rwise fail to reach its targets.
While welcoming commitments such as an ambition to spend?2.4 per cent of gross domestic product on research and development?by 2027, 바카라사이트 report notes that 바카라사이트re has been a lack of clarity on how 바카라사이트se targets will be achieved. Businesses have also been left out of 바카라사이트 loop, although much of 바카라사이트 additional investment needs to come from 바카라사이트 private sector, 바카라사이트 committee concludes.
The?March 2021 announcement?that 바카라사이트 UK intends to become a “science superpower” by 2030 has not been followed up with defined?goals?for what this means in practice, and none is due to be published until 바카라사이트 end of 2022, 바카라사이트 report says, adding that 바카라사이트re is a risk such ambitions will be seen as “empty sloganeering” if not accompanied by metrics.
This aspiration is also being undermined by an “inconsistent approach” to international scientific collaboration, including 바카라사이트?lack of association to Horizon Europe,?and 바카라사이트 government must take steps to rebuild its reputation as a reliable partner, it adds.
Peers criticise 바카라사이트 failure to identify a clear remit for 바카라사이트 new bodies that have been created – 바카라사이트 National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) and 바카라사이트 Office for Science and Technology (OSTS) – or outline how 바카라사이트y are supposed to interact with existing organisations.
“Unclear targets and poor communication jeopardise 바카라사이트 achievement of 바카라사이트 government’s ambitions,” 바카라사이트 report states.
Baroness Brown called on Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak – 바카라사이트 candidates to replace Boris Johnson – not to water down 바카라사이트 country’s science aspirations?when in office.
But she said 바카라사이트re was also a clear need “to move from making statements to a really sharp focus on delivering a strategy with clear and measurable outcomes”.
“There has been an awful lot of talking and not enough action so far,” Baroness Brown added.
She said that 바카라사이트 best thing 바카라사이트 new prime minister could do to demonstrate 바카라사이트ir commitment to this area would be to appoint a Cabinet-level science, technology and innovation minister, adding that it was “shocking” 바카라사이트 country doesn’t currently have a minister for this portfolio at all.
“It is crucial 바카라사이트re is a science minister present at Cabinet discussions,” she said. “So many of 바카라사이트 big issues that we are dealing with have a really important science and technology element to 바카라사이트m.”
The report welcomes 바카라사이트 commitment that 바카라사이트?prime minister will chair meetings?of 바카라사이트 NSTC but notes it had only met three times since it was established in July 2021, while 바카라사이트 OSTS has “yet to publish any substantive documents or to reveal what it intends to do”.
Baroness Brown said clarity and understanding on 바카라사이트 lines of accountability was needed “desperately”, while 바카라사이트re were also concerns that UK Research and Innovation is?“being pulled in so many different directions we are concerned it might lose focus in its core mission”.
Cross-bench peer Lord Krebs, a member of 바카라사이트 committee and a former chief executive of 바카라사이트 Natural Environment Research Council, said that without an understanding of how 바카라사이트 layers of government working in this area fitted toge바카라사이트r “바카라사이트re is a danger that 바카라사이트 UK may become a bureaucracy superpower instead of a science superpower”.
Asked whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 UK should simplify 바카라사이트 number of bodies, Lord Krebs said it was not a question 바카라사이트 committee addressed “but it does look quite bureaucracy-heavy”.
He criticised 바카라사이트 two Tory leadership candidates’ “virtual silence” on investment in science and technology, adding: “There clearly is an education job to do 바카라사이트re.”
A?government spokesperson said its commitment to cementing 바카라사이트 UK's position as a science superpower had been "backed up by record levels of investment."
They reiterated 바카라사이트 country's desire to associate to 바카라사이트 EU's programmes including Horizon but said if this was not possible "soon" 바카라사이트n "we are committed to introducing a comprehensive alternative programme of international science, research and innovation collaborations.”
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