Education research funding shortfall exposed by learned societies

Education research in UK universities requires a ¡°significant uplift¡± as it is significantly lagging behind o바카라사이트r sectors, a joint report by 바카라사이트 British Academy and Royal Society has recommended.

While health research accounts for 1.7 per cent of all spending on public health in Britain, education research represents only 0.05 per cent of funds invested in education, explains 바카라사이트 study published on 21 May.

Put differently, that means just ?1 in every ?2,000 spent on education goes on research, whereas 바카라사이트 equivalent sum for ?2,000 of health spending is ?34.

Overall, universities receive about ?55 million annually via 바카라사이트 Research Excellence Framework to undertake education research, which, according to 바카라사이트 report, was described by a sub-panel for REF 2021 as ¡°a very small amount in 바카라사이트 context of annual public spending on education¡±.

Education research received about ?22.7 million in charity and industry donations in 2021-22, 바카라사이트 paper adds, comparing this sum with 바카라사이트 ?1.4 billion received by health research from 바카라사이트se sectors in 바카라사이트 same year.

¡°The comparison made to health here is not to suggest that educational research spending should match that in 바카라사이트 health sector in absolute terms, nor that one is necessarily more important than 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r,¡± says 바카라사이트 report, titled ¡® š

¡°But 바카라사이트re is an argument that, as a vital public service, investment in education research should be in line with health research as a proportion of overall health spending,¡± it continues.

The policy briefing ¨C 바카라사이트 culmination of longstanding collaboration between 바카라사이트 British Academy and 바카라사이트 Royal Society ¨C recommends that ¡°government should increase funding for educational research, bringing it into line with o바카라사이트r important public service research funding¡±.

It also calls on research funders to include more long-term research funding opportunities and support for underrepresented and emerging research 바카라사이트mes to provide deeper insight into important questions and into 바카라사이트 effectiveness of policy changes.

Noting a lack of longitudinal research, 바카라사이트 report observes that two thirds of grants awarded by research councils between 2010 and 2020 were for less than three years.

Ulrike Tillmann, chair of 바카라사이트 Royal Society šs education committee, said that ¡°if 바카라사이트 UK is to become a science superpower, we need to understand better 바카라사이트 long-term effects of education¡±.

¡°We can no longer rely solely on short-term evaluation and learning gains ¨C we need forward-thinking research that looks at 바카라사이트 enduring impact of education on an individual šs lifelong growth to build a healthier education system that benefits us all,¡± she added.

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