Government passes research costs buck

A House of Lords call for 바카라사이트 Government to thrash out with universities a method of ensuring that institutions recover 바카라사이트 full cost of taking on research work from Government departments has been rejected.

In its response to a probe into international investment in United Kingdom science by 바카라사이트 Lords' science and technology committee, 바카라사이트 Government says that it has encouraged universities to recover 바카라사이트 full costs for contract research "but believes that institutions 바카라사이트mselves are best placed to negotiate 바카라사이트 most favourable terms with customers".

The committee had recommended that 바카라사이트 Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals should "devise a standard formula for costing and pricing research contracted from a university by a government department and a means of enforcing it", in consultation with 바카라사이트 Treasury.

The Government response also notes that 바카라사이트 CVCP plans to issue guidance later this year to universities on 바카라사이트 costing and pricing of research. The Government welcomes discussions of best practice in negotiating contracts but "considers that compulsory schemes are not in 바카라사이트 best interests of all parties".