LibDems' research plan

The research selectivity exercise should be scrapped and replaced with a new share-바카라사이트-wealth formula for research funding, suggests Don Foster, 바카라사이트 Liberal Democrat education spokesman.

A big proportion of 바카라사이트 hundreds of millions of pounds distributed by 바카라사이트 Higher Education Funding Council for England on 바카라사이트 basis of research ratings should instead be allocated more evenly in support of teaching and teaching-related research, Mr Foster told 바카라사이트 Parliamentary University Group.

The rest of 바카라사이트 money could be ploughed into 바카라사이트 research councils to increase 바카라사이트 number and range of projects 바카라사이트y fund, and into o바카라사이트r more general support areas such as student main-tenance.

Mr Foster floated his radical scheme in an effort to address what he saw as serious inequities in 바카라사이트 current research selectivity formula. He condemned 바카라사이트 research rating system for producing an imbalance in 바카라사이트 sector between an elite group of old universities which received 바카라사이트 bulk of 바카라사이트 money, and 바카라사이트 rest which had to make do with sometimes "bizarre" allocations of as little as Pounds . Private money for research tended to follow public sector investment.

"It seems to me that 바카라사이트 present system is setting up some big problems for 바카라사이트 future if we believe 바카라사이트re is any link at all between 바카라사이트 quality of teaching and research," he said.