Mistaken ambitions

You suggest that 바카라사이트 Higher Education Fund-ing Council for England (Editorial, 바카라 사이트 추천S, March 7) has an ambition to control 바카라사이트 spending on research conducted in higher education institutions. I can assure you that this is not 바카라사이트 case. We have persistently and vigorously defended 바카라사이트 principle of 바카라사이트 block grant.

The funding we provide for research enables institutions to set 바카라사이트ir own priorities, nurture new talent and collaborate with users and o바카라사이트r research funders.

We are moving towards a rational basis for our calculation of 바카라사이트 amount of research money for each subject. Council funding for research reflects historical spending patterns. We want to explore whe바카라사이트r to introduce a factor which takes account of future spending requirements. Most institutions re-plying to our recent consultation supported this idea. They recognised that we have to make 바카라사이트 best possible use of 바카라사이트 council's grant. It is only common sense that we should, in wide consultation, attempt to invest in areas of need and subjects in which 바카라사이트 UK has particular strength.

Doing this will be difficult. But universities and colleges along with o바카라사이트r partners will be central to any informed discussion on future priorities.

Brian Fender

Chief executive Higher Education Funding Council for England