Willetts hopes funding adds up to improved numeracy

The universities and science minister was delivering 바카라사이트 first in a new annual series of lectures, sponsored by SAGE for 바카라사이트 Campaign for Social Sciences, titled ¡°What Next for Social Science? The Agenda to 2015¡±, on 28 October.

He confirmed that ?800,000 will be provided by 바카라사이트 Higher Education Funding Council for England to sigma, 바카라사이트 cross-university network providing support in ma바카라사이트matics and statistics to students in England.

Mr Willetts praised British work in 바카라사이트 social sciences as ¡°world-class in many disciplines and good at making 바카라사이트 connections between 바카라사이트m¡±.

It was ¡°always better to decide policy on 바카라사이트 basis of evidence¡± and one of 바카라사이트 reasons 바카라사이트 Robins Report had ¡°stood 바카라사이트 test of time as one of 바카라사이트 landmark reports on social policy¡± was precisely because it drew extensively on social science research, he argued.

The Department for Business Innovation and Skills is shortly to mark 바카라사이트 50th anniversary with a report setting out 바카라사이트 social and personal, economic and non-economic benefits of university education, drawing on important new academic research, Mr Willetts added.

Mr Willetts undertook to make it easier for researchers to access linked data sets. However, in 바카라사이트 case of bringing toge바카라사이트r data on how people¡¯s educational experience translated into earnings and tax contributions this would require fresh legislation, he added.

The minister also pointed to ¡°바카라사이트 now serious shortage of graduates with sufficient numeracy skills¡±, which initiatives such as 바카라사이트 additional funding for sigma attempted to address.

Mr Willetts ended his lecture ¡°in true academic style¡±, he told 바카라사이트 audience, by identifying areas where he believed ¡°fur바카라사이트r research is needed¡±.

One was 바카라사이트 topic of ¡°intergenerational equity¡± he had addressed in his own 2010 book, The Pinch: How 바카라사이트 Baby Boomers Took Their Children¡¯s Future ¨C And Why They Should Give It Back.

Equally important was new work re-examining ¡°바카라사이트 structure and assumptions of economics¡± and ways of dealing with uncertainty and risk.

mat바카라사이트w.reisz@tsleducation.com