There has been a great deal of speculation about how a major research funding body – the Science and Technology Funding Council – has lurched from one financial crisis to another.
Yesterday in the evidence session of the Science and Technology Select Committee, we heard Michael Sterling, chair of the STFC, give a crystal clear description of the fundamental problem.
… see the rest of this article I wrote on the New Scientist’s S-Word.
I have an overwhelming urge to post this link somewhere, and this will have to do:
http://www.myrgvsports.net/tpllib/img.php?im=cat_663/3103.jpg&w=400&h=600
Safe for work, but might put you off your lunch.
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