UK research funding proposal is 'irresponsible'

摘要

Efforts to judge science on its practical returns often raise hackles, and Britain's latest plan is no exception. Some of the nation's leading universities have condemned a scheme that would assess the economic and social benefits of research to help determine who wins a large fraction of university funding, and more than 12,000 academics have signed a petition opposing the plan. The public consultation on the proposals closed this week.