The science base : research in universities / Cabinet Office (Office of Public Service and Science), Advisory Council on Science and Technology.

  • Great Britain. Office of Public Service and Science.
Date:
1992
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Licence: Open Government Licence

Credit: The science base : research in universities / Cabinet Office (Office of Public Service and Science), Advisory Council on Science and Technology. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    31. Such statistics are open to a number of interpretations and should be treated with caution. Furthermore, a full analysis would require comparisons not only of inputs but also of the processes that are funded and the outputs they achieve. Nevertheless, the UK appears to devote a smaller share of its resources to academic science than do most of its leading competitors. 32. Ima recent paper that draws on the ABRC survey data, Martin et al have attempted to make limited international comparisons of funding by discipline. These are based on averages for each of several subjects for the UK, the former West Germany, France and The Netherlands. Figure E indicates that Government funding per capita in the UK is average for engineering, above average in the fields of computing and mathematics and environmental sciences but significantly below average for the physical and life sciences. Figure E - Deviations in UK funding from European average by field (1987 data) 60 ? | Environmental Life i Sciences Science - Physical — - Maths/ — Sciences © Computing ngineering 40 20 % -20 -40 Hl uK FR@ [-]France KWQNetherlands [.JUSA Source: Martin et al