R&D BLINDSPOTS
This piece looks at the blindspots that have marked recent UK reviews of R&D and innovation The UK government is, once again, reviewing how research is organised, in a post-Brexit environment, and it’s being done, once again, under the leadership of Sir Paul Nurse. The background is one of relative success for the UK. It retains a fairly buoyant global position in relation to its universities and research. The science community has lobbied effectively to grow funding, parti