University Alliance respond to Policy Exchange report on area of 'crucial economic importance'
…continue but we disagree that this requires an explicit policy to return to 2001 funding outcomes. It is a principle of selectively funding research, based on excellence, that has driven the improvement in the UK research base and will continue to do so – not an explicit policy to concentrate research in particular institutions or to an arbitrary, historic level. The minor changes in 2009-10 funding were a result of RAE 2008 findings that showed e…