Funding research excellence: research group size, critical mass & performance
…roductivity. Indeed it could have the effect of excluding some of the very best units. There are high-stakes in any of these arguments because sustaining and building the UK research base must be a central tenet of any strategy for growth in the UK economy. Without a system that ensures we fund a healthy and excellent research base, universities will struggle to compete in an increasingly well-funded global sector. Alliance institutions also drive…