The Guardian, Sajid Javid’s blueprint for BIS heightens fears for research funding
Following on from Jo Johnson’s speech at the UUK’s annual conference in which he had said he wanted to see a ‘simpler system’ for allocating resources, a leaked internal consultation document entitled ‘BIS 2020: What-Why-When-How’ has now confirmed what a ‘simpler system’ may mean. In two weeks we will see the publication of the Green Paper, which will outline the future of higher education through radical reforms and on-going cuts; we now expect a ‘radical overhaul of the research funding system’. Author James Wilsdon, chair of the Campaign for Social Science, calls on colleagues from the national sciences and engineering to stand together, however we at Global BU take this one step further and call for all those involved in Higher Education to recognise the combination of streamlining and cutting to the point of critical mass will only cause damage for HE, negatively impacting further afield.