University Alliance responds to Russell Group call to restrict research funding
…ers of the University Alliance believe that the UK must continue to fund excellence in research, wherever it exists, if we are to maintain our position as second in the world behind the US.” The recently appointed Director of University Alliance, Libby Aston, who is a former research head at the Russell Group, confirmed: “A majority of world-leading research takes place within research-intensive universities – but by no means all of it. Neither is…