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…can’t happen and what mustn’t happen is a blanket view that research can only be undertaken and can only be funded in certain institutions.” So is the Russell Group’s call for further research concentration an “extreme” stance? “We would view it as an extreme view if that meant that world-class research being undertaken in other institutions were deemed to be not fundable,” said Professor West. But he added that the “big one” in policy terms was c…