@resprofnews.bsky.social highlights a gap in UK science policy: ministers promise curiosity-driven research will “grow”, but the budget is flat in cash terms and DSIT can’t explain how growth happens. The mismatch between rhetoric and reality is impossible to ignore.
Prof Jim Wild
Dsit unable to explain Vallance claim on curiosity-led growth.
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Science minister said curiosity-driven research budget “will grow as economy grows”, despite flat cash settlement
