Curiosity's priceless, argue trailblazers
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The need for research councils, represented by Research Councils UK, to give funding to basic, curiosity-driven science as well as to research that will have an immediate or obvious practical or economic benefit, is discussed.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 2007
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Inappropriate use of learning outcomes slated
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A report published in 2008 states that the bureaucratic insistence on detailed learning outcomes is negatively affecting the performance of both academics and students.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 2008
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