I am not surprised that many European institutions are seeking to emulate the American model of fund-raising.
Both researchers said a new model of funding was required for such research.
We will be working with the SU to look at a more sustainable model of funding for the future.
A partnership model of funding should at least make it clear that the level of services are dependent on how much people are prepared to invest in them.
It presents a new model of funding for photojournalism – one in which the members of a community make a commitment to storytelling.
The root of the problem, as he sees it, is the current reliance on a "charity model" of funding research in particular, universities' dependence on government grants.
This is not only because of changing demographics - which means there will be fewer 18-year-olds - but because the current model of funding for teaching and learning is "unsustainable".
He's now a visible force in Scottish theatre, particularly in debates around Creative Scotland: last year, he attacked the funding body for its lack of appreciation of Scottish artists, and its movement towards a more corporate model of funding work project by project.
Tony Hall, the BBC director general, said on BBC1's Andrew Marr Show on Sunday that there was "broad agreement" that the licence fee model of funding the corporation could be reformed but that it had at least "10 years of life in it".
The foundation gives production grants to film-makers who can't get their projects funded by a broadcaster, something Search says is part of the answer to the question BRITDOC was set up to consider: what the new model of funding and distribution should be.
They have praised German regional banks and how they invest in local businesses; the German social market with its consensual decision-making involving trade unions, worker representatives and business-owners; French industrial policy; the Dutch public-private model of funding new social housing and Swedish childcare.When it came to his big moment, however, Mr Miliband took fright.
