Research and surveillance: The research base to inform sport and exercise medicine is limited in amount and quality.
There has been an exponential growth in the research base for simulated-based learning experiences (SBLE).
He said the government sees the training of early career researchers as vital for the intellectual sustainability of the research base, and expert reviews of this area were part of the HE framework.
The way that Shuckburgh can straddle both Whitehall and the research base is critical.
On the other, the research base is shifting, with emerging economies competing more aggressively.
The last two budgets have contained good news for the research base: both included an additional £100m for research capital.
A spokesman for BIS insisted that the government is committed to "the financial stability of the research base and excellence across a broad base of research".
The Slovenian agency focuses on improving the research base in companies and strengthening cooperation between company labs and public research institutions.
"Since 1997, the government has doubled investment in the research base, with the science and research budget rising to unprecendented levels of almost £4bn by 2010-11," he said.
But the options under consideration, and the way they are prioritized, must be seen to have been identified from the needs of the research base, not from the gut instincts of ministers or scientific leaders.
The research base budget is being squeezed from all sides – the ringfence doesn't protect it from the effect of inflation which will erode it by £660m over the course of this spending review period.
