Britons seek closer relations between industry and university

JAN 01, 1968

Traditions that have produced great science do not always meet today’s needs. Not enough trained physicists move from college to plant. Both altruistic and selfish motives spur teachers and managers to find out what, if anything, is wrong and what should be done about it.

DOI: 10.1063/1.3034742

R. Hobart Ellis

IF YOU TALK TO A British physicist, one of the problems he is likely to speak about is the failure of British universities to supply enough physicists to industry and the failure of industry to attract, use and hold those it gets. Having bumped into the problem frequently when I was in Britain in 1966, I went back again recently with the special intention of asking about it. The problem remains; many persons are worrying about it and studying it; correction programs are in operation; others are starting or being planned.

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References

1. “Enquiry into the Flow of Candidates in Science and Technology into Higher Education,” interim report presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Education and Science, Cmnd. 2893, Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, London (February 1966).
2. Report of a Working Party of the Council for Scientific Policy on Liaison between Universities and Government Research Establishments Cmnd. 3222, Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, London (March 1967).
3. “Interim Report of the Working Group on Manpower Parameters for Scientific Growth,” presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Education and Science and the Minister of Technology, Cmnd. 3102, Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, London (October 1966).