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A general ¡°universal income¡± for academia that includes research grants would put a damper on entrepreneurship in academia, would be a big barrier to entry for new providers and would create an even more unfair playing field for researchers outside higher education (¡°¡®Basic income¡¯ to fund research¡±, News, 12?October).

A better option would be to make the grant application process simpler. It is not the writing of proposals that is deemed a waste (basic business cases clarify the project to all parties, including those who propose the research), it is the other administrative matters ¨C such?as filling out forms, submitting in specific formats and so on ¨C that are the real time-wasters.

gkbharathy
Via timeshighereducation.com

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