Closure Of UK University Science Departments

EDM number 718 in 2004-05, proposed by Brian Iddon on 09/02/2005.

That this House congratulates the Government on the publication of Science and Innovation Investment Framework 2004-2014; notes that the costs of maintaining university science departments far exceed inflation; further notes that the higher education funding councils have changed their funding formula to the detriment of the chemical and physical sciences; believes that the drop in grant aid from a 5 to 4-star department, rated by the research assessment exercise, is too steep; views with concern that, despite increased university funding, science departments continue to close; and recommends that the Government carry out a review of these closures and attempts to measure the impact of them on the United Kingdom's long-term economic performance.

This motion has been signed by a total of 69 MPs.