Quality scientific infrastructure at all levels is essential for maintaining the standard of scientific endeavour within the UK.
There is much to celebrate in the current provision of equipment and facility within the UK, but reductions in capital spending that have resulted since the 2010 Comprehensive Spending Review have led to a danger that scientific capacity, and in turn the UK's capability to attract and retain excellent researchers, is being adversely affected.
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Chemistry in the European Union
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UK scientific infrastructure
June 2013
In this response, our answers focus on infrastructure for research, but a national strategy for the UK’s scientific infrastructure must also include the provision of modern laboratories and excellent teaching facilities.
RSC Response to the House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology consultation on Scientific InfrastructureRCUK Capital Investment Roadmap
May 2012
This consultation response called for investment in an open distributed network of equipment, hosted within universities, supporting the recommendations of Heads of Chemistry UK. This network was created in the form of the Core Capability for Chemistry Research.