§ Sir Trevor Skeetasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science, how many university centres are being funded by £34 million provided for equipping them to the highest attainable standards; and if he will list the centres involved.
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§ Mr. WaldenThe following 19 research groups have so far been chosen to receive funds from the £34 million provided for the improvement of equipment in selected centres of research.
Research groups chosen for support in 1985–86
- Professor A. R. Fersht, Chemistry, Imperial College
- Professor A. R. Battersby, Organic Chemistry, Cambridge
- Professor E. Ash, Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University College London
- Sir Peter Hirsch, Metallurgy, Oxford
- Professor T. L. Blundell, Birkbeck College, London
- Professor A. Broers, Engineering, Cambridge
- Professor R. Parsons, Electrochemistry, Southampton
- Professor W. J. Brammar, Biochemistry, Leicester
- Professor R. J. Donovan, Physical Chemistry, Edinburgh
- Professors M. D. Lilly and P. Dunnill, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, University College, London (interim grant)
Research groups which the University Grants Committee has undertaken to support in 1986–87
- Professor M. D. Lilly and P. Dunnill, University College, London
- Professor Sir David Phillips, Zoology, Oxford
- Doctors Pepper, Willis and Ahmed, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge
- Dr. Lowe, Biotechnology, Cambridge
- Nuclear Structure Group, Physics, Liverpool
- Professor P. Cohen, Biochemistry, Dundee
- Professor A. W. Gambling, Electronics, Southampton
- Professor G. K. Radda, Biochemistry, Oxford
- Professor M. W. Roberts, Physical Chemistry, and Professor R. Williams, Physics, University College, Cardiff Professor A. Keller, Physics, Bristol
The £34 million provision extends over the four financial years 1985–86 to 1988–89.