§ 56. Mr. Home RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what steps he is taking to strengthen the links between teaching and research in physics and chemistry throughout higher education.
Mr. JacksonThe first-stage reports of the University Grants Commitee's reviews of physics and chemistry in universities, which were issued for consultation on 28 October, both consider the principles of strengthening provision for teaching and research in these subjects. Generally, my right hon. Friend's letters of 31 October to the chairmen of the new higher education funding councils deal with the roles of both teaching and research in higher education.