'Innovation Nation' White Paper highlights role of higher education

13 March 2008

HEFCE welcomed today the Government's science and innovation White Paper 'Innovation Nation'.

Professor David Eastwood, HEFCE Chief Executive said:

'The Government's White Paper highlights the critical role that higher education plays in the competitiveness of the nation and productivity of its public services. HEFCE funding enables universities and colleges to develop the new ideas and creative and innovative people that are at the heart of the "Innovation Nation".

'I welcome in particular the strong endorsement given to HEFCE's role in the dual support system for research funding, providing the stability and strategic resource needed for universities to innovate in new and emerging fields. I am also very pleased to see endorsement of our Higher Education Innovation Fund as a permanent part of the university funding landscape. We look forward to continuing to play this central role within the Government's forthcoming strategy on higher level skills and in the framework for the expansion and development of higher education.'

'Innovation Nation' White Paper

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