• Question: do u feel the current economic crisis is aiding the science field

    Asked by grimreaper to Darren, Deuan, Duncan, Lori-An, Michelle on 21 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
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      Lori-An Etherington answered on 18 Jun 2010:

      Hi, probably the exact opposite, with the recession there is less money available for scientific research funding

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      Duncan Hull answered on 18 Jun 2010:

      Some the cutbacks have adversely affected science, in both industrial and academic laboratories.

      However, when times are hard, people tend to focus more on the important things – so maybe the long term effect of the current economic crisis will be good for Science.

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      Darren Nesbeth answered on 18 Jun 2010:

      Yes, because it helps the UK government realise that Banking/financial services isn’t the only way for a country to generate wealth.

      No, because there’s less money for science at universities and companies.

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      Michelle Hudson-Shore answered on 21 Jun 2010:

      I would say it is probably doing the opposite because it means that less funding is availalble to do research.

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      Deuan Jones answered on 21 Jun 2010:

      You could say that the pressure to find cheaper ways of doing things might help some people to come up with new ways of doing things. But largely I think it it’s a problem (as in every job I guess) – ultimately there’s going to be less people doing the science with less equipment – and I’m afraid that science is expensive – just something we have to work through I guess. Hopefully it’ll be over by the time you need a full time job!

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