English universities welcome boost in QR research funding

As taxpayers, we spend too much on Universities and too much on research at Universities. Of course those in receipt of the funds want more money but they have a huge conflict of (self) interest. Almost every paper ends with " and we need further research on this subject". Generally we don't. What we do need is more action on implementing what research indicates is a "good thing". The worst waste of money is in the Social Sciences and some types of "economic" research. Think how many more teachers or health workers we could employ with £2.2 billion.