Boris: scientists in UK have ‘certain fastidiousness about money’

But hopefully leaving enough Hefce QR to ensure independent scholarly activity for curiosity driven research by individual subject specialists or sub-departmental subject teams across the full HE sector. Hmm... On what basis?

Heaven forbid we have even one group of hard-working, talented and skilled professionals in this country that _isn't_ primarily interested in profit. That would be catastrophic.

From the article: "Sir Robert Lechler, executive director of King’s Health Partners, said that London has a “great history of being less than the sum of its parts” because it had a “habit of competing at the expense of collaboration”." No doubt true and there are seveal parts of the article alluding to the benefits of co-operation rather than competition. However, if higher education institutes are, as we are often told, competing in a higher education market and league tables so important to management isn't it inevitable that competition will dominate?