Oxford career oasis gives scholars time to escape tunnel vision

Not convinced sitting around for 2 years dreaming is likely to accomplish much. It’s often the grit that make the pearl. I seem to remember a renowned scientist of the early 20th century whose day job was assessing inventions and who had to find the time to work on matters that emerged to be of terrestrial and galactic significance.

Relatively easy to fund if you can receive £75m from an allegedly dubious source.

Be nice to have time to sit and think, to be sure. But as a late entrant to academia I don't have that sort of time, I do my thinking in the bathtub! Too busy teaching in the daytime, and at 61 (I did say a LATE entrant...) I cannot realistically wander off for 2 years.