One of my hobby horses is the little amount being invested in Astronomy and in Science in general.
The Royal Astronomy Society has been fighting our corner well. In the editorial of the latest Astronomy & Geophysics, Sue Bowler, near the end of it writes:
"The focus of that pressure is changing, too. “Managing demand” is coming into vogue among research councils at the moment, with the laudable goal of limiting the submission of poor quality applications for the ever smaller pot of research funding. ............................. Managing demand is a clumsy tool – just look at the railways, who do it in effect by making popular journeys expensive and uncomfortable. Managing science well, with a transparent approach and genuine two-way links with the community, would be much better for all of us.
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