This article, adapted from an address given in November 1988 to the Centre for Educational Development and Training at Manchester Polytechnic, offers an analysis of some of the problems of developing a coherent policy for research. It distinguishes three types of research, recognises the difficulty of defining an adequate level of support for basic research, and proposes some reforms of current arrangements.
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Christopher Ball (1989) studied this question.