Decade ahead: Swinging 20s

How R&D funding trends over the past 10 years have shaped the challenges ahead

Ten years ago, the UK economy was reeling from the global financial crisis. Now, the country faces a very different but equally daunting challenge: life outside the European Union.

Graeme Reid, chair of science and research policy at University College London, believes parallels can be drawn between these very different events, in terms of the knock-on effects for the UK’s burgeoning R&D sector.