Universities shift priorities to a 'quantity' not 'quality' drive as profit is more important than research excellence
Wild Card's progress: nominated
This Wild Card came from:
European Commission Framework Programme for RTD
The theme/scheme related to this Wild Card:
CAPACITIES: Science and society
The sub-theme that best relates to this Wild Card:
Science and society communicate
Likelihood timeframe and scenario features :
now-2025
Wild Card's description
University policy dictates that profit is more important than research excellence and the quality of research is diminished and poor results leads to a reduction in exploitable technology as the divide between Universities and industry widens.
