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IT was one of the merits of the annual reports of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research that they afforded something of the nature of an annual stocktaking of the research effort of Great Britain. The broad surveys which appeared over the signature of successive chairmen of the the Advisory Council, such as Lord Rutherford and Lord Riverdale, rarely failed to point not merely to achievements but also to directions in which further efforts were required. Although the War has interrupted this fruitful and effective method of encouraging research-mindedness, noteworthy efforts at education have been made in this field during recent months. Debates on economic policy demonstrated a widespread realization in the House of Commons that adequate research must be the foundation of an expanding export trade. Dr. P. Dunsheath's lecture to the Royal Society of Arts on “Industrial Research in Great Britain: A Policy for the Future” is only one of a number of occasions when the whole structure and policy of industrial research has come under review.
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INDUSTRY, RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN GREAT BRITAIN. Nature 152, 579–581 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/152579a0
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