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IN the Nuffield College Statement on “Problems of Scientific and Industrial Research”, as well as in other reports in which the relations between industry and university men of science have been considered, the question of the extent to which university scientific workers should undertake advisory or research work on behalf of private firms and receive payment for such work has been discussed in some detail. The important part which the academic man of science has played in the team-work which has been responsible for so many of the striking developments during war-time-of which we need instance no more than radar, the utilization of atomic energy and penicillin-make it almost certain that the nation will be reluctant to forgo in the post-war years a partnership which proved so fruitful and valuable. Moreover, apart from the value of such co-operation in stimulating creative work, the shortage of scientific man-power and the necessity of using our resources to the best advantage will provide a further impetus to closer relations between industry and the universities ; and the more especially since, to provide the increasing number of research workers and other scientific and technical men which industry will need, it will probably be necessary for a time to give the staffing of university departments for teaching and research a priority over industrial demands.
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ACADEMIC SCIENTIFIC MEN AND CONSULTANT WORK. Nature 157, 85–87 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/157085a0
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