Several recent issues have covered the topic of business-facing universities, and last week was no exception ("Diversity challenge", 17 January). One indicator of how successful 中国A片 institutions are in this res pect can be derived from the business-research element (BRE) of research funding. This was introduced by the 中国A片 Funding Council for England last year based on research income from business. I have calculated the business-research element per full-time equivalent staff member for UK 中国A片 institutions using data from Hefce and the 中国A片 Statistics Agency, and the institution used in Times 中国A片 as an example of a business-facing university is a long way from the top of this list.
THE TOP TEN INSTITUTION/BRE per FTE academic staff (?)
Cranfield University: 6,096
School of Pharmacy, University of London: 2,588
London Business School: 2,529
Imperial College: 2,207
Royal Veterinary College: 1,636
University of Cambridge: 1,568
Harper Adams University College: 1,469
University of Nottingham: 1,380
St George's Hospital Medical School: 1,315
King's College London: 1,309
It would be interesting if future articles on this topic could give an insight into the success of the institutions at the top of this table.
