“英国科技濒临危机”,1986年是英国“科学界士气降到本世纪最低点的一年”。这是英国科学界发出的沉重呼声。英国1985—1986年度科研预算从1984—1985年度的5.5亿英镑增加到5.84亿英镑,扣除通货膨胀因素,所增无几。这使大学科研经费短缺。科研经费的短缺,迫使英国科研机构每年放弃大量第一流的科研项目。据美联社报导,仅英国大学每年放弃的第一 “Technology in Britain is on the verge of crisis” and 1986 was a year in Britain where “the morale of the scientific community has dropped to the lowest point of this century.” This is a heavy cry from the British scientific community. The UK’s research budget for 1985-1986 increased from £ 550 million in 1984-85 to £ 584 million, with the exception of inflation. This makes university research funding shortage. The shortage of scientific research funds has forced British research institutes to give up a large number of first-rate scientific research projects each year. According to the Associated Press, only the UK universities give up their number one each year