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The last five years have seen a sea change in how research is done,” said Professor John Wood, secretary general of the Association of Commonwealth Universities, or ACU. Major trends include clustering, international engagement and a move towards ‘open science for open innovation’.
Wood has been an advisor to the European Commission on research for many years, and said a key current activity was looking at the ways international research will change. “Funding streams in the next two or three years will start to reflect that,” he said.
