"...the research will start to dry up and the interesting researchers will leave with it. Take away the research and what's left is a department of third-rate l

"...the research will start to dry up and the interesting researchers will leave with it. Take away the research and what's left is a department of third-rate lecturers. That's not an inspiring way to learn." Do researchers in Wales teach much anyway? I know that, in the USA, researchers teach as little as possible. Schools should get back to the proper job of teaching students. Research is best done by private institutions with their own funding. Government education funding should be used for education proper, not fluffing a featherbed for Nobel laureates.