Tudományszervezési Tájékoztató, 1969

5. szám - Bibliográfia

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BRITISH RESEARCH COUNCILS There are five research councils in the United Kingdom such as Science Research Council, Medical Research Council, Agricultural Research Council, Natural Environment Research Council, and Social Science Research Council. These organizations subsidize basic research and part of applied research in Britain. The research councils will report on their activities every year and the reports will he submitted by the Secretary of State for Education and Science to the House of Commons. As regards the conception and the method of formulation and compilation, the reports considerably differ from one another, still they have certain common features. Each report tends 1. to give overall information, in a form easy to unterstand, about the respective Council's activités; 2. to offer a concise summary report on the scientific achievements in the subject field; 3. to indicate the composition of the most significant committees; 4. to make detailed and accurate statements on the division of financial funds, indicating the names of grantees and supported institutions. The article reviews the main lines of the work of four research councils /Science, Medical, Agricultural, and Natural Environment/ as shown by their last annual reports. THE PLACE OF SCIENTIFIC WORKERS IN THE SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA Relying on a statistical survey made in 1967 of the composition and social utilization of professional and scientific manpower in Czechoslovakia, the authors of the study tried to draw up the actual situation of those who are engaged in scientific work. Over the past few years, the number of highly qualified professionals, and within this the number of scientists has increased considerably. It has been pointed out that most of them are active in the industrial branches. The survey has thrown light upon some problems to be solved: the percentage of scientists working for the central apparatus is almost negligible, their average age is too high, and their social recognition is inadequate. Far too small a number of scientists seek to obtain higher scientific qualifications for which wage policy and the educational system seem to be responsible. To improve the situation, the government took certain measures in 1966 and 1967. 851