17 OCTOBER 1970, page 9

Recipes For The Universities

In favour of a scientific elite LORD TODD, FRS, Master (Christ's College, Cambridge) Everywhere it is evident that economic strength, and with it national stability, are......

Against A Scientific Elite

JOHN VAIZEY, Professor of Economics at Brunel So far as I understand it, Lord Todd's argu- ment is as follows. Economic growth is desirable. It depends primarily upon science......