Britain鈥檚 Wellcome Trust, the world鈥檚 largest largest medical charity, is to
give its 270 senior researchers a 30 per cent pay rise from October. The move is
designed to stem the 鈥渂rain drain鈥 of talented researchers to better-paid jobs
overseas and will put pressure on the research councils and universities to
follow suit. 鈥淚t is now for government to respond and implement increases that
will secure the future of UK science,鈥 says trust director Michael Dexter.
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