I imagine research grants are unpredictable as a source of funding, whereas teaching is more of a fixed cost. You're bidding against other institutions, and the Research Councils are taking cost into account when deciding what to fund, so there's pressure on everyone to underbid. That's how it works in my (non-University) field, anyway. If you start putting in bids asking for 10% more than the going rate for the research you won't win any of them. You go for the money you can get and then overwork staff and cut corners.
We were badly squeezed after the financial crash by Capita, who started bidding for public research contracts at £1 each and doing the work for free, in order to keep their staff employed and put everyone else out of business.
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Date: 2016-03-08 12:56 pm (UTC)We were badly squeezed after the financial crash by Capita, who started bidding for public research contracts at £1 each and doing the work for free, in order to keep their staff employed and put everyone else out of business.