NERC is one of the seven research councils which fund and manage scientific research in the UK.

NERC是英国资助和管理科学研究的7个研究委员会之一。

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For the past twenty-five years he has worked on and supervised some sixty projects sponsored by the UK Research Councils, government and industry, the US government and the EU, amongst others.

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This is likely to consider developments across the UK. Lord Mandelson's responsibility is primarily for English higher education, but much university funding comes via research councils which are UK-wide.

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