What legislation would you change to improve how science in your field is done?

Question: What legislation would you change to improve how science in your field is done?
- Keywords:
  improve,
  legislation,
  science
Asked by anon-236082 to Lucy, Greg, Emma, David, Anthony, Anna on 16 Mar 2020.
- Greg Heikel answered on 16 Mar 2020:
  
  I work in the NHS so more money and more scientists are always needed because we’re understaffed quite a lot of the time and we have to be very careful with how we spend our money. If we can convince more people to become biomedical scientists that would definitely help but we would also need more money so we could pay them!
- Emma Hayhurst answered on 16 Mar 2020:
  
  I wish that people in academia would value real-world application for their research more. Things are changing, but the way that academic science is judged is still a bit outdated, in my opinion. There’s often a big gap between policy and science and I wish that would change. So more of a cultural shift than a change in legislation.
- Lucy Kelly answered on 16 Mar 2020:
  
  I would change a lot about academic culture, lots of projects don’t have huge life-changing outcomes and because of this are funded less and looked down on but all science is important!
- Anthony De Souza answered on 17 Mar 2020:
  
  I would say the biggest thing that would have an impact is to improve staffing numbers. This would free up more time to improve the service and foster innovation as well as helping with work-life balance.

Question: What legislation would you change to improve how science in your field is done?