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UK lacking overseas credit for innovation

The UK is failing to get the credit it deserves for advances made in science and technology and is perceived as lagging behind the US and Japan, who are regarded as the dominant innovators in these fields.

By editorial@silicon.com

Published: 13 November 2000 13:11 GMT

These are the findings of a MORI survey commissioned by the British Council for a report entitled Through Our Eyes 2. Respondents to the survey put the UK in fourth place in terms of innovation - behind the US, Japan and Germany.

The results show a low level of awareness of major recent UK advances in science and technology - highlighted by the fact that 95 per cent of respondents across 17 countries failed to credit the UK as being the birthplace of the world wide web.

The countries with the lowest opinion of the UK's contribution to science and technology were Japan and Singapore.

By Nik Hole

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