Daily: BRIT-TECH – The real levelling up?

<p>The pandemic has stress-tested Britain’s tech sector for flaws and strengths. Does it have the capacity to overcome the damage caused by Brexit? Alex Andreou talks to <strong>Professor Richard A. L. Jones</strong>, Manchester University expert in Materials Physics and Innovation Policy, about whether COVID restored the value of experts, and what the NHS Digital health data sell-offs mean for our personal privacy…</p><p><br></p><p><em>• “Science is a very international industry – but Brexit and COVID have damaged that.”</em></p><p><em>•&nbsp;“The idea that we can visas for the superstars but nobody else doesn’t help anyone.”</em></p><p><em>•&nbsp;“If you don’t have an industrial strategy on purpose, you get one by accident.”&nbsp;</em></p><p><em>•&nbsp;“Science isn’t a recipe for instant correct answers. It’s a start towards getting a better understanding.”</em></p><p><em>•&nbsp;“People do trust UK biotech – but the government has done a lot to erode that trust.”&nbsp;</em></p><p><br></p><p><em>Presented and produced by Alex Andreou. Assistant producers Jelena Sofronijevic and Jacob Archbold. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. </em><strong><em>THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><br></p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>