COMMENT and Opinion …

Swansea carry on … THE University College of Swansea has decided that the Swansea Tribology Centre will continue after the initial DTI support ends, which is this month. This means that the Centre must cover its costs by means of income from industry and so must, in fact, provide an independent consultancy service on tribology. Swansea will of course say that as far as its consultancy work is concerned it has always been independent, but now that it must stand on its own feet financially, it must see that it continues to build a reputation for results like any other competitive independent business undertaking.