There's even some academic research, examining household opinion surveys, that makes the allegation explicitly.

She is on sturdier ground when she cites academic research and scholarly journals.

That would mean better links between academic research and industry, he said.

But academic research is often perceived to be inaccessible and remote from real issues.

Contemporary comment can be gleaned from a range of official reports and select committees though, as with the academic research cited, it is always fragmentary.