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Category Archives: Engineering
Science, the New Parliament & the Budget
Science and the New Parliament preceded (and slightly overlapped with) the budget today. It was organised by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) with the support of many other organisations, including CaSE.
Speakers came from across science and engineering to discuss the importance of working together with parliament and government to develop public policy. Imran Khan, CaSE Director, outlined CaSE’s [...]
Programme for Government: Good vision, but where’s the plan?
The coalition government has published more details of its plans in Our Programme for government this morning. It does not add much to the initial coalition agreement with respect to science and engineering policies. It certainly lacks many policies that might be expected from looking at the pre-election promises from each of the parties. The [...]
Welcoming Willetts
In our brave new coalition government, it seems that there will be two strong, respected and thoughtful advocates for science and engineering. David Willetts has been appointed Minister of State for Universities and Science in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) with Vince Cable as Secretary of State for BIS. Cable studied natural sciences [...]
Coalition Commitments?
The dramatic election outcome gives the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats an opportunity to rethink and refine their election commitments. Science and engineering did not feature in the coalition negotiation agreement, but looking through the parties’ manifestos and additional commitments made in letters from David Cameron and Nick Clegg to CaSE, gives us a feel for what [...]
Gordon Brown’s letter to CaSE
Below is the Labour response from Gordon Brown to the CaSE letter to the leaders.
27 April 2010
Dear Prof Griffiths and Mr Dusic
I warmly welcome this opportunity to respond to the Campaign’s invitation to set out my Party’s recognition of the importance of science to Britain and our commitment to world-class scientific excellence in this country.
Let [...]
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David Cameron’s letter to CaSE
Below is the Conservative response from David Cameron to the CaSE letter to the leaders.
Monday, 5th April 2010
Dear Hugh,
It is good of you to get in touch on what is an absolutely critical issue. Your belief in the importance of science and engineering is one that I share, and I am delighted to be given [...]
Also posted in Conservatives, Education, Election, Funding, Guest, Innovation, Letter to the leaders, Policies, Political Parties, Science in Government, Scientific Advice, Skills 5 Comments
Nick Clegg’s letter to CaSE
Below is the Liberal Democrat response from Nick Clegg to the CaSE letter to the leaders.
14th April 2010
Dear Prof Griffiths and Mr Dusic,
Thank you for your letter of 5th of March, which asked for an articulation of my party’s policies on science and engineering. Following the launch of our manifesto today, it gives me pleasure [...]
Also posted in Education, Election, Funding, Guest, Letter to the leaders, Liberal Democrats, Policies, Science in Government, Scientific Advice, Skills 13 Comments
Engineering the Future: a Public Private Partnership
Chi Onwurah is the Labour PPC for Newcastle Central. She graduated from Imperial College in 1987 with a degree in Engineering.
Although the election is only a few week old, what is called the ‘long campaign’ has been going on for months. As part of that, I have been meeting people from across Newcastle. I grew [...]
Also posted in Innovation, Labour, Labour PPC, PPC 5 Comments
Innovation in Healthcare
Dr Chris Gibson is the President of the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine.
The incoming government will be faced with many challenges, not least of which will be the growing costs of providing increasingly complex healthcare for an ageing population. The Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM) believes that continuing innovation in [...]
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The Importance of Engineering
Adam Symons is the Liberal Democrat PPC for Torridge and West Devon
The question on many commentators’ lips is how the UK can invest in much needed infrastructure for transport and energy, while at the same time deal with the debt fall-out from the credit crunch.
The basic truth is that we cannot stand still. The challenges [...]
Also posted in Liberal Democrat PPC, Liberal Democrats, PPC, Science in Government, Uncategorized 1 Comment
Educating tomorrow’s engineers – the Coalition’s policies