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- RT @markgfh: Steve Smith, UUK: Cutting R&D base now is equivalent of govt cutting Spitfire production in 1940 http://bit.ly/brs9Gb #scivote #scipolicy 09/09/2010 RogerHighfield (Roger Highfield)
- Trade union Prospect warns UK science cuts are "dangerous": http://bit.ly/croErZ #scicuts #scivote 09/09/2010 Mike_Banks (Michael Banks)
- RT @markgfh Steve Smith, UUK: Cutting R&D base now = cutting Spitfire production in 1940 http://bit.ly/brs9Gb #scivote #scipolicy 09/09/2010 Stephen_Curry (Stephen Curry)
- Steve Smith, UUK: Cutting R&D base now is equivalent of govt cutting Spitfire production in 1940 http://bit.ly/brs9Gb #scivote #scipolicy 09/09/2010 markgfh (Mark Henderson)
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- sciencecampaign: "Greater selectivity" of publicly funded research - Willetts speech at UniversitiesUK #uukconf2010 #scivote scipolicy http://bit.ly/cydZg7 09/09/2010
- sciencecampaign: @DrMichaelBrooks S word - Vince Cable told his physicist son to go into the City, but Hugo is "not that desperate". http://bit.ly/czQ96p 09/09/2010
- sciencecampaign: CaSE blog - Academy of Medical Sciences @acmedsci on leveraging investment from industry and charities http://bit.ly/a5yLpx #scipolicy 09/09/2010
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Category Archives: Innovation
Investing in Innovation: Venture Capital’s slump, and its impact on innovation
Yannis Pierrakis is Head of Investments Research at the National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts (NESTA)
NESTA’s research shows that the 6 per cent of UK businesses with the highest growth rates generated half of the new jobs created by existing businesses between 2002 and 2008. Such young, innovative companies particularly need Venture Capital [...]
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To plug the budget deficit we must invest in science and engineering
CaSE Director Imran Khan wrote an article in yesterday’s Guardian newspaper, calling on the government to throw its weight behind sectors that deliver economic growth in order to reduce the budget deficit, particularly science and engineering.
As Khan argues, research and development (R&D) in Britain’s private sector relies heavily on public support for education, research [...]
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First Coalition Cuts: Universities take a hit
George Osborne introduced the first round of £6.24 billion of coalition cuts today, identifying many areas of “waste” and “low value spending”. David Laws was left to fill out the detail of the cuts. Many of the cuts clearly go beyond natural wastage and into areas with serious implications for future economic growth. It would be extremely [...]
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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 [...]
SNP’s response to CaSE
Below is the SNP response to the CaSE letter asking them to set out their policies for science and engineering
30 April 2010
Dear Mr Dusic
Many thanks for your letter.
The SNP Scottish Government recognises the importance of developing science within Scotland across a range of portfolios. The SNP has, for example, invested record amounts in innovation and [...]
Science and the Leaders’ Debate
The importance of science and engineering was finally recognised in last night’s third and final televised debate between the three main political leaders (39 minutes in).
In response to a question on how the leaders propose to re-build the country’s manufacturing industry, Conservative leader David Cameron (speaking first) put great emphasis on the importance of science [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
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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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Comparing UK & US business-university relations