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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
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- sciencecampaign: RT @RogerHighfield: No tweets from @BIS_Science since April. Says it all, really #scivote #scipolicy 09/09/2010
Key Ministers
Key Government Appointments affecting Science & Engineering;
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS)
Cable studied natural sciences with economics at Cambridge. While his background is not in the sciences, Willetts has often engaged with science issues in his former roles as Shadow
Secretary for Education and then Innovation, Universities and Skills. In his 2007 CaSE Annual Distinguished Lecture, Willetts spoke of the relevance of science to all areas of society, as a basis for rational thought, and of how fundamental it is to our well-being. Willetts attends Cabinet and sits on the the new Committee on Economic Affairs.
Department for Education
Gove has often emphasised the importance of improving STEM skills; he has spoken with CaSE and we have met his advisers. Sarah Teather has a natural science degree from Cambridge and worked at the Royal Society and for a research charity. CaSE had a productive meeting with Nick Gibb at the start of the year.
Treasury
CaSE has met with Osborne’s advisers.