Spotted today (hat tip to Fiona Selkirk) that the Scottish government has appointed a junior minister with science as one of his lead responsibilities. Dr Alasdair Allan is now the Minister for Learning, Science and Scotland’s Languages . This is something we have been calling for – it was our top call back in the… [Read more…]
April 19, 2011 by beckypurvis
You may have seen some rather sensationally headlined coverage on the news this morning “IVF technique using three biological parents” “Three parent IVF”. This is referring to an IVF technique to avoid passing on mitochondrial disease. This is a treatment which is being researched but is not currently licensed. Andrew Lansley asked the HFEA to report… [Read more…]
March 22, 2011 by beckypurvis
The FT have a great checklist of what is expected in the budget tomorrow on their Westminster blog. Science is at number 18. £100 million of extra capital funding for one or two big science projects – it names the space innovation centre and the Brabaham life science research park in Cambridge. There’s more detail… [Read more…]
March 14, 2011 by beckypurvis
Being on holiday last Wednesday, I missed John Denham give the Campaign for Science and Engineering Annual lecture. Luckily you can read it online here. He warned of the risk of the UK losing our leading position in science and used the occasion to call for a clear framework for science funding, ideally for a 10-year… [Read more…]
January 26, 2011 by beckypurvis
The Commons Science & Technology committee made a call today for information from us on the impact of the science and research budget allocations that were announced just before Christmas. As the budgets bed in and we start to work out what they are going to mean in practice, the committee want to hear where… [Read more…]
November 10, 2010 by beckypurvis
I’m up in Scotland for the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Science and the Parliament event today. And with spending decisions imminent and the Scottish elections coming up in May, AMRC is joining forces with charities and networks supporting world-class medical research in Scotland to make some noise about medical research. Together we’re launching five policy… [Read more…]
October 25, 2010 by beckypurvis
The government has launched a national infrastructure plan today. It focuses on “creating the right framework for growth” so includes quite a lot about science; mostly a repetition of the announcements in last week’s spending review but it clearly lays out the government’s plan, what they plan to do and commit to, to make this… [Read more…]
October 20, 2010 by beckypurvis
George Osborne announced the spending review in the Commons today. What is happening to science? Science and research are singled out as an area with potential for growth and the need for public investment into the research base is recognised The science budget is frozen at £4.6 billion annually and ringfenced. This budget includes the… [Read more…]
October 18, 2010 by beckypurvis
We are waiting for the government to announce how they plan to cap non-EU immigration to the UK. The proposed cap has raised concerns across the research community as a lot of international researchers come from outside the EU to work in the UK. AMRC have produced a short briefing paper explaining the background, the potential impacts of the cap on… [Read more…]
August 6, 2010 by beckypurvis
Lord Willis asked a question about the future of the Office for Life Sciences Asked by Lord Willis of Knaresborough To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have for funding the Office for Life Sciences.[HL1648] Which was answered by Baroness Wilcox from the Department for Business The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Business,… [Read more…]
January 17, 2012 by beckypurvis
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