December 2009

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Candis (31/12): Science is a 'family-bonding activity'

Chemistry and Industry (21/12) Patent tax to be cut, but science funding suffers

New Scientist (18/12): Set the S Word Agenda

Times Higher Education (17/12): Student support may be targeted in £600m cutback, sources warn

Timer Higher Education (17/12): First let's find out if it will fly

The Financial Times (16/12): Minister seeks to end scientific dispute

BBC News (16/12): UK science faces funding cutbacks

The Times (16/12): Science advisers given right to dissent

New Scientist (16/12): David Nutt questions new government principles

Research Fortnight (16/12): Research and HE hit by £600m cuts in pre-budget report

Research Fortnight (16/12): Concentration on the few is no guarantee of quality, says University Alliance

National Science Council of Taiwan, Sci-Tech News Brief (16/12): UK Economy-focused Research Policy Requires More Evidence

Financial Times (15/12): Minister seeks to end scientific dispute

International Correspondance Schools (14/12): Maths vital for those taking GCSEs and A-level courses

Chemistry World (11/12): Hundreds of millions to be slashed from the research budget

New Scientist (11/12): Top scientist calms budget fears

The Chemical Engineer (10/12): UK cuts higher education and research funding

The Times (10/12): Science that kick-starts business 'is put at risk'

The Engineer (10/12): Darling delivers pre-budget report

New Scientist (10/12): The fallout of the £600 million science cuts

BBC News (10/12): Science and education face 'bleak' £600 million cuts

Public Service (10/12): Funding cuts threat to UK science

Association of Teachers and Lecturers (10/12): Ofqual sets new science GCSE criteria

New Scientist (09/12): £600 million cuts hits British science

Nature (09/12): Pre-budget report sends mixed signals to science

The Financial Times (09/12): 'Mixed signals' for science-based industry

BBC News (04/12): Science GCSEs are to include more demanding maths

Research Fortnight (02/12): Nesta expands the meaning of innovation

New Scientist Blog (01/12): UK science minister in the stocks

Laboratory News: CaSE Study

 

November 2009

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Nature (25/11): UK medical research funds threatened

The Telegraph (25/11): Cancer and dementia research funding could be spent on free social care

The Times (25/11): Cancer research at risk in scramble for care funds

New Scientist Blog (24/11): UK science policy thrashed out - gently

Civil Service World (23/11): Freedom of speech for scientists

Laboratory News: CaSE Study

October 2009

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Research Fortnight (21/10): Drayson signals Chief Technology Officer post

Research Fortnight (21/10): Drayson's big idea

The Daily Telegraph (19/10): The day Tony Blair (nearly) told Mandelson to jump off the Millenium Dome

Times Higher Education (15/10): Winner praises Nobel-laureate factory's culture

Research Fortnight (07/10): Research community waits to hear Conservative plans

Research Fortnight (07/10): Misreading the runes

Laboratory News: CaSE Study

September 2009

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Research Fortnight (23/09): Mandelson review may threaten dual support

BBC News (24/09): Is there any point to 'frivolous' academic research?

Genomeweb (11/09): So what do you contribute to the GDP?

The Register (11/09): Boffins, stop trying to monetise us, you don't know how

Science Insider (10/09): Can science pay its way in England?

Times Higher Education (10/09): Impact policy needs ‘more evidence’

Research Fortnight (09/09): Government gets warning on limits of impact assessment

Research Fortnight Editorial (09/09): Making an impact

Laboratory News: CaSE Study

August 2009

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Financial Times (28/08): Surge in science GCSEs cheers business

Times Education Supplement (28/08): Academic prowess is not a reflection of ability to work

BBC News (27/08): Science boys score in GCSEs

Chemistry & Industry (10/08): Science put on backbench

Laboratory News: CaSE Study

July 2009

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Research Fortnight (29/07): MPs lament government 'contempt' of parliament

Research Fortnight (29/07): Space agency needs budget to have clout, scientists warn

Times Higher Education Supplement (23/07): Impact may account for 30% of researchers' marks in REF

NEBusiness.co.uk (09/07): Good news on science and technology

Research Fortnight (01/07): Weak pound set to hit home in year ahead

Laboratory News: CaSE Study

June 2009

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PC Pro (26/06): Commons tech committee back in business

The Times (26/06): Return for Commons science watchdog

Science (25/06): UK restores parliamentary science committee

BBC News (25/06): Science and tech committee reborn

Chemistry and Industry (22/06): DIUS axed in reshuffle

University World News (14/06): Universities disappear in super-ministry

The Guardian (12/06: MPs demand proper scrutiny of government science policy

Research Day (12/06): Call for return of Science and Technology Committee

Chemistry World 12/06: Focus on economic impact the way forward, says RCUK

The Engineer (12/06): Compromising Science

BBC News (12/06): Science policy scrutiny 'at risk'

Science Business (11/06): All change again for science as UK government creates a new department

Guardian(09/06): This government sees science simply as a tool for generating profit

The Times 09/06): From DIUS to DBIS: An exchange on what it means for science

Research Research (08/06): Fears over fundamental science as Mandelson takes over

The Times (05/06): End Of DIUS?

Nature (05/06): UK science pulled back to business

Physics Today (05/06): UK cabinet shuffle impacts science

Science (05/06): UK science funding shakeup: Goodbye DIUS

House of Lords Debate (04/06): Science, Technology and Engineering

Research Fortnight (03/06): Time to make friends in Europe, parties tell scientists

Science (02/06): Political science in European elections

The Times (02/06): Political science: be careful who you vote for

Financial Times Science Blog (01/06): For scientists, Europe matters

 

 

May 2009

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Research Fortnight (06/05): UK misses a competitive trick

 

Research Fortnight (06/05): Budget deals a harsh blow to DIUS

The Biologist (01/05): Allocating funds for scientific research

 

Laboratory News: CaSE Study

April 2009

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Times Higher Education Supplement (30/04): State demands £106 million refocus

Times Higher Education Supplement (30/04): Bang for your bucks

Nature (29/04): Basic researchers protest UK budget

BBC News (27/04): Obama vows investment in science

Manchester Evening News (23/04): Britain's position as a world leader in emerging technologies was bolstered by a £750m Budget package aimed at industry

Times Higher Education Supplement (23/04): Disappointment greets Budget announcement

Wales News (23/04): What Welsh experts thought of the many Budget measures

The Times (23/04): Budget 2009 - Briefing

Belfast Telegraph (22/04): Budget: Attempts to boost the role of sciences in recovery

Chemistry World (22/04): Darling budgets for high tech growth

Research Research (22/04): Industrial R&D tops basic science in Budget

Science Magazine (22/04): A not-so stimulating UK budget

The Scientist (22/04): UK to bail out biotech

Nature (22/04): Green technologies win £1.4 billion in UK budget

Guardian (22/04): Budget 2009 - Universities braced for funding cuts

Guardian (22/04): Budget 2009: How the education world is reacting

Financial Times (06/04): Innovation bodies call for £2bn in funding

Laboratory News: CaSE Study

March 2009

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Research Fortnight (18/03): Universities tighten belts to face lean years ahead

Today Programme (18/03): Science 'good bet for investment'

BBC News (17/03): Ministers' £1 billion UK science plea

The Guardian (10/03): A chance for universities to step up to the plate

ScienceMag (13/03): England spreads its funds widely, sparking debate

The Scientist (11/03): UK unis want spin-off

Research Fortnight (04/03): Research leaders baulk at science budget 'review'

Research News (04/03): Brown pledges to keep up science funding through recession

Laboratory News: CaSE Study

February 2009

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The Times (28/02): Gordon Brown promises science to be spared recession cuts

Science (27/02): Gordon Brown: UK Science Won't Be An Economic Victim

Nature (27/02): Brown pledges to protect science during downturn

The Times (27/02): Brown commits to science funding in Romanes lecture at Oxford

New Scientist: (27/02): British premier promises science bonanza

The Guardian (27/02): Brown pledges support for redundent graduates to retrain as science teachers

The Times Education Supplement (20/02): More choice and practical work will turn pupils on to science

The Times (20/02): Science funding to target money-makers, says minister John Denham

Nature (19/02): Recession Watch: Learn to convince the politicians

The Times Higher Education Supplement (12/02): Academics warn against policy of 'picking winners' to fund

BBC News (5/02): Research debate call sparks fear

Research Fortnight (4/02): Whatever happened to departmental R&D?

Laboratory News: CaSE Study

January 2009

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Nature (28/01): Science advisor should show his independence, says report

The Scientist (15/01): What's Yours Research Worth?

The Times Higher Education Supplement (15/01): RCUK starts to ask for 'impact summary' from grant seekers

Science Journal (2/01): UK University Research Ranked; Funding Impacts to Follow

Laboratory News: CaSE Study