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CaSE Guest Blogs

Read about work going on across the sector to support science and engineering

Our guest blogs are a great way to hear about work going on across different areas to support science and engineering.

If you would like to share stories from your own organisation about the great work being do to support UK R&D, please get in contact with us.

What does the future hold for Innovate UK?
22 June 2016

Dr Martin Turner, Policy and Projects Manager for the BioIndustry Association, examines the proposed changes facing Innovate UK.

Finding Europe on your own campus
15 June 2016

Gavin Costigan, Director of Public Policy at the University of Southampton, on the crucial role universities can playing in fostering EU Referendum debate.

‘Ghost’ research: government is losing track of evidence it commissions
02 June 2016

Dr Prateek Buch, policy associate at Sense about Science discusses the findings of Sir Stephen Sedley’s inquiry on missing government research.

The EU and the UK’s dependence on European workers
31 May 2016

Nida Broughton, Chief Economist for the Social Market Foundation, on the SMF’s new report, examining the impact of the EU referendum on UK employers.

Ofsted shines a spotlight on primary science
24 May 2016

Ofsted’s Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw, has recently highlighted concerns around the teaching of science at primary school and has tasked inspectors with keeping a closer eye on science and other subjects, alongside English and maths. Hilary Leevers, Head of Education and Learning at the Wellcome Trust, explains why science deserves the same focus as English and maths.

The HE White Paper; well-intentioned but lacking detail
20 May 2016

Professor Lord May of Oxford gives his initial thoughts on the HE White Paper.

Busy BIS?
20 May 2016

Andy Westwood, Professor of politics at Winchester University and co-director of Policy@Manchester, takes a look at what BIS officials have been up to recently.

The HE White Paper: Reflections from a Scottish sector perspective
20 May 2016

Professor Sir Jim McDonald is Principal and Vice-Chancellor, of the University of Strathclyde.

Success as a Knowledge Economy: A message to the research community from Jo Johnson
20 May 2016

The Universities and Science Minister, Jo Johnson, sets out what the Government’s higher education reforms mean for UK research and innovation.

What’s missing from the HE White Paper?
19 May 2016

Athene Donald, Professor of Experimental Physics at the University of Cambridge, takes a closer look at the Government’s higher education reforms.

Academies must be responsive to Big Ideas
05 May 2016

Peter Finegold, Head of Education and Skills at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, reflects on the new report Big Ideas: The Future of Engineering in Schools.

Wales’ Universities – a key agent for change for the next Welsh Government
29 April 2016

Amanda Wilkinson, Director of Universities Wales, on the crucial role universities can play in helping Wales compete on the global stage.