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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.

Sometimes the stars align!
02 December 2016

In the final blog of our 30th Anniversary series our chairman Professor Graeme Reid looks at recent science funding success, and future hopes for UK investment

From ‘Save British Science’, to ‘CaSE’, to the future
02 December 2016

In our penultimate blog, Professor Denis Noble one of CaSE’s founders, looks at the origin and future of CaSE

The age of data and connectivity
01 December 2016

Professor Sir Mark Walport, Government chief scientific advisor, explains how new technology can and is coming together for considerable effect

The value of interdisciplinary research
01 December 2016

Professor Dame Wendy Hall talks about the importance of collaborative research and ponders an uncertain technological future

Crossing Borders: Adventures in Multicultural Science
29 November 2016

Biology Professor Claire Grierson has worked at boundaries between research fields for over a decade. Was this a good idea? And which are the most important borderlands to explore in the next 30 years?

Time to put science back at the heart of national culture
28 November 2016

Roger Highfield, director of external affairs at the Science Museum Group, talks about valuing science – not just by Government but as a pillar of culture

Science and Engineering – looking over a longer horizon
28 November 2016

Professor Jeremy Watson, President of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, makes predictions for future technology and wonders how this might impact us as a society?

The Role of Science and Engineering in shaping the future of Wales
25 November 2016

Professor Peter Halligan, CE of the Learned Society of Wales, discusses some of the strengths of the Welsh research base, the challenges ahead and the current strategies being used to overcome them

UK Science is better connected
25 November 2016

Lord Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal and former president of the Royal Society, talks about the worries of a post-Brexit Britain and hopes that the value of collaboration isn’t ignored.

Biological big data and the future of pharmaceuticals
24 November 2016

Dr Emma Sceats, CEO of CNBio Innovations, looks at how big data and cutting edged biotech are coming together to change the future of medicine

How do we prepare for the health challenges of the future?
24 November 2016

When it comes to disease-control our interconnectedness is a strength and a weakness, Professor Jeremy Farrar, director of the Wellcome Trust, explains how understanding disease is the first step to beating it

Forging skills for the future of transport
22 November 2016

Yolande Herbath, of the Transport Systems Catapult, explains how smart cars, smart tech and smart people are revolutionising the way we travel!