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Whatever happened to Science and Society? Why UK science could do with a...
Just occasionally the Department for Business Innovation and Skills, Science and Society website pages show a flicker of light like a far-off dieing star. This evening I returned from the TalkScience...
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Not a word on science and society from Willetts… rest my case
A major speech by Science Minister, David Willetts, about science and not a word about ‘Science and Society’ or the importance of the public. I am pleased that the Minister recognises the importance of...
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You cluster if you want to…the single most important translational gap in UK...
A colleague of mine put up two slides at a meeting today which neatly encapsulated for me the key strategic – perhaps translational gap – in uk clinical research right now. On the demand side, the...
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Exploring the partnership between patients and researchers – photography...
If you are at a loose end between now and the end of June, then this exhibition at the Street Gallery of University College Hospital looks well worth the visit. Award winning photographer Clare Parks...
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We need more than better chat-up lines to increase participation in research
‘Pedestrian freight.’ It is a term I had not come across until last week. I believe it is the phrase once used inside train companies to describe you and I, the commuters who throng with fortitude...
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The life sciences, the public and the growth agenda…its not just about bums...
This is an extract from a talk I gave on Monday to the Faculty of Medical Sciences at the University of Newcastle. I tried to answer the following question: The life sciences are seen as fundamental...
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Y’All: I still don’t really know what the BIS Science and Society strategy is...
I’ve been meaning to post this ever since it came across my Twitter feed some weeks ago. If you go on the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) Science and Society Strategy pages you’ll...
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Writing competition open for entries – win an iPad and article in eLife #A2UComp
And if you already have one you can always re-gift it (to me)! This is a new science writing competition for researchers and I shall be one of the judges I am delighted to say. The ‘Access to...
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Revised Science and Society Vision: A step forward?
I am in Denmark on a study visit looking at how they do innovation. More on that in a few days time I hope. In the meantime colleagues at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) sent...
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Avoiding Laurel and Hardy when it comes to science can be difficult for the...
An early start today finds me waiting for a flight to Belfast where I am speaking at the 9th Scientific Conference of the Northern Ireland Chest Heart and Stroke (NICHS) charity. Just time enough to...
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