Please forward this on to any colleagues or friends you think will be interested.
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Funding & the Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR)
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| CaSE held a member and collaborator meeting on July 22nd, kindly hosted by the Biochemical Society. Participants discussed how they had and were planning to respond to funding pressures in the run-up to the CSR. The need to present a united front emphasising the positive economic impacts of science and engineering was recognised, as well as the interconnectedness and interdependence of different subjects and sectors.
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Education and the Academies Act
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CaSE has warned that the new Academies Act, which sped through parliament last month, removes the requirement that such schools would have to teach
the
national curriculum in science and mathematics. CaSE Director Imran Khan blogged
on
the issue on the new Scientist's S-Word blog.
These
concerns
were shared by the
Labour
MP Tristram Hunt, who wrote
to the Guardian about them.
Read the full press release
Read the Guardian article
Read Tristram Hunt's letter
S-Word
blog
CaSE will be examining the forth-coming Education & Children's Bill to ensure that it is not detrimental to science and maths education
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| Working with the New Parliament |
CaSE met with the new chair of the Commons Science & Technology Committee, Andrew Miller MP, as well as the former chair of the Committee, Lord Willis.
CaSE has met with a number of MPs, including Chi Onwurah, David Mowat, Oliver Colville, Gavin Barwell and Gregg McClymont as well as staff from the Government Office for Science. |
Other issues that CaSE is working on
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- Non-EU Economic Migrants. CaSE will be responding to the consultation and inquiry on this - please share with us any data that would help us argue for the importance of non-EU economic migrants, and get in touch ASAP if you would like to meet with officials about this issue.
- Reform of the House of Lords. CaSE will be looking at how reform of the House of Lords might impact upon science and engineering policy-making.
- Regional Development Agencies. CaSE is monitoring the cuts to the science and innovation spend by Regional Development Agencies, whose annual spend on science and innovation was £380 million. If any other organisation is working in this area please get in touch.
- Labour Leadership Election. CaSE is working with Scientists for Labour to ask the candidates for the Labour leadership contest about science and engineering policies and will be helping to publicise their responses on the blog.
- Haldane Principle. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills will be making a policy statement on the Haldane principle in the autumn - we are seeking to input into this.
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CaSE Blog
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The CaSE blog provides ideas and analysis on science and engineering policy developments in the UK. Recent posts include:
- Andrew Miller MP, new Chair of the S&T Committee, on the issues and challenges facing the committee
- Nick von Behr, Education Policy Manager at the Royal Society, on the state of primary and early secondary science and maths education
- Paul Connell, from Scientists for Labour, on the questions being asked of the leadership candidates
- Allan Sudlow, from the British Library, on science in parliament
- Yannis Pierrakis, Head of investments Research at NESTA, looks at the effect of venture capital on innovation
- CaSE Director Imran Khan also blogged for the New Scientist S-Word on the need to the Academies Act.
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