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Diary Highlights
| 25/02/11 CaSE attended a Science Question Time meeting at the Wellcome Trust
25/02/11 Imran Khan met with the British Humanist Association
24/02/11 Dave Hawksett met with the University of Kent
23/02/11 Imran Khan gave a presentation on CaSE's work to the Executive Board of the Institution for Mathematics and its Applications
21/02/11 Imran Khan and Hilary Leevers met with Stephen Marston, Director General for Universities and Skills at the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
21/02/11 Imran Khan met with the Editor of Nature
17/02/11 Imran Khan and Hilary Leevers met with the Shadow Secretary of State for Business John Denham MP
17/02/11 Imran Khan and Dave Hawksett met with the Institution of Chemical Engineers
16/02/11 Hilary Leevers chaired a Science Question Time event hosted by the Biochemical Society
14/02/11 Imran Khan, CaSE's Director, was in conversation with Andrew Miller MP, Chair of the House of Commons Science and Technology Select Committee, at a PolicyNet event hosted by the Royal Academy of Engineering
10/02/11 Imran Khan attended a reception of the Academy of Medical Sciences
10/02/11 CaSE staff attended the Science and the Media event at the Royal Society
09/02/11 Imran Khan met with staff from the House of Commons Science & Technology Select Committee
09/02/11 Imran Khan met with Adam Afriyie MP, Chair of the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology
09/02/11 Hilary Leevers attended an Industry Forum breakfast meeting on 'Innovation: government and business roles'
08/02/11 Imran Khan met with Fiona Godlee, Editor in Chief of the British Medical Journal
08/02/11 Imran Khan and Hilary Leevers met with representatives of the UK Border Agency
04/02/11 Imran Khan met with Birmingham University
03/02/11 Imran Khan gave a talk on careers in science policy communication at Oxford University
03/02/11 Imran Khan met Paul Wellings from the 1994 Group
02/02/11 Imran Khan attended an FST talk and dinner on Research Council Research Allocations at the Royal Society
01/02/11 Hilary Leevers attended a round-table meeting on disabled students in the sciences, hosted by the Institute of Physics
01/02/11 Imran Khan attended the Oxford London Lecture
01/02/11 James Lush joined CaSE as an intern |
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Science and engineering claim victory in migrant cap
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CaSE has welcomed the Government's new immigration rules as a victory for the science and engineering sectors. The new proposals give significant rewards to applicants with science and engineering qualifications.
In October eight Nobel laureates, including the new President of the Royal Society, signed a letter organised by CaSE saying that the UK "must not to isolate itself" from the global world of research.
CaSE's efforts in this area were recognised by the Minister for Immigration Damian Green MP on the BBC Today programme.
Read CaSE's comments
Read the Nobel Laureate Letter
Listen to the Today programme
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| CaSE Distinguished Lecture 2011 | | "Science and Growth"
John Denham MP, Shadow Secretary of State for
Business, Innovation and Skills
Wednesday 9th March, 7pm
The Royal Institution
There are still a limited number of tickets available for the CaSE Distinguished Lecture 2011, kindly hosted by the Royal Institution. Please register for the lecture here. The lecture will be preceded by the CaSE AGM. All individual members and representatives from our member organisations are welcome. The former Labour Chair of the Commons Science and Technology Select Committee, Ian Gibson, has written an article for CaSE on some of the challenges which John Denham may like to consider. |
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Devolved Elections 2011
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CaSE is looking to make science and engineering an election issue in the 2011 devolved elections. We are currently:
- Producing a devolved working paper containing analysis of regional science and engineering performance, current policies and recommendations
- Writing to the leaders of the parties and will be circulating their responses
- Contacting prospective candidates asking them to engage with science and engineering issues
- Encouraging people to contact their local candidates
- Collaborating with members and key partners to raise science and engineering issues during the election, including writing for the CaSE Blog. CaSE has already posted articles by Cancer Research UK, the Institution of Engineering and Technology and the Northern Ireland Science Park.
- Acting as a resource hub for science and engineering policy. The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) will be holding a series of election debates in Edinburgh on 9th March and Cardiff on 22nd March, both of which will be webcast live. Contact the RSC for further details.
For further details of CaSE's devolved election work, please visit the devolved section of our new website. You can also follow us on Twitter.
If you would like any further information or wish to get involved you can also contact us directly. We are always looking for people to write an article for our devolved blog, particularly people directly involved with science and engineering in the regions.
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Letter to Michael Gove - Education White Paper
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CaSE has sent a letter to Michael Gove MP, Secretary of State for Education, outlining CaSE's concerns over the Government's education proposals contained in the latest White Paper on Education.
The letter is supported by eminent figures in science and engineering, including Lord May and Lord Rees (former Presidents of the Royal Society), Ian Taylor (former Conservative Science Minister), Sir Harry Kroto (Nobel prize-winner), and Dame Bridget Ogilvie (former Director of the Wellcome Trust). The letter was also covered in the Times.
Read the letter
Read the Times article
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CaSE Policy Email List
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CaSE currently runs a science policy email discussion list, which operates on an ad hoc basis.
We are looking to include people from all areas of science and engineering policy. If you would like to be added to the list please get in touch
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| New Website |
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CaSE has re-designed its website and blog, bringing the two together to create a new-look site: www.sciencecampaign.org.uk
The new website will help us to campaign more effectively and will allow our members and other key parties to make better use of the site. If you have any comments or suggestions to make please get in touch.
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Interns
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We would like to thank James Lush, who has worked as an intern for CaSE over the last month. James was involved in a number of projects, including research funding and overhauling the website, and has now left to take up a new position at the Medical Research Council Press Office. We are currently looking for a new volunteer intern. At CaSE you would join our small team in a fast-paced office environment, helping us shape policy at the highest levels and influencing media coverage of the sector. For further details on how to apply please see here. |
| Other issues that CaSE is working on |
- Higher Education White Paper discussion. CaSE is looking to help the science and engineering community feed into discussions by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) on the Higher Education White Paper. BIS have asked CaSE to obtain feedback specifically on post-doctoral research careers and the status of taught and research masters degrees.
- The first Science Question Time, organised by CaSE, the Biochemical Society and staff at Imperial College London, was held last month at the Wellcome Trust and was a great success. A second event is being planned in a couple of weeks on the topic of education. For further details please get in touch.
- Parliament and Whitehall. In the last month CaSE has held meetings with the Shadow Business Secretary John Denham MP, Chair of the Parliamentary Office for Science and Technology Adam Afriyie MP and hosted a discussion event with the Chair of the Commons Science and Technology Committee Andrew Miller MP.
Alongside this, CaSE has also met with the Director General for Universities and Skills at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
If you wish to feed into any of the above policy areas please get in touch. |
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