Looking forward to a Labour science policy

8 October 2012 by Laura Dawson, Senior Policy Adviser

Ed Miliband certainly stirred his troops in to a frenzy of enthusiasm last Tuesday in Manchester. Labour party conference last…

An ecosystems approach: the holy grail for innovation policy?

25 September 2012 by Rapela Zaman, Senior Policy Adviser

From Monday 24 September 2012 Yesterday evening I attended the Big Innovation Centre’s Lib Dem Fringe event: It’s innovation stupid:…

Science: a progressive tool for international development?

25 September 2012 by Rapela Zamen, Senior Policy Adviser

From Sunday 23 September 2012 I found myself at a BOND event at the Lib Dem party conference Fringe on…

School trips and history lessons

20 September 2012 by Laura Dawson, Senior Policy Adviser

It isn’t often that you see your boss’s face light up like a kid in a sweet shop, but when…

UK and China, comparing notes on science and policymaking

7 March 2012 by Rapela Zaman, Senior Policy Adviser

For a science policy nerd like me, meeting with international counterparts is like taking a holiday or meeting old friends…