Science without borders: AAAS 2011

23 February 2011 by Jessica Bland

FROM TRACEY ELLIOT, HEAD OF INTERNATIONAL I am just back from this year’s American Association for the Advancement of Science…

Neuroscience, education and lifelong learning – a view from the Chair

21 February 2011 by Jessica Bland

FROM PROFESSOR UTA FRITH FRS, CHAIR OF THE WORKING GROUP ON NEUROSCIENCE,EDUCATION AND LIFELONG LEARNING How do scientists feel about…

A-level students in England unprepared for entry to STEM degrees

15 February 2011 by Jessica Bland

FROM NICK VON BEHR, EDUCATION POLICY MANAGER The Royal Society has just published a report showing that the proportion of…

Fewer Eurocrats, more research, greater impact – the basis of the Innovation Union

10 February 2011 by Jessica Bland

FROM LUKE CLARKE,  POLICY ADVISER, The UK is not always renowned for its embracing of all things European. But in…

America’s “Sputnik moment”

1 February 2011 by Jessica Bland

FROM MICHAEL ASHCROFT IN THE SCIENCE POLICY CENTRE… In 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik into orbit, shattering the established…