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	<title>British Ecological Society &#187; DIUS</title>
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		<title>IUSS Select Committee Publish Critical Report on Science in Government</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 06:33:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Select Committee has this morning published the report of its inquiry into &#8216;Putting Science at the Heart of Government&#8217;. The report concludes that the Government has reduced science to a political bargaining chip, with &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2009/07/23/iuss-select-committee-publish-critical-report-on-science-in-government/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The future of science scrutiny in Government</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2009/06/15/the-future-of-science-scrutiny-in-government/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:45:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On 5th June the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) and the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) merged to form the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. As certain select committees are directly linked to government &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2009/06/15/the-future-of-science-scrutiny-in-government/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Research Funding: After the &#8216;Golden Age&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2009/05/20/research-funding-after-the-golden-age/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 12:41:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The policy team yesterday attended a very interesting talk delivered by Professor Adrian Smith, Director General of Science &#38; Research at the Department for Innovation, Universities &#38; Skills (DIUS). He started off on an optimistic note, arguing that the UK &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2009/05/20/research-funding-after-the-golden-age/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Budget Cuts to Affect Tertiary Education</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2009/05/12/budget-cuts-to-affect-tertiary-education/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 10:28:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Government department spending cuts announced in the Budget last month are set to hit the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) particularly hard, with annual savings of £400 million by 2011 being called for. Although DIUS will aim to &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2009/05/12/budget-cuts-to-affect-tertiary-education/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Cabinet Reshuffle: Full details</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2008/10/03/cabinet-reshuffle-full-details/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2008/10/03/cabinet-reshuffle-full-details/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, has this afternoon announced the full results of his Cabinet reshuffle. Ed Milliband is to become Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, in a new department, full details of which are yet to &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2008/10/03/cabinet-reshuffle-full-details/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Systematics and Taxonomy in Crisis: House of Lords Report</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2008/08/19/systematics-and-taxonomy-in-crisis-house-of-lords-report/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee has delivered its report on the current state of systematics and taxonomy in the UK. The Committee argues that systematics and taxonomy research in the UK is in critical decline and that &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2008/08/19/systematics-and-taxonomy-in-crisis-house-of-lords-report/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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