Category Archives: Policy Lunchbox
EASAC study sheds light on communication with policy-makers
A new study by the European Academies Science Advisory Council (EASAC) aims to shed light on how academic bodies across Europe communicate with policy-makers, and how this can be improved. Drs John Holmes and John Murlis attended a meeting of … Continue reading
A ‘million plus’ challenges for Higher Education
Education Policy Lunchbox this afternoon hosted Pam Tatlow, Chief Exectutive of ‘Million+‘, a university think tank. During a wide-ranging discussion, Pam outlined the recent activities of Million+ and touched upon the challenges which lie ahead for higher education into the … Continue reading
The future of Higher Education funding
Today’s meeting of the BES Education Policy Lunchbox focused on issues arising from expected changes to the current university fees regime. Bahram Bekhradnia, Director of the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) provided an overview of the likely consequences of proposals … Continue reading
Looking to the Future to Inform Better Policy-Making
Martin Glasspool, Central Team Leader at the UK Government’s Foresight Programme, joined Policy Lunchbox yesterday (6 October) to discuss horizon-scanning and the work of Foresight. During a fascinating presentation Martin introduced us to various futures techniques, such as scenario building … Continue reading
Influencing Policy-Making in Europe
The Policy Lunchbox network was today joined by Sirini Withana, Policy Analyst at the Institute of European Environmental Policy. Sirini led a fascinating discussion to explain the structures and processes of policy-making in the European Union. The EU has grown … Continue reading
Science Education for the Future
The BES Policy Team this afternoon attended a meeting of Education Policy Lunchbox, a new network for those working in education policy which has arisen from the successful Policy Lunchbox series of meetings. Policy Lunchbox and Education Policy Lunchbox are … Continue reading
Policy Lunchbox Meets to Consider Women in Science
Science policy professionals met on Wednesday 3 March for a ‘Policy Lunchbox’ Seminar organised by the Biochemical Society and British Ecological Society. This seminar in the Policy Lunchbox series was led by Jane Butcher, Deputy Director, UK Resource Centre (UKRC) … Continue reading
Robots and Brain Chips – Emerging Technologies to a ‘Hyper Human’ future
The Policy Lunchbox network was this afternoon joined by Matt James, Associate Director of BioCentre, a British think-tank focusing on emerging technologies and their ethical, social and political implications. Matt delivered a fascinating presentation, introducing the work of BioCentre before … Continue reading
Education Policy Lunchbox Launches for 2010
From the success of the British Ecological Society and Biochemical Society-run Policy Lunchbox network comes ‘Education Policy Lunchbox’, a new initiative for 2010 run jointly by the BES, Biochemical Society and Society for Experimental Biology. As with Policy Lunchbox, there … Continue reading
Phil Willis MP Joins Policy Lunchbox Discussion
The Policy Lunchbox network was today joined by Phil Willis MP, Chair of the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee, for a wide-ranging discussion on ‘Putting science and engineering at the heart of government policy’. In welcoming Mr Willis … Continue reading