Category Archives: Research Councils
Government Office for Science: roles, responsibilities and programmes
Government Office for Science: roles, responsibilities and programmes It was all change at the top of evidence based policy in Government this month, with Sir Mark Walport replacing Sir John Beddington as Government Chief Scientific Adviser (GCSA). This role is … Continue reading
Knowledge Exchange Course in London – Half Price for BES Members
Members of the BES can benefit from a 50 percent discount on a new knowledge exchange course, taking place at our headquarters, Charles Darwin House, London, on 20th May 2013. Run by two well respected researchers in the field of … Continue reading
Contribute to the BES response to the Triennial Review of the Research Councils
The BES will respond through the Society of Biology to the UK Government’s Triennial Review of the seven Research Councils. The first phase is to consider the core functions of the Research Councils, to assess the need for these functions … Continue reading
CSaP: Bridging the Gap Between Science and Policy
Where the relationship between scientists and policy-makers works, it is due to the existence of strong networks, but this relationship fails more often than it succeeds. This was one of the conclusions of a 2008 report from the Council for … Continue reading
Tackling Tree Disease in the UK
It isn’t simply Ash Dieback that’s threatening the forests and woodlands of the UK. A plethora of pests and pathogens are on the horizon, with the numbers of diseases afflicting our trees having increased markedly over the past twenty years. … Continue reading
LWEC Launches New Guidelines for Knowledge Exchange
New guidelines to enhance researchers’ knowledge exchange activities have been launched by Living with Environmental Change (LWEC), the cross-Research Council and Government partnership. Launched at the first LWEC annual conference, in Birmingham, the guidelines will be complemented by two training … Continue reading
The Future of Research Careers
At the one-off joint Education and Policy Lunchbox on 15th October (organised by the British Ecological Society, Biochemical Society and Society for Experimental Biology as part of Biology Week) our specially assembled panel and an audience of around 50 discussed … Continue reading
NERC – DEFRA High Level Policy Placement Fellowship
The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) are seeking a senior member of the environmental science community to take on a key role linking NERC science with Defra policymaking at the highest … Continue reading
NERC internships with business, policy and the third sector
The Natural Environment Research Council has launched a call for internships, inviting existing researchers to apply for projects of up to four months, based in businesses, policy or third sector organisations. Interns will explore and demonstrate how business, policy or … Continue reading
Government and Research Councils Set Out Open Access Policy
The UK Government has today published its official response to the ‘Finch Report’, the output of a working group led by Dame Janet Finch that considered how to expand access to the published findings of research. To complement the Government’s … Continue reading