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Maximising the policy impact of your scientific research

Alice Plane lists key take-home messages for maximising the policy impact of scientific research.

Making a Difference in Conservation: Key Messages and Reflections from the BES/CCI Symposium

Read the BES Policy team's reflections from the joint BES CCI symposium April 2016

Making a difference in conservation: the BES/CCI symposium

Catch up with the key discussions and whet your appetite for more with our Storify

Royal Society of Biology response to the Stern Review of the Research Excellence Framework

In January of this year, the UK Government launched a call for evidence for its review of the Research Excellence Framework (REF).

Reviewing the Research Excellence Framework: Government launches call for evidence

A Modernised Defra - Liz Truss announces the departmental plan

Science Minister underlines importance of the EU at CaSE Annual Lecture

Science policy 101, or what I learnt after a week at Westminster

A view from inside Defra: lessons from the BES Shadowing Scheme

Flooding in the UK: ecological impacts and an ecosystem approach

Friends and foe? Reflections on the House of Lords inquiry on GM insects

“The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself”

The Spending Review: what does it mean for ecology and ecologists?

Towards a 25 year plan? Government responds to Natural Capital Committee recommendations

What should a 25-year plan for nature look like?