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Learn new skills by signing up to GSE Science and Engineering courses

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The new GSE Courses have now launched.   Access the courses   Civil servants can access the courses using these links:   Civil Service Learning: Understanding and Accessing Science and Engineering Advice    Civil Service Learning: Communicating Science and Engineering Advice Crown, public …

Reflections on diversity from my experience as EMWF sponsor

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This blog is authored by Sir Patrick Vallance, Government Chief Scientific Adviser and Head of the GSE Profession.   Let me start by addressing the obvious. I am writing as the sponsor of the Ethnic Minority Women’s Forum (EMWF), but …

The SI just got bigger: the recent expansion to the range of SI prefixes

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By Richard Brown, Head of Metrology at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) The International System of Units (SI) is the only system of measurement units accepted worldwide. Its study, curation and development are at the heart of National Metrology Institutes’ …