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A schools outreach initiative aiming to inspire secondary school students to get involved in science and policy making The GSE Profession, in collaboration with Civil Service Fast Streamers, is proud to announce the launch of the STEM Challenge 2023. Running …
The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) took part in the Royal Society of Biology’s Biology Week in October to raise awareness of the range of scientific roles at the Agency and hopefully inspire the next generation of scientists to …
In 2018 the government published the 25 Year Environment Plan, which set out plans to improve the environment in England and ensure that we become the first generation to leave the environment in a better state than we found it. …
Background The STEM Challenge was an outreach competition run by Science & Engineering Fast Streamers for UK schools, with the aim to encourage students to consider Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths (STEM) careers or education in the future. We also …
Did you know that businesses with an environmental benefit can request accelerated processing of their patent applications? GSE Patent Examiners, selected for their science and engineering backgrounds, are excited to see the speed of innovation in fuel cell technologies. Intelligent Energy is …
The Government Office for Science is excited to announce the publication of a new suite of systems thinking documents for civil servants. We have designed these to be accessible and relevant, with the aim of supporting better evidence-based policy making. …
Although there has been huge growth in academic-policy engagement activity, there is no evidence that this is leading to an increase in evidence use by decision-makers. There is an almost total lack of empirical evidence about what works, and little …
Rare diseases are those which affect fewer than 1 in 2,000 people. There are over 7,000 such conditions, ranging from those you may have heard of, like Huntington’s Disease or the muscular dystrophies, to syndromes so rare they have yet …
Today is National DNA Day (25 April), marking the day James Watson, Francis Crick, Maurice Wilkins and Rosalind Franklin discovered the double helix in 1953. I thought it would be a great opportunity to highlight some of the exciting genomics …
Collaboration in the Space Sector – UK Space Agency & the National Physical Laboratory The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is the UK’s National Metrology Institute, specialising in measurement science. We are delighted to be supporting the UK Space Agency in …