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Innovation with a Big Bang

Posted by: Claire Jenkins, Posted on: 7 July 2021 - Categories: Blog Series, Guest Blog

A pedal-powered firework launcher, a self-filling bird bath, a robotic ball boy – these are just a few of the amazingly impressive entries that we shortlisted for the Intellectual Property Office Award for Outstanding Innovator at this year’s Big Bang. …

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Youth Engagement – Science for the future, for all

Posted by: Michael Rignall, Posted on: 27 March 2019 - Categories: Capability & Skills, Outreach, Specialism Deep Dives
Government Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Patrick Vallance posing with schoolchildren at the Industrial Strategy Science Fair.

Michael Rignall, from the Public Engagement with Science team in BEIS, talks about his team’s work and the importance of reaching out to young people to build their enthusiasm about STEM.

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GSE Opportunities: Civil Service Live 2018, British Science Week & 100 years of suffrage

Posted by: Tom Barratt, Posted on: 19 February 2018 - Categories: GSE Opportunities

This blog post is a collection of vacancies, events and learning and development opportunities for people working in Government Science and Engineering.

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Working with the whole scientific community

Posted by: Professor Ian Boyd, Posted on: 2 August 2017 - Categories: Collaborating & Networking, Our People & Deep Dives, Outreach, Specialism Deep Dives

Ian Boyd, Chief Scientific Advisor and Head of GSE profession for Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra), highlights the importance of government and the research community working together.

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What's in it for me?

Posted by: Sir Mark Walport, Posted on: 21 June 2017 - Categories: Capability & Skills, Diversity & Inclusion, GSE Profession Updates, Our People & Deep Dives, Outreach

Sir Mark Walport reflects upon the positive progress being made on the GSE Strategy, and he unveils a new video animation for the profession, which seeks to answer the question: what’s in it for me?

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Celebrating British Science Week

Posted by: Andrew Hanson, Posted on: 17 March 2017 - Categories: Our People & Deep Dives, Outreach

This week is British Science Week.  NPL’s Outreach Manager and GSE Member Andrew Hanson, tells us how encouraging science participation is not just his day job but a full-time occupation.

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