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Transferable Skills and Career Paths
I am honoured to have been invited to give the Gareth Roberts Lecture in Durham next month (in the Physics Department), following a long line of distinguished speakers. To be honest, I did not know that he had been associated … Continue reading
Posted in Careers
Tagged Civil Service, policy, Sir Gareth Roberts, transferable skills
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How Long does it take to Gain Expertise?
Dominic Cummings, Boris Johnson’s right-hand man, currently is said to be set on shaking up the Civil Service. The three elements that are rumoured to be on the agenda are: Better training in data science, systems thinking and ‘super-forecasting; Staff … Continue reading
Posted in Interdisciplinary Science, Science Funding
Tagged Civil Service, Dominic Cummings, UKRI
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