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Uncertain Times
We live currently in a world of great and sometimes terrifying strangeness, where the rules and customs by which we have lived for so long have been turned upside down. Some people may be focussing on whether they need to … Continue reading
Posted in Communicating Science, Education
Tagged Clarissa Farr, COVID-19, politicians
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On the So-called ‘Death’ of British Science
This week saw the delivery of a funeral wreath and coffin to the Houses of Parliament. Why? Because a new grouping called Science for the Future decided to declare to MP’s the ‘death’ of British science. Actually what they were … Continue reading
Posted in Science Funding
Tagged EPSRC, Philip Moriarty, politicians, Science for the Future
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The Dangers of Disciplinary Diversity
One of the curious facts about our scientific disciplines is that they do tend to have their own flavour and culture, with things that are taken as the norm in one discipline seeming very alien to another. There are a … Continue reading
Posted in Interdisciplinary Science, Science Funding
Tagged BIS, David Willetts, EPSRC, innovation, politicians, synthetic chemists
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