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Topic: Science

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News

A safety rep for all seasons
24-Feb-2020 15:35
Scottish scientists meet deputy first minister about proposed job cuts
6-Nov-2019 09:47
James Hutton Institute announces significant redundancies
19-Sep-2019 12:50
Prospect concerned at threat to Scotland's disease surveillance capability
22-Aug-2019 10:11
The prime minister's No Deal Brexit policy remains the biggest risk to science in the UK
9-Aug-2019 10:30
We also need investment in forensics if we are to reverse historically low conviction rates
26-Jul-2019 10:59
Review Threatens Harwell Institute
28-Jun-2019 12:30
Pay talks turn sour at horticultural research station
26-Jun-2019 14:21
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Blog Articles

Why LGBT STEM needs unions
28 June 2019 13:32 Jenny Andrew
Why we’re celebrating the first international day of LGBT in STEM
13 June 2018 11:44 Guest Blogger
DEFRA and Britain’s science and technology sector must be protected through Brexit
18 May 2018 16:31 Sue Ferns
Why Prospect is uniquely placed to face the digital future
26 April 2018 17:53 Philippa Childs
Brexit science and innovation summit opens government up to concerns
26 February 2018 09:57 Sue Ferns
Raising awareness about unconscious bias
23 January 2018 11:04 Warwick Mansell
Breaking the bias barrier: beyond career stereotypes
17 January 2018 11:28 Penny Vevers
UK needs to lift ambition on science
06 December 2017 17:20 Martin McIvor
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Documents

Knowledge Document: Transferring public sector research labs to universities
info 9-Apr-2009 13:42
Eight public sector research institutes were moved into the university sector between 1996 and 2009, with more in the pipeline. Why should you – or anyone else – care about this deeply unglamorous development? Experience from the early transfers shows that every time capability, jobs and sites that carry out important research are lost in the process.
Knowledge Document: Transferring public sector research labs to universities
info 10-Mar-2009 11:45
Eight public sector research institutes were moved into the university sector between 1996 and 2009, with more in the pipeline. Why should you – or anyone else – care about this deeply unglamorous development? Experience from the early transfers shows that every time capability, jobs and sites that carry out important research are lost in the process.
Leaflet/booklet: Who's looking after Defra science?
info 5-Sep-2006 15:24
This is the third in our series of briefings about public sector science. It looks at the work carried out by scientists in the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which touches many areas of our daily life: water, food, air, land, people, animals and plants.
Leaflet/booklet: Who's looking after Scottish science?
info 13-Jun-2006 15:24
This briefing document continues Prospect's efforts to highlight the value of public sector science, and to raise awareness of funding cuts and laboratory closures. It focuses on a number of key Scottish research institutes, and was officially launched at a union lobby of the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday 14 June 2006.
Leaflet/booklet: Eligibility for research council funding
info 16-Mar-2007 15:22
In October 2006 the Office of Science and Innovation announced changes to the criteria for eligibility fo research funding. This briefing explains why Prospect believes this change threatens partnership between British scientists and could turn the clock back 20 years.
Leaflet/booklet: Charter for British science
info 28-Sep-2006 15:09
Today there is no central oversight for the health of the nation's science base. Who is looking after British science? Prospect's charter spells out what needs to be done to protect public science.
Leaflet/booklet: Impact of science funding cuts
info 12-Mar-2007 15:05
British science has taken three sucker punches since July 2006. In February 2007, £68m was taken away from the research councils - money that had been ring-fenced for science. In October 2006, far-reaching changes were announced to the eligibility criteria for research council funding. And in July 2006, all Defra's agencies and public bodies were instructed to make in-year cuts to their budgets. This briefing looks at the impact of all these cuts.
Leaflet/booklet: Transferring public sector science labs to universities
info 16-Mar-2007 15:02
At least six public sector research institutes have transferred their staff to universities since 1997. Five more are scheduled to do so by April 2008. Is this good or bad for British science?
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