Government departments slash research
The government is under renewed pressure over its swingeing cuts to research, with departments such as Education cutting research budgets by over 50%.
The government is under renewed pressure over its swingeing cuts to research, with departments such as Education cutting research budgets by over 50%.
A leaked memo from the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills reveals a £1.4bn budget shortfall and threatens the ringfenced science budget with cuts.
The Scienceogram submission to the Commons Science and Technology Committee inquiry into UK research and development funding for science and technology.
Peter Higgs and François Englert were awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics for predicting the Higgs boson. Why does such research merit public funding?
The UK Government’s 2013 Science, Engineering and Technology (SET) Statistics reveal astonishing reductions in certain departmental research budgets.
Last week, the Cabinet Office launched GIST, a new tool for displaying government spending. We sent an open letter suggesting how it could be improved.
How has George Osborne’s 2013 Spending Review affected the UK science budget? We look at what the Chancellor’s announcements mean for science.
Science is Vital has released a new report, ‘Legacy of the 2010 science budget cash freeze’, showing the sobering effects on UK research.
The ‘Science, the Economy and You’ panel discussion at Cheltenham Science Festival 2013, with UK science minister David Willetts and Jim Al-Khalili.
An analysis of the public and private components of science and technology research spending in the G20, originally published in The Conversation.