Election 2017: Manifestos and science
What does General Election 2017 mean for UK research funding? We’ve dug through the party manifestos to find out.
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Autumn Statement: What does £2bn mean?
In the 2016 Autumn Statement, the Chancellor announced £2bn for research funding by 2020. We find out what that means in context.
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What would Brexit mean for UK science?
Around 10% of UK public funding for research comes from the EU. So what would leaving mean for UK science?
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Boaty McBoatface and science funding
Can the delightful silliness around the new polar research ship, Boaty McBoatface, help us to have a more meaningful public debate on science funding?
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The Science Budget Inquiry
Professor Brian Cox has tells Parliament that continued flat-cash for science would be ‘dire’, as others lament ‘inconsistent, opaque’ data on funding.
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Help Scienceogram write to parliament
Would you like to influence UK government science policy? Scienceogram wants your input on our submission to a parliamentary inquiry into research funding.
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The declining Science Budget, 2010–2020
The Science Budget in 2019–20 will be down by 7% in real terms, and nearly 25% as a fraction of GDP, compared to when the Coalition took power in 2010.
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Tell Them Science is Vital
Contact your MP and parliamentary candidates and Tell Them Science is Vital! Posters, a leaflet and handy graphics for social media by Scienceogram.
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Autumn Statement 2014 continues the decline in science funding
Despite reiterating that science is his ‘personal priority’, the Chancellor George Osborne’s Autumn Statement nonetheless had little good news for science.
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Letter from David Willetts: Auditing science spending
We wrote to David Willetts, Minister for Universities and Science, about the lack of official data on public-funded science in the UK.