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House Of Commons Science And Technology Committee The Work Of The Natural Environment Research Council
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Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Science and Technology Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780215063243 Total Pages :122 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (632 download)
Book Synopsis House of Commons - Science and Technology Committee: Work of the European and UK Space Agencies - HC 253 by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Science and Technology Committee
Download or read book House of Commons - Science and Technology Committee: Work of the European and UK Space Agencies - HC 253 written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Science and Technology Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2013-10-28 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Committee heard much positive feedback about the work of the UK Space Agency since its creation in 2011. The UK's space sector is one of our economy's fastest growing sectors, with an average growth rate of almost 7.5%, and it has ambitions to increase its annual turnover to £40 billion by 2030. The report welcomes recent increases in the UK's commitments to the European Space Agency, but urged the UK Space Agency to strengthen UK influence within the European Space Agency by providing support for UK candidates applying for future director-level positions within the Agency. There are a number of exciting developments happening in the UK space sector, including the expansion of the European Space Agency's operations at Harwell, the establishment of the Satellite Applications Catapult and Major Tim Peake's upcoming mission to the International Space Station. With continued cross-party support, we hope to see this sector expand in line with its ambitions and continue to attract jobs and businesses to the UK
Book Synopsis Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States by : National Research Council
Download or read book Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2009-07-29 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scores of talented and dedicated people serve the forensic science community, performing vitally important work. However, they are often constrained by lack of adequate resources, sound policies, and national support. It is clear that change and advancements, both systematic and scientific, are needed in a number of forensic science disciplines to ensure the reliability of work, establish enforceable standards, and promote best practices with consistent application. Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward provides a detailed plan for addressing these needs and suggests the creation of a new government entity, the National Institute of Forensic Science, to establish and enforce standards within the forensic science community. The benefits of improving and regulating the forensic science disciplines are clear: assisting law enforcement officials, enhancing homeland security, and reducing the risk of wrongful conviction and exoneration. Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States gives a full account of what is needed to advance the forensic science disciplines, including upgrading of systems and organizational structures, better training, widespread adoption of uniform and enforceable best practices, and mandatory certification and accreditation programs. While this book provides an essential call-to-action for congress and policy makers, it also serves as a vital tool for law enforcement agencies, criminal prosecutors and attorneys, and forensic science educators.
Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Science and Technology Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780215036599 Total Pages :286 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (365 download)
Book Synopsis Investigating the oceans by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Science and Technology Committee
Download or read book Investigating the oceans written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Science and Technology Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2007-10-18 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investigating the Oceans : Tenth report of session 2006-07, Vol. 2: Oral and written Evidence
Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Science and Technology Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780215056788 Total Pages :188 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (567 download)
Book Synopsis Marine Science by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Science and Technology Committee
Download or read book Marine Science written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Science and Technology Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2013-04-11 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Properly managed Marine Conservation Zones will protect marine life the UK's coastal waters and ensure the fishing industry has a sustainable long- term future. The Government is currently letting the project flounder while sensitive environments are further degraded and the industry is subjected to further uncertainty. It has been over three years since the Marine and Coastal Access Act was passed, with cross-party consensus that Marine Conservation Zones were necessary and has widespread public support. Despite this, the designation process has been repeatedly delayed and Marine Conservation Zones have become increasingly controversial. 127 Marine Conservation Zones have been proposed, but Defra has consulted on only 31 of these, without setting out the zone selection process, when these would be implemented or exactly how they would be managed. The Committee welcomes the publication of the Marine Science Strategy and establishment of the Marine Science Coordination Committee. However, it notes concerns about the effectiveness of these measures and highlights the risk that changes to funding mechanisms could undermine support for long-term strategic marine science. It is also recognised that the Natural Environment Research Council is currently operating with inadequate resources, but it should consider the impact that restructuring its research funding has had on its support for strategic marine science. The Committee recommended there should be a duty on commercial operations to share the data they collect. It is concerning that funding for important long-term monitoring programmes remains opportunistic and piecemeal. Developments in technologies such as autonomous underwater vehicles could dramatically alter the way in which marine data is collected
Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Science and Technology Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780215560889 Total Pages :258 pages Book Rating :4.5/5 (68 download)
Book Synopsis Peer review in scientific publications by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Science and Technology Committee
Download or read book Peer review in scientific publications written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Science and Technology Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2011-07-28 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report indicates that the oversight of research integrity in the UK is unsatisfactory. The Science and Technology Committee concludes that in order to allow others to repeat and build on experiments, researchers should aim for the gold standard of making their data fully disclosed and made publicly available. The report examines the current peer-review system as used in scientific publications and the related issues of research impact, data management, publication ethics and research integrity. The UK does not seem to have an oversight body for research integrity covering advice and assurance functions across all disciplines and the Committee recommends the creation of an external regulator. It also says all UK research institutions should have a specific member of staff leading on research integrity. The report highlights concerns about the use of journal Impact Factor as a proxy measure for the quality of research or of individual articles. Innovative ways to improve current pre-publication peer-review practices are highlighted in the report, including the use of pre-print servers, open peer review, increased transparency and online repository-style journals. The growth of post-publication peer review and commentary also represents an enormous opportunity for experimentation with new media and social networking tools, which the Committee encourages. There should also be greater recognition of the work-sometimes considered to be a burden-carried out by reviewers, by both publishers and employers. In order to do this, publishers need to have in place systems for recording and acknowledging the contribution of those involved in peer review.
Author :Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Science and Technology Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :0215071840 Total Pages :52 pages Book Rating :4.2/5 (15 download)
Book Synopsis HC 703 - Government Horizon Scanning by : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Science and Technology
Download or read book HC 703 - Government Horizon Scanning written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Science and Technology and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2014-05-04 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Government launched its new horizon scanning programme last July, stating that 'in a tight economic climate, it is more important than ever to have the best possible understanding of the world around us, and how that world is changing'. However, as it stands, the new programme is little more than an echo chamber for Government views. The new bodies that have been created consist entirely of Civil Servants, effectively excluding the vast pool of expertise that exists outside of government. The new programme does not even have a dedicated web presence to keep interested parties informed. The programme's failings are partially attributed to a lack of ministerial oversight. The Government also needs to recognise the potential role to be played in the new programme by the Government Office for Science (GO-Science), specifically the Foresight Unit. The relative lack of impact that the Foresight Unit has historically had on policy is largely a result of its non-central location in government. GO-Science is located in the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). In contrast, the new horizon scanning programme is located in the Cabinet Office. In choosing to situate the new horizon scanning programme in the Cabinet Office, the Government has recognised the importance of location and has thereby acknowledged the strength of this argument. GO-Science should be relocated from BIS to the Cabinet Office, where it can play a more central role in the new programme and more effectively fulfill its role of ensuring that the best scientific evidence is utilised across government
Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Science and Technology Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780215041876 Total Pages :136 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (418 download)
Book Synopsis Science in the Met Office by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Science and Technology Committee
Download or read book Science in the Met Office written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Science and Technology Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2012-02-21 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Met Office currently operates as a Trading Fund within the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). The Committee welcomes the move to BIS, particularly given the potential for closer links with the research base and the opportunity to develop further its commercial activities. Core services though for the public service must be maintained. The Met Office generates a significant proportion of its revenues from Government contracts and Customer Service Agreements, in addition to its' commercial services and the Government should provide clearly defined funding commitments. This would allow the Met Office to take a longer-term perspective on scientific and operational development. The Government has no plans to privatise the Met Office, which the Committee saw as putting at risk the strong partnerships built with international partners and the sharing of crucial meteorological data. Also the Committee welcomes the Government's initiative of Public Data Corporation. Some concern though is expressed that scientific advances in weather forecasting and the associated public benefits (particularly in regard to severe weather warnings) are available but are being held back by insufficient supercomputing capacity. The Met Office should attempt to streamline the scrutiny of science under one committee and develop a strong customer relationship with key government departments.
Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Science and Technology Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780215033253 Total Pages :210 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (332 download)
Book Synopsis Research council institutes by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Science and Technology Committee
Download or read book Research council institutes written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Science and Technology Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2007-03-22 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Incorporating HC 1307-i & ii, session 2005-06
Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Science and Technology Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780215559487 Total Pages :176 pages Book Rating :4.5/5 (594 download)
Book Synopsis Astronomy and particle physics by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Science and Technology Committee
Download or read book Astronomy and particle physics written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Science and Technology Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2011-05-13 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Science and Technology Committee warns that the UK's prominence in astronomy and particle physics, and its ability to attract and inspire the next generation of scientists in these areas, could be at risk if reduced budgets hit the UK's growth prospects, reputation and expertise. Although science did relatively well in the recent Spending Review, funding for astronomy sees a total reduction of 21% over the next four years compared with 2010-11. More starkly, comparing 2014/15 with 2005, spending in astronomy and particle physics will be around 50% lower than its level six years ago. This is worrying, particularly when set against the planned increased investment in science and innovation by the UK's international peers as part of long-term strategies to ensure economic growth. The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) - the research council which funds research and facility development in astronomy, particle physics and nuclear physics - is risking the UK's ability to stay at the forefront of future developments by focusing its astronomy and particle physics programmes into fewer areas. A case in point is the UK's planned withdrawal from all Northern Hemisphere optical and ground based astronomical facilities, which could see UK leadership and competitive advantage being handed over to international peers. The Committee is also highly critical of past STFC strategies, especially its failure to incorporate into policy documents details of the planned withdrawals. The report also addresses the future of the National Schools Observatory and outreach, which is essential to inspire the next generation of scientists.
Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: Science and Technology Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780108473647 Total Pages :116 pages Book Rating :4.4/5 (736 download)
Book Synopsis Behaviour change by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: Science and Technology Committee
Download or read book Behaviour change written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: Science and Technology Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2011-07-19 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The currently influential book 'Nudge' by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein advocates a range of non-regulatory interventions that seek to influence behaviour by altering the context or environment in which people choose, and seek to influence behaviour in ways which people often do not notice. This approach differs from more traditional government attempts to change behaviour, which have either used regulatory interventions or relied on overt persuasion. The current Government have taken a considerable interest in the use of 'nudge interventions'. One aim of this inquiry, therefore, is to assess the evidence-base for the effectiveness of this approach. However it also examines evidence for the effectiveness of other types of policy intervention and asks whether the Government make good use of the full range of available evidence. The Committee's central finding is that non-regulatory measures used in isolation, including 'nudges', are less likely to be effective. Effective policies often use a range of interventions. A lot more could, and should, be done to improve the evaluation of interventions. Specific recommendations include: the Government must invest in gathering more evidence about what measures work to influence population behaviour change; they should appoint an independent Chief Social Scientist to provide them with robust and independent scientific advice; the Government should take steps to implement a traffic light system of nutritional labelling on all food packaging.
Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: Science and Technology Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780108472404 Total Pages :520 pages Book Rating :4.4/5 (724 download)
Book Synopsis Setting priorities for publicly funded research by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: Science and Technology Committee
Download or read book Setting priorities for publicly funded research written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: Science and Technology Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2010-04-14 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In its report into how priorities are set for publicly funded research, the Science and Technology Committee calls on the Government to make a clear and unambiguous statement setting out their research funding commitments and the periods of time over which those commitments apply.
Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Science and Technology Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780215544919 Total Pages :120 pages Book Rating :4.5/5 (449 download)
Book Synopsis The regulation of Geoengineering by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Science and Technology Committee
Download or read book The regulation of Geoengineering written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Science and Technology Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2010-03-18 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geoengineering describes activities specifically and deliberately designed to effect a change in the global climate with the aim of minimising or reversing anthropogenic climate change. The Committee gives three reasons why they believe regulation is needed. First, in the future some geoengineering techniques may allow a single country to unilaterally affect the climate. Second, some geoengineering testing is already underway. Third, we may need geoengineering in the event of a failure to reduce greenhouse gases we are faced with highly disruptive climate change. The Committee does not call for an international treaty but for the groundwork for regulatory arrangements to begin. The UN is the route by which, eventually, they envisage the regulatory framework operating but first the UK and other governments need to push geoengineering up the international agenda and get processes moving
Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Science and Technology Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780215027351 Total Pages :92 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (273 download)
Book Synopsis Meeting UK Energy and Climate Needs by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Science and Technology Committee
Download or read book Meeting UK Energy and Climate Needs written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Science and Technology Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2006-02-09 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions around the world continue to grow. The UK is struggling to meet its targets of reducing CO2 emissions by 20 per cent below 1990 levels by 2010, and 60 per cent by 2050, while growing demand in countries such as India and China is expected to fuel a dramatic increase in global emissions in the future. Concern over security of energy supply is also a major feature of the current debate about energy policy. This reports finds significant scope for carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology to contribute to both reducing emissions and enhancing future security of energy supply. Costs of CCS are comparable to other low carbon approaches, with potential to reduce those costs substantially with technological development and economies of scale. Enhanced oil recovery, extending the life of the North Sea oil fields, could also offset the cost of CCS. Geological storage is relatively safe and secure, though the Government should clarify whether storage under the seabed is permissible under international law. Whilst UK industry is poised to make substantial investments in CCS and full scale demonstration projects, the Government needs to display much greater urgency and commitment, by increasing investment in research, development and demonstration, and by setting up a long-term incentive framework.
Download or read book Rural Politics written by Michael Winter and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rural areas of Britain, Europe and the developed world are undergoing massive changes, with increasing concern about productivity, agricultural methods and environmental policy. Rural Politics examines the issues affecting rural areas, such as water pollution, forestry, and the greening of agricultural policy. It looks in particular at the political parameters to these issues and how concern for the countryside is essentially a part of a wider set of political processes. Rural Politics provides a much needed examination of the evolution and content of policies affecting today's countryside, both in terms of major land uses and economic and social development.
Author :Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords. Science and Technology Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780108472329 Total Pages :60 pages Book Rating :4.4/5 (723 download)
Book Synopsis Setting Priorities for Publicly Funded Research: 3rd Report of Session 2009-10 by : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords. Science and Technology Committee
Download or read book Setting Priorities for Publicly Funded Research: 3rd Report of Session 2009-10 written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords. Science and Technology Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2010 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In its report into how priorities are set for publicly funded research, the Science and Technology Committee calls on the Government to make a clear and unambiguous statement setting out their current research funding commitments and the periods of time over which those commitments will apply. Decisions about funding priorities are complex and require careful judgement about the deployment of funds between competing priorities. The Committee concludes that, in the current policy framework, there is a lack of oversight of the total spend on research which is needed to enable the Government to make coherent, well-founded decisions about the use of public funds to support research. The Committee recommends that: the Government Chief Scientific Adviser (GCSA) should publish figures annually, broken down by subject area, on all public spending to support research, and make appropriate recommendations to the Prime Minister; he should also attend Treasury meetings at which departmental budgets are considered; departmental CSAs should provide Ministers with timely information in advance of budget negotiations, to ensure that research funding decisions are informed by the best available advice. The Committee was also alerted to problems concerning the funding of cross-departmental research involving multiple funding agencies, including research to meet the grand challenges that society faces. To meet such challenges, the Committee recommends the establishment of specific mechanisms: to identify major cross-cutting policy challenges; and to identify, fund and co-ordinate appropriate responses to such challenges.
Author :Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780215529343 Total Pages :452 pages Book Rating :4.5/5 (293 download)
Book Synopsis Engineering by : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee
Download or read book Engineering written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2009 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Incorporating HC 470-i-iii, 640-i-iii, 599-i-iii, 1064-i, 1202-i, 1194-i of session 2007-08
Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Science and Technology Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780215020024 Total Pages :164 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (2 download)
Book Synopsis Government Support for Beagle 2,Twelfth Report of Session 2003-04,Report,Together with Formal Minutes,Oral and Written Evidence by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Science and Technology Committee
Download or read book Government Support for Beagle 2,Twelfth Report of Session 2003-04,Report,Together with Formal Minutes,Oral and Written Evidence written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Science and Technology Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2004 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The focus of this inquiry, by the Science and Technology Committee, was the support by the UK Government for the Beagle 2 project developed as part of the European Space Agency's (ESA) Mars Express mission. The Committee found the Government showed enthusiasm for this project, but was unable to provide a guaranteed financial backing for the development of a lander, resulting in a failure to secure sufficient sponsorship income, which was subsequently seen to have a detrimental impact on the project's success. The Committee feels, that Government needs to put in place a system that can deal with major financial commitments at short notice. In hindsight, the development of the lander and orbiter separately is seen as wrong, impeding the flexible co-ordination of the mission, leading to tensions between the Beagle 2 consortium, ESA and other contractors. Further, there was a lack of co-ordinated oversight between these three groups, and therefore a failure to identify important weaknesses in the mission. Despite the failure of Beagle, the Committee does see some positive potential for future projects, both in scientific and educational benefits, but that the costs of such projects would benefit from greater participation by other organizations.
