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Innovation funding
Making a new ARPA-style agency work in 乐天堂app下载 UK
Our policy position - February 2021
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Royal Society of Chemistry evidence: Making a new ARPA-style funding agency work in 乐天堂app下载 UK
House of Commons Science and Technology Committee Parliamentary inquiry on an ARPA-style agency
Our response - September 2020
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Innovation strategies
Welsh Innovation Strategy consultation
Our response - September 2022
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Scottish Innovation Strategy consultation
Scottish government consultation response - September 2022
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Innovation skills
House of Lords Science and Technology Committee inquiry on People and skills in UK STEM
Parliamentary inquiry response - September 2022
Our evidence on high upfront visa costs forming a barrier to attracting international talent and on worsening precarity of academic careers was quoted in 乐天堂app下载 with 乐天堂app下载 findings of 乐天堂app下载 inquiry.
We responded to 乐天堂app下载 House of Lords Science and Technology Committee inquiry on People and skills in UK STEM. Our submission included evidence on attracting international talent to 乐天堂app下载 UK; equipping students for a range of careers through postgraduate, technical and vocational chemistry education; recruitment and retention of teachers; lifting barriers to STEM education for young people of all backgrounds; and improving 乐天堂app下载 quality of academic careers.
Public Accounts Committee inquiry on Delivering STEM skills for 乐天堂app下载 economy
Parliamentary inquiry response - July 2018
We used 乐天堂app下载 opportunity to highlight our existing policy positions relevant to this issue, as well as evidence related to STEM skills. Our response covered:
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University-business collaboration
University-business collaboration in 乐天堂app下载 chemical sciences
Report - November 2016
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