28/05/09 CaSE met with the University of Birmingham

27/05/09 CaSE leads science policy seminar
CaSE Director Nick Dusic today led a discussion at the first 'Policy Lunchbox' seminar, organized by the Biochemical Society and British Ecological Society, entitled 'How to engage with the opposition and with manifesto development in the run up to the 2010 election?'.
For more details about the Policy Lunchbox please click here.

26/05/09 Croonian Lecture
Associate Director Dr Hilary Leevers attended the annual Croonian Lecture at the Royal Society.

26/05/09 Science and Society
The Science Minister, Lord Drayson, has announced the creation of expert groups to develop further ideas on media, learning, careers, trust and science for everyone. CaSE responded to the consultation and has met with DIUS officials and ministers during the process. We will now engage with the new expert groups. We are looking for a resourced strategy to come out of this process.
DIUS science and society

21/05/09 CaSE in Scotland
CaSE Director Nick Dusic today met with the Royal Society Edinburgh, the University of Edinburgh and an official from the Scottish Parliament.

19/05/09 CaSE met with Professor Ben Martin and Professor Ed Steinmueller at SPRU, University of Sussex, where they discussed the economic impact of the research base and other key issues.

18/05/09 The Science Minister, Lord Drayson, and the Government’s Chief Scientific Advisor, Professor John Beddington, today gave evidence to the Innovation, Universities, Science and SkillsCommittee as part of their enquiry into putting science and engineering at the heart of government. Lord Drayson also responded to a Science Question Time session. CaSE attended.

14/05/09 CaSE met with a representative from Science and Innovation Group at the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills.

13/05/09 CaSE today met with Unilever.

12/05/09 CaSE met with Cambridge University.

07/05/09 End of science SATs
Commenting on the plan to end the science SATs Nick Dusic, Director of CaSE, said “SATs have not aided the teaching of science in primary school and a more appropriate method of assessment needs to be developed. To counter the risk that science might be given less time and resources due to this move, the Government needs to set out a clear guidelines stating the amount of class time spent on science and ensure that every primary school has a specialist science teacher.”

06/05/09 CaSE Director in Research Fortnight
Nick Dusic writes an article on the budget in Research Fortnight.
Read the article here.

05/05/09 Science and the Welsh Assembly
CaSE today attended a science event at the Welsh Assembly, hosted by the Royal Society of Chemistry.

05/05/09 Science Education Summit
CaSE took part in the Scottish Government's Science Education Summit in Dunfermline. Commenting CaSE Director Nick Dusic said, "The summit must be the start of a process to make science a higher priority within education policy. There can no longer be any complacency about the state of science education in Scotland."