29/09/09 Hilary Leevers attended a meeting at the Royal Society looking at how to support employers, gatekeepers and enablers in their efforts to advance STEM careers.

29/09/09 CaSE met with Exeter University

28/09/09 Hilary Leevers attended an event organised by the UK Resource Centre for Women in Science, Engineering and Technology on “the recession recovery – looking ahead at the role of women in SET”.

23/09/09 Science and Technology Committee
CaSE and representatives from other organisations met with Phil Willis MP and staff from the new Science and Technology Committee (which comes into existence in October) to discuss collaborative work towards the next general election, which CaSE is organising.

22/09/09 Meeting with the British Library

21/09/09 CaSE Policy Development Workshops
CaSE hosted two policy development workshops today with members, collaborators and other policy experts to develop ideas in the run up to the general election. Attendees considered the issue of education and skills, and the research base.

17/09/09 Meeting with Oxford Instruments

17/09/09 Meeting with Durham University

15/09/09 CaSE at the Royal Society
CaSE Director Nick Dusic gave a lecture to the Royal Society science policy group on CaSE's plans for the next general election.

14/09/09 Meeting with the Russell Group

10/09/09 Meeting with Engineering Technology Board

09/09/09 Meeting with Ordnance Survey

09/09/09 CaSE Calls on the Government to Develop an Evidence-Based Approach to its Economic-Impact Agenda for the Research Base
CaSE published its latest policy report today: Impacts of Investment in the Science and Engineering Research Base. It analyses the government’s economic impact agenda. The main conclusion of the report is that policy initiatives to increase the impacts of science and engineering research need to be informed by evidence, clearly articulated and fully debated prior to implementation and it recommends that the Chancellor appoint a Chief Scientific Advisor. The report developed from a CaSE Opinion Forum held early in the year, kindly sponsored by the Institute of Physics and hosted by IBM.
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08/09/09 CaSE Policy Development Workshops
CaSE hosted two policy development workshops today with members, collaborators and other policy experts to develop ideas in the run up to the general election. Attendees considered the machinery of science and engineering in government and government departmental R&D as well as conditions for industry & charitable investment in research (tax, regulation, etc.). The next workshops will be held on Monday 21st September on education, skills and the research base. Please contact the CaSE office if you would like to be involved or find out more.