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Public Attitudes to R&D and Charities
20 April 2023

This briefing covers key findings for charities from CaSE’s Discovery Decade 2022-23 public attitudes study.

Public Attitudes to R&D and Businesses
18 April 2023

This briefing covers key findings for businesses from CaSE’s Discovery Decade 2022-23 public attitudes study.

Public Attitudes to R&D and Universities
18 April 2023

This briefing covers key findings for universities from CaSE’s Discovery Decade 2022-23 public attitudes study.

Using data to help R&D matter to more people
12 April 2023

In a guest blog for the BSA, Ben Bleasdale, Director of the Discovery Decade programme, shares some of its latest key findings.

Fall in UK Government R&D spending in 2021
04 April 2023

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) released new estimates of R&D spending by UK Government departments and devolved administrations in 2021.

The Spring Budget 2023 – what are the implications for R&D?
24 March 2023

Last week the Chancellor made a series of announcements as part of the Spring Budget 2023. Below we delve into some of the measures impacting the R&D sector.

The role of technical education to support R&D talent
22 March 2023

An unattributed summary of the roundtable co-hosted by CaSE and the Gatsby Foundation on Wednesday 22nd February 2023.

New review outlines how the UK can make the most of its science capabilities
14 March 2023

Our policy officer Camilla d’Angelo breaks down the long-awaited Independent Review of the UK’s Research, Development and Innovation Organisational Landscape led by Sir Paul Nurse.

CaSE Annual Lecture 2022 – We need to talk about science
09 March 2023

CaSE’s 2022 Annual Lecture, given by Kim Shillinglaw, explored how the UK can forge a deeper and broader public connection with research and innovation.

The Science and Technology Framework
08 March 2023

The Government has published a Science and Technology Framework which contains 10 actions that the Government will focus on and sets out their vision and ongoing work for each action. We take a look at each action and offer our analysis and thoughts.

Tough times put public support for R&D at risk
07 March 2023

Polling shows the challenges facing research advocates—and how they could respond, writes Ben Bleasdale for Research Fortnight

Priorities for the new department
03 March 2023

There has been a lot going on in the last couple of weeks in R&D policy but the new Department for Science, Innovation and Technology is not yet a month old. So we’ve decided to take a closer look.