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  • SAGE meeting

    SAGE meeting to discuss the nuclear incident in Japan

    15 Mar 2011

    On Sunday 13th March Sir John Beddington convened a meeting of the Scientific Advice Group in Emergencies (SAGE) to advise on the current nuclear incident in Japan.

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    Space weather

    14 Mar 2011

    Sir John Beddington has coauthored an article in the New York Times with President Obama's science advisor, John P. Holdren. The article discusses potential risks from space weather, which can affect human safety and economies anywhere on our vast wired planet, and remedies for dealing with those risks.

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    UK and Iceland to exchange Volcano information

    21 Dec 2010

    UK and Iceland to exchange information and resources relating to volcanic eruptions in Iceland.

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    Royal Society Pairing Scheme

    30 Nov 2010

    During the first week of November 2010, members of Government Science & Engineering participated in a development scheme with research fellows from the Royal Society.

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    European Union Framework Programme

    18 Oct 2010

    Science Minister launches consultation on EU Framework Programme, inviting the UK’s Research and Development community.

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    10:10 campaign

    11 Oct 2010

    John Beddington has pledged his support for the 10:10 campaign.

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    Government Science & Engineering Civil Pages

    8 Oct 2010

    The GSE team has developed a new networking site for its members, hosted on the cross-government collaborative working tool Civil Pages.

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    Launch of CoPSAC

    22 Sep 2010

    The Code of Practice for Scientific Advisory Committees (CoPSAC) sets out good practice in relation to the function and working of Scientific Advisory Committees (SACs) that are sponsored by government.

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    Foresight project: Global food and farming futures – launching November 2010

    25 Aug 2010

    The Global Food and Farming Futures project began in November 2008, seeking an answer to the question: "How can a future global population of 9 billion people all be fed healthily and sustainably?"

  • Engineering

    GSE scheme

    25 Aug 2010

    Whether it is power, water, rail, road, or communications, the importance of government engineers in creating and cultivating the services UK citizens take for granted becomes ever more acute, particularly in face of some of the challenges being posed to the nation including climate change, national security, and the aging national infrastructure.

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