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International Women’s Day: BSRIA asks if we are doing enough for female engineers
BSRIA is celebrating International Women’s Day on Thursday 8th March but as an industry – Julia Evans, Chief Executive, BSRIA – asks: are we doing enough to nurture and inspire the excellence of female engineers – both into the construction industry and beyond the ‘glass ceiling’?
New ESRC council announced
The Board of UK Research and Innovation has confirmed the appointment of the new ESRC Council
Law change will see learner drivers on motorways
Law change could lead to a smarter generation of motorway users as learner drivers get their first taste of motorway driving
London housing group receives multimillion European funding
A London housing group has received European funding to share its knowledge and inspire more communities to become ethical housing developers
NIAID reveals strategic plan for universal influenza vaccine
Researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases have orchestrated a plan to create a universal influenza vaccine.
Further investment given to dementia friendly communities in Scotland
Scottish charity the life Changes Trust has invested a further £2.5 million in communities that are dementia friendly
Government announce new measures to support the farming industry
A £10 million Collaboration Fund has been set up to help farmers and growers compete against bigger corporations in the food supply chain
£54 million funding to transform health through data science
Health Data Research UK is awarding £30 million funding to six sites across the UK to address healthcare issues through use of data science
From April 2018, the six sites will work collaboratively as foundation partners in Health Data Research UK to make game-changing improvements in people’s health by harnessing...
UK government outlines steps to enhance internet safety
The prime minister has announced plans to make the UK the safest place to be online, making sure that what is illegal offline is illegal online
As set out in the Internet Safety Strategy Green Paper which was published last year, the government is clear that abusive and threatening behaviour...
PM launches new review to preserve quality of UK press
Theresa May has launched a new review that will investigate the UK’s press organisations
Democracy in the UK has always benefited from impartial journalism such as the fifth estate. But in recent years, the way in which we consume media has dramatically changed.
Whilst many news organisations flourish through their online...
A look back – and ahead – for public sector IT
Peter Ford, public sector industry principal at Pegasystems looks into past and future of public sector IT
The UK public sector must begin to quickly acknowledge and handle the numerous drivers for change. This could be to do with the importance of reducing the operational cost of service provision, the...
Adaptivity boosts unmanned micro air vehicles (MAV) in urban environments
Wolfram Hardt, Professor at Chemnitz University of Technology gives insight into their ongoing adaptive mission research for unmanned micro air vehicles (MAV)
Unmanned micro air vehicles (MAV) have spread widely in use during the last few years. Pilots control their MAV by remote control and video streams. The market for...
MRI and MEG imaging of human sensory disorders
Professor Susan Francis of the Sir Peter Mansfield Imaging Centre, University of Nottingham explores how state-of-the-art imaging methods can be used to study human sensory disorders (the sense of touch)
The somatosensory system transmits nerve impulses pertaining to tactile, proprioceptive, thermal, nociceptive and affective sensations. There have been significant advances...
The rationalisation of the UK public sector’s extensive office estate
Alison White, co-founder of PLACEmaking details her perspective on the rationalisation of the nationwide public sector’s extensive and expensive office estate
Whilst the UK’s Government Property Agency (GPA) focuses on centralising ownership of the government estate and, by charging market value rents to departments applying downward pressure to reduce the...
The role of geography in addressing global health needs
Senior Research Advisor from the American Association of Geographers, Yonette Thomas discusses the important role that geography can play in addressing global health needs, both in research and in practice
The American Association of Geographers (AAG) is a non-profit scientific and educational society, founded in 1904. For over 100 years...
Training a global biodiversity workforce for the 21st century
Director of University of Florida Biodiversity Institute, Pamela S. Soltis gives a compelling insight into the world of biodiversity and the importance of training the workforce behind it
Biodiversity – the extraordinary variety of life on Earth – is fundamental to a healthy, sustainable planet, yet the connections between biodiversity,...
Blockchain technologies for automatic regulation and compliance
Professor Tomaso Aste from The UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies shares his perspective on the use of blockchain technologies for both automatic regulation and compliance
Blockchain technologies have the potential to radically change compliance and regulation improving efficiency, reliability and transparency whilst redefining the services industry landscape generating new business...
UK and France to strengthen links in tech sector and artificial intelligence
Britain and France’s leading tech sector will be brought closer together with plans for a digital conference to promote deeper integration in the digital economy
The UK’s tech firms have attracted more venture capital funding than any other European country in 2017 putting it at the top of the list...
Integrating nanomaterials safety data so that it is Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Re-usable
Professor Iseult Lynch from University of Birmingham, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences explores the amazing opportunities offered by nanotechnologies
Nanotechnologies and the ability to manipulate matter at the nanoscale (1-100nm) have opened up amazing new opportunities for industry and consumers. Nanotechnology has been identified as a key enabling...
Sustainable soil management challenges
Dr. Robert Simmons, Prof. Jane Rickson and Prof. Ron Corstanje from Cranfield University’s School of Water, Energy and Environment sheds light on sustainable soil management (SSM) challenges, including soil degradation
Sustainable soil management (SSM) is fundamental to effective soil function, particularly in intensive production systems where optimal plant growth is...
