The UK's new S&T ministry @SciTechgovuk is a week and a half old!

My first reaction was published by New Scientist last week (£, sorry):

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2358518-will-the-uks-new-science-and-tech-department-achieve-anything/

My further thoughts on what this might mean are now out at Research Fortnight:

https://www.researchprofessional.com/0/rr/news/political-science-blog/2023/2/Science-ministry-must-avoid-being-all-R-and-no-D.html

#scipolicy

📢Call for papers at #ICPP6!

Track on #innovationdistricts & #urban sci/tech/innovation-led development as a policy tool 👇

RT @kieronflanagan@twitter.com

We're convening a track on innovation districts & urban S&T/innovation-led development policy at #ICPP6 in Toronto in June. Submissions invited for onsite/online presentations. Deadline is 31/01. Please join us & please RT!

https://bit.ly/3QzUFhO

#innovation #scipolicy #urban

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/kieronflanagan/status/1613599412554551296

We're convening a track on innovation districts & urban S&T/innovation-led development policy at #ICPP6 in Toronto in June. Submissions invited for onsite/online presentations. Deadline is 31/01. Please join us & please RT!

https://bit.ly/3QzUFhO

#innovation #scipolicy #urban

We're convening a track on 'innovation districts' and urban S&T/innovation-led development policy at the IPPA conference in Toronto in June. Submissions are open for onsite or online presentations from all fields and traditions. Please consider submitting and please do share with your networks. Deadline is 31st January!

https://www.ippapublicpolicy.org/conference/icpp6-toronto-2023/panel-list/17/panel/innovation-districts-as-complex-multi-level-policy-spaces-the-governance-and-implementation-of-a-fuzzy-concept/1445

#scipolicy #urban #innovation #cities #placemaking #economicdevelopment #innovation

@ONS@twitter.com ...and although @ONS@twitter.com don't give a %/GDP estimate for 2020 because of the need to feed the new estimates into the GDP estimate itself, but it's looking as if the UK economy is a lot more R&D intensive than we thought:

https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/governmentpublicsectorandtaxes/researchanddevelopmentexpenditure/bulletins/ukgrossdomesticexpenditureonresearchanddevelopment/2020

#scipolicy

Tomorrow Dr. Wetmore on NC A&T State, sharing about "Policy and Science" #SciPolicy #TechPolicy @ASU_SFIS@twitter.com

RT @kieronflanagan@twitter.com

Chancellor (UK finance minister) confirms planned rise in govt spending on R&D to £20bn by 24-25 will be retained, but no mention of the original aspiration to £22bn and beyond. Notes that the UK ‘is close’ to meeting its 2.4% target but no mention of a future target. #scipolicy

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/kieronflanagan/status/1593232719739506688

Finally, in case you've just joined, my comments on the commitment to the £20bn Science Budget by 2024-25 are at the very top of this thread, in my original tweet! #scipolicy

Chancellor (UK finance minister) confirms planned rise in govt spending on R&D to £20bn by 24-25 will be retained, but no mention of the original aspiration to £22bn and beyond. Notes that the UK ‘is close’ to meeting its 2.4% target but no mention of a future target. #scipolicy

The ONS release on BERD (business expenditure on R&D) for 2021 due out today, the first to be released following the much discussed recent revision to the sampling approach, now looks to be coming out on 22 Nov: https://www.ons.gov.uk/releases/businessenterpriseresearchanddevelopmentuk2020 #scipolicy

RT @csugimoto
Only two weeks until the priority deadline. I'm looking forward to finding our next colleague in #sciencepolicy, with a focus on #equity! #innovation #scipolicy @sppgatech https://twitter.com/sppgatech/status/1571866221447880706

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