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Science and Technology - Fifth Report

Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 24 July 2002.


CONTENTS


Terms of Reference

REPORT

SUMMARY

INTRODUCTION

Our inquiry

Definitions

THE ROYAL SOCIETY

History

Work

Funding

Leverage

Research grants and awards

Funding

Features

Additional funding

Education and schools work

International representation

THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING

History

Work

Funding

Grants and awards

Funding

Features

Future funding

Other awards

LEARNED SOCIETIES

Work

Membership

Academies

Views on government funding and independence

Equity of funding

ACADEMIC AWARDS AND PROGRAMMES

Comparison with Research Council awards

Selection process

Fellowships for women

Representation

Cost efficiency

Learned societies

PUBLIC COMMUNICATION OF SCIENCE

Office of Science and Technology

The Research Councils

The Royal Society

The Royal Academy of Engineering

The British Association for the Advancement of Science

The Royal Institution of Great Britain

Learned societies

Copus

History

Status and finance

Problems

Funding

Evaluation

SCIENTIFIC ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT

The Royal Society

The Royal Academy of Engineering

Learned societies

Learned societies and Government

Learned societies and the Royal Society

ACCOMMODATION

The Royal Society

The Royal Academy of Engineering and other academies

Burlington House

The British Association for the Advancement of Science

THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY AND ROYAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING

Application process

The Royal Society

The Royal Academy of Engineering

Gender

The Royal Society

The Royal Academy of Engineering

Ethnicity

Institutional bias

Disciplines

The Royal Society

The Royal Academy of Engineering

CONCLUSION

LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS

ANNEX 1: VISITS MADE IN THE COURSE OF THE INQUIRY

ANNEX 2: SCIENTIFIC LEARNED SOCIETIES

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE REPORT AND EVIDENCE

EXTRACTS FROM MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS RELATING TO DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE RELATING TO THE REPORT

LIST OF WITNESSES

Wednesday 8 May 2002

THE ROYAL SOCIETY

Lord May of Oxford, President, Professor Julia Higgins DBE, Vice President and Foreign Secretary, and Mr Stephen Cox, Executive Secretary  Ev 1

THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING

Sir Alec Broers, President, Professor Ann Dowling, Vice President, and Mr Jon Burch, Executive Secretary  Ev 12

 Wednesday 12 June 2002

THE BRITISH COMPUTER SOCIETY

Mr David Clarke, Chief Executive, Professor John McDermid, Vice President, and Professor Wendy Hall, Vice President  .Ev 19

THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY

Dr Rita Gardner, Chief Executive, and Mr Elliot Robertson, Policy Officer  Ev 24

THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CHEMISTRY

Dr David Giachardi, Chief Executive and General Secretary, Dr Barry Price, Honorary Treasurer, Mrs Libby Steele, Manager, Professional Education and Development, and Dr Stephen Benn, Parliamentary Affairs Officer  Ev 28

THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE

  

Dr Peter Briggs, Chief Executive, and Dr Roland Jackson, incoming Chief

Executive  Ev 31

COPUS

Dame Bridget Ogilvie, Chair, and Professor Ian Halliday, Council member  Ev 31

 Wednesday 19 June 2002

THE ROYAL SOCIETY

Professor John Enderby, Vice President, and Mr Stephen Cox, Executive

Secretary  Ev 39

APPENDICES

LIST OF APPENDICES TO THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE

LIST OF UNPRINTED EVIDENCE

LIST OF REPORTS



 
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