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Volume 19, Number 8
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Development in Scotland
Professor Gavin McCrone: Development policy for the remote regions
Professor Mark Shucksmith: Empowering communities is the key
John Cameron: Preserving the social fabric of our rural communities
Professor Frank Rennie: Broadband, the highway to the islands
Freight transport
Professor Brian Collins: The elements of a freight transportation system
Lord Berkeley: Forecasting for future policy and investment
Tom Falcon: Part of a global supply chain
Professor Michael Stumpf: Mathematical modelling of transport networks
DNA profiling
Meg Hillier and Peter Neyroud: DNA profiles on police data systems
Jonathan Bamford: Individual rights and DNA databases
Tony Lake: How profiles are used in practice
Dr Peter Gill: The science behind DNA profiles
Innovation
Iain Gray: The mission of the Technology Strategy Board
Professor Andy Hopper: Developing the geese that lay golden eggs
Dr Richard Ward: Science and finance
Carbon trading
Professor Bob Watson: Can carbon trading help meet emissions targets?
Professor Michael Grubb: The EU Emissions Trading Scheme
Marc Stuart: What future for the CDM?
The Select Committees
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Volume 19, Number 7
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The Sainsbury Review
Lord Sainsbury: The Race to the Top
Sir Keith O'Nions: The Government's role
Professor Eric Thomas: A leadership role for universities
John Cridland: Speaking in a language that business can understand
Engineering and climate change
Lord Browne and Dr Scott Steedman: Engineering a response to
climate change
John Loughhead: Technologies to reduce emissions
Rolf Tolle: The risk to the insurance industry
Investigating the oceans
Phil Willis: How should UK marine science be organised?
Sir Howard Dalton: Rectifying the mistakes of 20 years ago
Colin Grant: Data - an essential commodity for the marine industry
Advising Government
Sir David King: Standing on the shoulders of science
John Denham: The role of science in public policy
Iain Conn: Informing and persuading
Pallab Ghosh: Using science to inform policy making
Research funding
Professor Ian Diamond: Research Council funding priorities
Obituary
Sir Howard Dalton FRS
Volume 19, Number 6
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Managing Risk
Rick Haythornthwaite: Risk, responsibility and regulation
Sir David Omand: Risk management - an audit of Government
Biofuels
Lord Oxburgh: The good, the bad and the not so bad
Sir Howard Dalton: Preserving agricultural diversity - the role of second generation biofuels
Ingmar Juergens: The way forward - a global view
Innovation
Jonathan Kestenbaum: Five haibits of innovative societies
Anne Glover: Connecting innovation and business success
Peter Warry: The role of research councils in improving UK performance
Professor Rod Coombs: How the universities can contribute more effectively
The Energy White Paper
Willy Rickett: The challenge of securing secure and sustainable supplies of energy
Barry Neville: The UK needs a market-based approach to energy policy
Dr John Miles: The challenges on the demand side
Government changes
Sir Keith O'Nions: The framework for supporting research and innovation
Phil Willis: The reorganisation - challenges and opportunities
Lord Broers: Staying at the forefront of innovation
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Volume 19, Number 5
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Health Research
Sir David Cooksey: The Cooksey Review of UK health research funding
Professor Colin Blakemore: The future role of the Medical Research Coouncil
Professor Sally Davies: New structures for health research support
Research Paths
Professor Wendy Hall: Future opportunities for UK researchers
Sir Graeme Davies: Supporting research staff - a toolkit for management
Dr John Bothwell: What four things do researchers want?
International Development
Sir Gordon Conway: The stark choices for development policy
Dr Vikram Patel: Placing health at the heart of development
Hon Aleke Bande MP: Building success and development in the 21st century
Intellectual Property Rights
Sir Hugh Laddie: The cost of litigating IP rights
Climage Change
Sir John Maddox: How to keep the world up to date
Comment
Archimedes: No, minister. Do as I say!
The Lord Lloyd of Kilgerran Award
Understanding the world of speech
Events list
Volume 19, Number 4
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Universities
Lord Rees: Promoting excellence in teaching and research
Professor David Eastwood: The university in contemporary societyNick Butler: Universities in the wider world
Science education
Professor Anne Glover: Are we losing the plot?
Professor John Holman: The purposes of science education
Bob Kibble: Science teaching in Scotland
The Stern Review
Sir Nicholas Stern: The economics of climate change
James Smith: The challenge to the energy sector
Andrew Harrison: Tackling aviation emissions
Sir Partha Dasgupta: Accounting for well-being
Evidence-based policy making
Phil Willis: Scientific advice and policy making
Professor Paul Wiles: The civil service and scientific advice
John Gummer: Science, truth and politics
Obituary
Sir Gareth Roberts
Volume 19, Number 3
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Water management
The Earl of Selborne: The Lords report on water management
Dr David King: Water management and the environment
Philip Fletcher: The regulatory framework
Paul Butler: An industry view
Technology and broadcasting
John Dickie: The impact of technology on public broadcasting
Anthony Lilley: Meeting human needs with technology
Professor Philip Esler: Digital media and the human dimension
Pensions policy
Lord Turner: The impact of demographic change
Alison O'Connell: Uncertain outcomes from the White Paper
Dr Reg Hinkley: What is the real 'deal' for UK citizens?
Sustainable development
Barry Gardiner: Quantifying ecosystem services and benefits
Professor Alan Thorpe: Increasing our understanding of ecosystems
Dorian Emmett: How industry can achieve a more
sustainable approach
Volume 19, Number 2
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Drugs, alcohol and health
Andrew Jackson: What impact will drugs have on society in the future?
Professor Neil McKeganey: The effects of abuse on family and society
Sir John Arbuthnott: Providing healthcare to drug users
UK energy policy
Peter Mather: The challenges for future UK energy policy
Dr Robert Hawley: Nuclear power - what has changed?
Ross Howard: 2020 vision - seeing the policy options more clearly
Dr Keith Palmer: Financing new electricity supply within carbon constraints
Supporting innovation
Sir Keith O'Nions: How should the Government support innovation in the economy?
Stephen Heal: Innovation in the service sector
Norman Pickavance: Innovation in food production
Data mashing
Professor Frank Kelly: Data and innovation - the case for experimentation
Dr Mike Lynch: Extracting meaning from information
Dr Mark Walport: Using data to improve the nation's health
Looking into the future
Sir Brian Bender: Risk management - getting the balance right
Sir David King: Anticipating and managing technological change
Jeremy Bentham: Discerning possible futures
The Lord Lloyd of Kilgerran award
Simple, effective testing for easily treatable diseases
House of Lords Select Committee
Lord Broers: A wide-ranging science and technology agenda
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Volume 19, Number 1
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International R&D partnerships
Sir Gareth Roberts: Reducing barriers to collaboration
Sir Robin Saxby: Partnership in multiple dimensions - a view from industry
Professor Charles Vest: US/UK collaboration - a personal perspective
Carbon abatement
Malcolm Wicks: Mitigating our continuing dependence on fossil fuels
Nick Otter: Taking an international approach to carbon abatement
Dr Kjell Bendiksen: Making carbon capture and storage a reality?
UK/Norway energy collaboration
Lord Browne: British and Norwegian cooperation in the North Sea
Helge Lund: Energising the future: opportunities and challenges
Odd Roger Enoksen: A Norwegian view
Malcolm Wicks: A UK perspective
Climate change
Sir David King: Reading the signs of the times
Hon James Connaughton: Taking practical, cost-effective action
Research priorities
Sir Alcon Copisarow: A half century of research reorganisation
Professor Ian Diamond: Meeting the challenge
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Science policy and management
Sir Keith O'Nions: Towards 2.5 per cent of GDP on R&D
Sir David Wallace: The costs and the priorities
Dr Mark Walport: Asking the right questions
The education of 14-19 year olds
Julie Bramman: The Government response to Tomlinson
Pauline Cox: The view from the chalk face
Lord May: Good science teaching matters
Biotechnology
Dr Doug Yarrow: From science base to market place
Martin Wales: A view from the City
Dr David Chiswell: A glass half full or half empty?
Dr Andy Richards: Barriers to early growth
Flu pandemic
Baroness Finlay: The frontline is in community care
Dr Jeremy Farrar: An incredibly virulent disease
Dr David Harper: The vital importance of communication
Bruce Mann: Addressing all contingencies
Obituary
Sir Hermann Bondi
Volume 18, Number 9
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Identity management
Katherine Courtney: The time is right for identity cards
Ian Watmore: Convergent and divergent strategies
Ed Mayo: The glass consumer
Managing road congestion
Graham Pendlebury: Using technology to manage road congestion
Archie Robertson: Technology on the road network
Professor David Rhind: Geographic information and traffic management
Professor Tony May: A long term strategy for integrated transport is needed
The productivity gap
Vicky Pryce: Driving productivity forward
Professor Jonathan Haskel: The factors affecting productivity
Professor John Van Reenen: Skills, management and innovation
A sustainable economy
Professor Howard Dalton: Addressing consumption and production
Dr Bernard Bulkin: Energy - the key ingredient
Anna Coote: The implications for health policy
Jonathon Porritt: Time to be bold and clear
Kyoto Protocol
Lord May: A first, essential step
Professor John Kay: ... but is it, really?
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