FST BLOG
We welcome blogs on issues across Science, Technology, Research and Innovation, and on the activities of the Foundation. To publish a blog on this site, please email Gavin Costigan (gavin.costigan@foundation.org.uk).
Note: The Foundation for Science and Technology is strictly neutral. Any views expressed in these blogs are those of the authors and not of the Foundation.
Filter: Year 2021
A personal message to Science and Technology Future Leaders
- 20 November, 2021
- Dr Carlanne Stone
In this blog, Dr Carlanne Stone outlines the experience of taking part in the 2021 Foundation Future Leaders scheme - and encourages others to apply for next year.
Read MoreWill your energy bills go down with nuclear energy production?
- 29 October, 2021
- Chloe Davies
In this blog, Chloe Davies discusses the Nuclear Energy Regulated Asset Base model introduced by the Government, what this means for energy bills and for achieving Net Zero emissions.
Read MoreBuilding the Future Economy
- 18 October, 2021
- Indro Mukerjee
In this blog, Indro Mukerjee, Chief Executive of Innovate UK, gives a foretaste of Innovate UK's Plan for Action, soon to be published.
Read MorePutting patients at the heart of early-phase clinical trials
- 15 October, 2021
- Jules Payne, CEO of Heart UK – The Cholesterol Charity
In this blog, Jules Payne, CEO of Heart UK - The Cholesterol Charity, argues that patients need to be fully aware of what clinical trials are seeking to achieve, and the opportunities to participate in them. Patient groups can help in ensuring clinical trial information is written in a way accessible to those who will benefit from them - patients.
Read MoreImproving clinical trial success by optimising patient selection – how can UK healthcare data resources help?
- 28 September, 2021
- Daniel Swerdlow, Senior Medical Director at Silence Therapeutics UK
In this latest blog, Daniel Swerdlow, Senior Medical Director at Silence Therapeutics UK, discusses how healthcare data can be used to improve the success of clinical trials by optimising patient selection.
Read MoreA scientific superpower: harnessing the UK’s early-phase research capabilities
- 7 September, 2021
- Professor Sir Gordon Duff
Professor Sir Gordon Duff, former Chair of the MHRA and current head of the Science and Technology Advisory Board at Silence Therapeutics, discusses the need to boost early-phase clinical research and ensure the UK continues to be an attractive and competitive destination for companies to design, trial and develop novel medicines for common and rare diseases.
Read MoreSystems thinking: the key to getting net zero right.
- 9 July, 2021
- Technology
- Keyne Walker, The Royal Academy of Engineering
Keyne Walker, Policy Officer at the Royal Academy of Engineering, discusses a systems approach to reaching Net Zero - what it looks like in practice and the implications for policymaking
Read MoreNational Infrastructure – A Globally Significant Leverage Point for a Sustainable, Resilient, Net Zero Future
- 29 June, 2021
- Environment
- Dr Tom Dolan
Dr Tom Dolan explores the potential of National Infrastructure as a leverage point for a Net Zero future, and outlines what this transformation could entail.
Read MoreA Systems Approach to Net Zero
- 18 June, 2021
- Environment
- Guy Newey
Guy Newey discusses the set of tools required for a systems approach to deliver Net Zero.
Read MoreDelivering £1.8 billion in benefits at Diamond Light Source
- 7 June, 2021
- Technology
- Isabelle Boscaro-Clarke
Isabelle Boscaro-Clarke discusses Diamond Light Source's impact, including a recent report demonstrating Diamond’s scientific, technological, societal and economic benefits.
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