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.
Hydrogen: can we overcome its limitations?
- 10 February, 2021
- Environment, Technology
- Colin Matthews
What are the limitations of hydrogen technologies? In this blog post Colin Matthews discusses some of the hurdles we must first overcome before hydrogen can be considered a sustainable, alternative fuel source.
Read MoreA first look at the Turing Scheme
- 3 February, 2021
- Education
- Alana Cullen
What would success look like for the Turing scheme? Alana Cullen takes a look at the potential of the Turing scheme compared with the Erasmus+ programme.
Read MoreDeveloping a UK ARPA
- 20 January, 2021
- General
- Adam Clarke
What could a UK ARPA look like? Adam Clarke explores the potential role for a UK ARPA, and what the next steps in creating one could be.
Read MoreChanging the Research Excellence Funding Game to Enable Return upon Investment
- 13 January, 2021
- General
- Professor Victor Newman
How should research impact be measured? Victor Newman explores the current Research Excellence Framework, and proposes policy changes for a fairer system.
Read More2020 at the Foundation: A year in review
- 6 January, 2021
- General
- Gavin Costigan
In the first blog post of the new year, Gavin Costigan, Chief Executive of the Foundation for Science and Technology reflects on the past year, and looks forward to what the Foundation has in store for 2021.
Read MoreCarbon Offsetting: Solution or Scapegoat?
- 14 December, 2020
- Environment
- George Beesley and Jacob Ashton
How can we each make changes in our lives to help the environment? George Beesley and Jacob Ashton discuss what carbon offsetting is, methods, as well as its benefits and challenges.
Read MoreNeed for UK to secure a sustainable supply of future medical radioisotopes
- 9 December, 2020
- General
- Dr Robert Hoyle
Robert Hoyle discusses what medical isotopes are, the vulnerability of the supply chain, and the need for the UK to secure a sustainable supply.
Read MoreFoundation Futures Leaders Programme: A year of opportunity
- 8 December, 2020
- General
- Dr Caroline Pritchard
How do government, industry and academia come together? Caroline Pritchard reflects on her year in the Foundation Future Leaders Programme.
Read MoreCo-generation: Nuclear Energy’s untapped potential in aiming for Net Zero
- 2 December, 2020
- Environment
- Dr Dame Sue Ion
Nuclear energy has the potential to help the UK achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. Dame Sue Ion discusses the huge benefits of nuclear co-generation in achieving net- zero.
Read MoreCollaboration and Compassion: Soft Skills and Research excellence at the first Foundation Future Leaders Conference
- 24 November, 2020
- General
- Dr Fay Bound Alberti
Fay Bound Alberti discusses the importance of collaboration between government, academia and industry, reflecting on the first Foundation Future Leaders Conference.
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