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Lord Drayson, the Science Minister, has admitted that the sacking of Professor David Nutt, has caused "serious concern" among the scientific community.
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This has not been a problem in the USA, but unfortunately not for the right reasons. Here, few employed by the government or dependent on the government ( ...
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... come of "ivory tower" type academic work.
But Lord Drayson isn't demanding that scientists do that, at least not exactly. But he has put forth a somewhat radical ... akin to art than engineering, suffer under these new criteria? Even more chilling are a few lines from Drayson's speech on the subject:
Perhaps we could consider three criteria for identifying those areas for greater ...
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... government is set to produce guidelines to ensure the independence of its scientific advisers, Science Minister Lord Drayson has said.
... A statement from the academics was sent to government officials and ministers, and calls for them to back their academic freedom and independence and to properly consider their advice. In a ...
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... led by a few individuals," he said.
Professor Nutt's dismissal for criticising government drugs policy created ministerial divisions, with Lord Drayson, the science minister, criticising his boss Alan Johnson, the Home Secretary, for not consulting those responsible for science policy within his department. Two ACMD members ...
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... no less, for a new technology awards initiative called iAwards.
Okay, so the judging panel might not all be quite government, but iAwards is backed by Science and Innovation Minister Lord Drayson, plus Dragon's Den star James Caan. There's a real mix of award categories, including Energy and Environment (featuring environmentally friendly ...
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... to develop practical solutions to society’s greatest challenges. Award winners were named last night during a ceremony at the Science Museum hosted by Lord Drayson and entrepreneur James Caan.
The top honours went to Horizon Discovery Ltd, a technology start-up whose product identifies patients most likely to respond to particular, ...
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... mature research, which tends to have a higher evidence level than research with preliminary findings”. I actually thought 57% was pretty good. I know Lord Drayson certainly argued at an RI debate earlier this year that science (and therefore health) reporting wasn’t that bad and he is making positive noises about evidence ...
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... and
the work announced today will help reinforce this."
The consultation will run parallel to a similar exercise conducted by Science
Minister Lord Drayson, who is working with scientists, the learned societies and
Government colleagues to outline principles for independent scientific advice,
which underpin the relationship between ...
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... full "operational sovereignty" over the new F-35 Joint Strike Fighters we're supposed to be buying for our new aircraft carriers.
Back in December 2006 Lord Drayson, minister for Defence Procurement, travelled to Washington for urgent talks to save Britain's participation in the programme. Crucial to this was the signing of ...
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... , Henry; DONNELLAN, Jenny; DONOUGHUE, Lord; DOW, Geoffrey; DRAYSON, Lord; D'SOUZA, Baroness; DUBS, ... Bishop; WHITAKER, Janet; WHITEHEADPATEY, Tarasyn; WHITTY, Lord; WILCOX, Baroness; WILKINS, Baroness; WILLIAMS, Baroness; ...
i agree word for word with Elton.
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Tonight I attended the twitter-inspired 'Blue skies ahead?' debate in which science minister Lord Paul Drayson gamely engaged a youthful panel (and audience) of scientists on 'the prospects for UK science'.
The first half of the debate was dominated by one word: 'impact'. It's an unfortunate word choice, ...
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