@sciencecampaign.bsky.social
Campaign for Science and Engineering (CaSE) is the leading independent voice for UK R&D. www.sciencecampaign.org.uk
Public ‘backs immigration for foreign researchers to boost UK’.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...
CaSE has worked with our new public opinion research consortium to create a messaging guide for those who want to talk about researcher immigration in a way that can cut through the noise, bring the public along, and make the best possible case for better immigration policy.
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We want to help the R&D sector tell a more compelling story about the value of researcher immigration for the UK.
www.sciencecampaign.org.uk/what-we-do/p...
Quote card with image of Sarion Bowers, Head of Policy and Advocacy at the Sanger Institute on right hand side. Quote says: At a time when the UK could be strengthening its global leadership through its science, we continue to deter scientists from coming to our country and we damage our global standing.
Immigration is critical for UK research and development. With other leading organisations, we have worked with @sciencecampaign.bsky.social to share insights about how the UK visa system impacts research.
Read the full statement, here ⤵️
www.sanger.ac.uk/about/influe...
Proud to support this important @sciencecampaign.bsky.social report on visa challenges.
Research relies on global talent – without a fair and functional visa system, we risk reaching a breaking point in our ability to attract the brightest minds and sustain world-leading research.
‘Complex’ visa policy poses ‘significant barrier’ to research.
Major research organisations warn of high costs and lack of flexibility, in Case report.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...
By speaking to professionals who handle visa and immigration issues at UK research institutions, CaSE has compiled a catalogue of case studies that demonstrate the significant barriers presented by the current system
Read the briefing⬇️⬇️
www.sciencecampaign.org.uk/analysis-and...
CaSE's response to the skilled immigration developments in the news today. Specifically, the reported Government plans to reduce visa fees, Reform’s announcement on indefinite leave to remain, and changes to USA visa policy.
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As CaSE turns 40, we are looking ahead and exploring what the future holds for R&D in the UK. Policy Manager Camilla d'Angelo introduces our new piece of work on ‘Reimagining R&D’⬇️⬇️
www.sciencecampaign.org.uk/analysis-and...
Ahead of the upcoming DSIT allocations, we have joined forces with @sciencecampaign.bsky.social and Universities UK to examine the difficult choices institutions are having to make on R&D activity.
🔗 Read the full report: www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/what-we-do/p...
Liz Lloyd, who left No 10 in the reshuffle last week, is made a peer and a minister
She will serve jointly in the science, innovation and technology + business and trade depts, as well as a whip in the Lords
No 10 press notice:
CaSE is excited to announce that The Institute of Cancer Research, London @icr.ac.uk has become its latest member organisation.
The membership of the ICR strengthens CaSE’s advocacy for the R&D sector and widens our coalition of members.
Read more⬇️⬇️
www.sciencecampaign.org.uk/press/detail...
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology in particular has seen major changes to its ministerial team, but shifts at other departments also hold potential consequences for major issues such as skilled immigration to the UK.
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🔀After the weekend’s big ministerial reshuffle, CaSE takes a closer look at what’s changed, who’s moved, and what it all means for UK R&D.
Read more here⬇️⬇️
www.sciencecampaign.org.uk/analysis-and...
Listen to our Executive Director @aliciagreated.bsky.social on the latest The Abundance Agenda podcast discussing CaSE’s work exploring skilled immigration to the UK and industrial strategy policy.
🎧 www.abundancepod.com/p/reshuffle-...
@jamesomalley.co.uk @mjrobbins.com
This week's episode ofTHE ABUNDANCE AGENDA is out now!
- How the reshuffle might have just saved Cambridge
- Why Reform is building its own bat tunnel in Lincolnshire
- And we speak to @aliciagreated.bsky.social about R&D, industrial strategy and immigration!
www.abundancepod.com/p/reshuffle-...
Congratulations to Liz Kendall MP on becoming the new Secretary of State at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.
Read CaSE Executive Director @aliciagreated.bsky.social's initial response to this news and other cabinet changes made today ⬇️⬇️
We are delighted that our first sponsors for this project are:
British heart Foundation @bhfpolicy.bsky.social
Cancer Research UK @crukpolicy.bsky.social
Compound Semiconductor Applications (CSA) Catapult
University of Edinburgh
University of Glasgow
University of Strathclyde
We will gather public opinion insights to underpin an eye-catching campaign, alongside a portfolio of case studies that showcase the breadth of R&D across Scotland and Wales.
Find out more: www.sciencecampaign.org.uk/analysis-and...
The 2026 Holyrood and Senedd elections offer the R&D sector an opportunity to nurture a new cohort of supporters among elected representatives in Scotland and Wales.
CaSE is launching a collaborative, highly tailored campaign to raise R&D up the agenda in the Scottish and Welsh parliaments.
CaSE has been delivering impactful public opinion insights for the R&D community since 2022. We wanted to know how the community have been using them in their work:
www.sciencecampaign.org.uk/about/achiev...
@drrathbone.bsky.social
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While we have seen a big cash increase in investment of 24% in R&D since 2018, much of that has been eaten away by the effect of inflation, with the increase just 2% when it is factored in. There are also welcome increases in public investment, but concerning decreases in business investment.
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The Office for National Statistics (ONS) have published the latest figures for R&D expenditure in the UK in 2023 (GERD). In our analysis Florence Young and Daniel Rathbone take a look at what the figures mean for R&D in the UK ⬇️⬇️
www.sciencecampaign.org.uk/analysis-and...
As has been the case in recent years, STEM subjects remain popular choices among pupils in the UK. At A-level, some 46% of all exams sat this year were in STEM subjects, for the Scottish Highers this is at around 29%, and for Scottish Advanced Highers the proportion of STEM subjects is at 44%.
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CaSE has taken a look at what the latest numbers of students taking A-level, Scottish Highers and Advanced Highers in STEM-related subjects means for ongoing trends in STEM education.
www.sciencecampaign.org.uk/analysis-and...
Now that Parliament has finished for the summer, here is an ‘end-of-term’ round-up of all our recent analysis of R&D policy. 📝
www.sciencecampaign.org.uk/analysis-and...
📊How is public R&D investment divided between government departments?
Following the Spending Review, CaSE has taken a deeper look at the trends in R&D budget allocations to departments and at the challenges in assessing R&D expenditure within the MoD.
www.sciencecampaign.org.uk/analysis-and...
The UK needs many industrial strategies.
Smarter growth begins with understanding value chains in innovation, say Daniel Rathbone and Eleanor Hopkins.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
Explore the synthesis to find out more about the policy implications we have highlighted from the research: www.sciencecampaign.org.uk/analysis-and...
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