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‘Ireland needs to engineer itself to be at the crossroads of business and...

“Dublin’s role as European City of Science in 2012 is a vital opportunity, says Science Minister …” (more) [John Kennedy, Silicon Republic, 7 January]

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CaSE Science Debate

“I watched and listened – last night – to the Science and Engineering Policy Debate between Adam Afriyie (Shadow Science and Innovation Minister), Paul Drayson (the current Minister for Science and...

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Is there any doubt that investment in graduate education works?

“… Over recent years many have become aware of the national target of doubling the number of PhD graduates as a key element of the Strategy for Science Technology and Innovation. This was an easy...

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Ignorance lays Parliament open to ‘nonsense debates’

“Many MPs do not get involved in science policy because the issues take them ‘seriously outside their comfort zone’, a senior parliamentarian has admitted …” (more) [Paul Jump, Times Higher Education,...

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The Science of Science Policy

“I recently discovered the Science of Science Policy website, affiliated to the United States (US) Office of Science and Technology Policy …” (more) [Martin Ryan, Geary Behavioural Economics Blog, 30...

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New series on Irish science policy

“Introducing Science Calling’s newest series The SciPol Impact which will take an in-depth look at science policy in Ireland with guest posts and interviews every day this week …” (more) [Maria...

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Love lost for science policy

“In the last year, there has been a major shift in the government’s policy for supporting scientific research. Formerly, the emphasis was on research excellence in any field. Now the priority is for...

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Innovation, a failed enterprise policy and inconvenient facts for 2013

“2013 is close at hand and it’s hardly a ‘man bites dog’ story that the 2006 flagship enterprise policy target to be recognised as a ‘world class knowledge economy’ by next year has been already buried...

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Sherlock: CSA is a non-issue

“Minister Séan Sherlock said there wasn’t a huge backlash over the abolition of the Office of the Chief Scientific Adviser and added ‘it’s a non-issue’ in an interview with Science Calling …” (more)...

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An Embarrassing Rant by the Minister for Research and Innovation

“Over the last few days, we have had the opportunity to hear Minister Sherlock’s interview on Science Calling (before the audio files were subsequently removed). In a petty tone, Sherlock delivered...

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FOI reveals new information about CSA role

“The role of the Chief Scientific Adviser has no mention of science policy and is potentially under-resourced as revealed by Freedom of Information documents accessed by ScienceCalling …” (more) [Maria...

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Innovation Talk: Scientific advice must not be bonded to vested interests

“Scientists are sticklers for evidence. They start with a theory, an assumption about why something is so, but then like to conduct experiments to collect evidence that helps explain what is going on....

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