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 communications@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.
Changing 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.
Read MoreBeyond Covid-19: The future of digital teaching and learning
- 18 November, 2020
- Education
- Lara Bird
To fully embrace the opportunity of digital teaching and learning, it will require bold and creative thinking that looks to the future. In this blog, Lara Bird discusses the future of digital teaching and learning post- Covid-19.
Read MoreE-Pedagogy: a new teaching framework?
- 11 November, 2020
- Education
- Alana Cullen
What would an online teaching pedagogy look like? Alana Cullen discusses the establishment of a new online teaching framework, and the benefits it could bring to higher education institutions.
Read MoreThe Digital Future
- 28 October, 2020
- Technology
- Sundeep Bhandari and Andrew Smith
How is the world adjusting and preparing for the digital revolution? Sundeep Bhandari and Andrew Smith discuss the importance of rigorously testing data, and NPL's role in supporting the digital transformation.
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