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What Was DSIT? The Rise and Fall of Britain’s Science and… politicsuk.com
One of Andy Burnham’s first major decisions as prime minister has been to abolish the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), folding...
Business Secretary: “I'm backing investment and innovation to power good growth in every corner of the UK” – Wired-Gov Wired-Gov
Business Secretary: “I'm backing investment and innovation to power good growth in every corner of the UK” Wired-Gov Source link
Research Fortnight – 22 July 2026 Research Professional News
In issue 703: true scale of STFC cost overrun revealed, Burnham’s Dsit axe analysed In this issue of Research Fortnight,...
Britain must secure greater control and leverage over AI to protect our national security in fractured world GOV.UK
In a keynote speech Liz Kendall set out why AI is key to this country’s economic prosperity and national security...
AI minister role boosted but tech department axed in Burnham shake-up BBC
The AI Minister, Kanishka Narayan, will be given a seat at the top table of government but the Department for...
UK underground laboratory host world’s deepest farming study | Science and Technology Facilities Council Wired-Gov
Researchers have begun growing crops 1.1km below ground at the Boulby Underground Laboratory, operated by the Science and Technology Facilities...
UK underground laboratory host world’s deepest farming study | Science and Technology Facilities Council Wired-Gov
Researchers have begun growing crops 1.1km below ground at the Boulby Underground Laboratory, operated by the Science and Technology Facilities...
New UK PM shuts down science and tech department pharmaphorum
In the midst of appointing his Cabinet, new UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has scrapped the Department for Science, Innovation...
Patrick Vallance resigns as science minister Research Professional News
Vallance stands down for “personal reasons”, while Liz Kendall exits as science secretary Patrick Vallance has resigned as science minister,...
UK tech industry warns Burnham against scrapping DSIT UKTN
Figures in the UK tech industry have warned incoming Prime Minister Andy Burnham against rumoured plans to break up the...
Proposed budget cuts a catastrophe for UK astronomy The Royal Astronomical Society
The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) is gravely concerned at the drastic cuts to support for UK astronomy outlined by the...
UK tech advocates alarmed by Burnham plan to scrap technology department | Technology policy The Guardian
Andy Burnham’s plan to scrap the government’s technology department has triggered an angry backlash from MPs, Whitehall officials and tech...
Former ARIA exec joins Oxford Science Enterprises UKTN
Antonia Jenkinson, a former executive at the Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA), has been appointed as the new finance...
How the UK can lead the future of photonics UKTN
The global photonics market is projected to exceed £1tn by 2030. While the UK’s 3.5% share might appear modest, that...
'Quantum computing talent should be used for good' – BBC BBC
'Quantum computing talent should be used for good' BBC Source link
New social media curfews and crackdown on addictive features to better protect 16- and 17-year-olds online GOV.UK
Nighttime curfews to be set by default and features that get teens hooked onto social media to be automatically switched...
Biobank data leak: Science, Innovation and Technology Committee responds – Committees UK Parliament
Responding to today’s news of a data breach at health data charity UK Biobank, Dame Chi Onwurah, Science, Innovation and...
Science Minister and UKRI CEO give further details of research funding cuts – Committees UK Parliament
The Science, Innovation and Technology Committee has today published a letter from the Science Minister, Lord Vallance, and UKRI CEO, Professor...
University of Liverpool academics appointed to DSIT College of Experts University of Liverpool
Professors Katie Atkinson and Xiaowei Huang from the School of Computer Science and Informatics join leading specialists chosen to give...
New and novel: call for multi-domain autonomous systems GOV.UK
UKDI has launched a new Themed Competition: Novel Autonomy and Robotics Funded by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl)...
