Posts belonging to Category A Little Bit Of Politics

Drugs Advice

Owl and Pussy Cat – all at sea on the ACMD  Further controversy over government plans to remove the legal requirement for scientists to be on the Advisory Council for the Misuse of Drugs with the release of news that ‘The Owl and the Pussycat’ are to be invited onto the panel. The original proposal, [...]

The students are revolting – bloghazard counts the cost of tuition fees

How many Sports Physiologists does it take to change a light bulb? I went for a job once; a lectureship at one of the new Universities. The interview was going quite well and I was coming round to the idea that a tenured post might actually be very nice, even with the horrendous teaching load. I’d [...]

You can’t lick it – yet

It is often said that government thinking about science can be written on the back of a postage stamp. Is this true? Well let’s see: For those of you without Super Vision – this is from the website of that bit of government that deals with science. ‘BIS is committed to developing a world class [...]