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Public support grows for spending on mass transit and infrastructure
Public support is growing for expenditures on mass transit and infrastructure and remains high for education and health care, according to a National Opinion Research Center survey at the University of Chicago that has been following spending trends for 35 years. view more (2009-02-10)
Concerns over national policy on infertility treatment
Decisions about providing fertility treatment on the NHS should be made locally according to need and priority, rather than through national policy, argues a leading medical ethicist in this week’s BMJ. view more (2003-09-03)
New Policy Priorities for Chemical Industry Revealed
A new set of priorities for the chemical industry will be revealed by the Chemical Industries Association (CIA) today during the launch of their new Policy Priorities booklet at the House of Commons, London. view more (2005-03-16)
Research Fortnight 2 October issue: space transfer, MRC priorities, social science chief, CCLRC grants, and clinical masters
Research councils take over £150m space funds The government is to shift control of £150 million of the UK's space research budget to the research councils following a review of the British National Space Centre. The Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council will get an additional £25.5m over the three years between 2003-04... view more... (2002-10-02)
Chancellor has the opportunity to deliver for science
SBS today welcomed the Chancellor of the Exchequer`s unequivocal statement that the science base will receive extra investment in next month`s spending review. view more (2002-06-10)
Mobile phones have not replaced teenage smoking
The theory that the recent decline in teenage smoking is linked to the rise in mobile phone ownership is challenged in this week's BMJ. Researchers in Finland surveyed 9,309 adolescents to test whether mobile phones are competing with cigarettes for their weekly spending money. Of 6,516 respondents 57% had smoked at least twice, 24% smoked daily,... view more... (2003-01-16)
£21M for Tomorrow's Technology: Research Councils UK News Release
Research Councils UK announces seven projects to benefit from latest round of funding for Basic Technology Programme. Computer codes that defy the fraudster, more efficient ways of diagnosing and treating disease and new techniques in oil exploration. These are just some of the potential benefits to society of the next seven research projects... view more... (2003-01-15)
R&D reaches record levels in Spain as it takes on the EU Presidency
The percentage of Spanish GDP (gross domestic product) destined for research and development (R&D) has reached its highest ever level, just as Spain takes over the European Union`s rotating presidency. view more (2002-01-04)
Study: Teachers' unions don't provide more pay
Teachers' unions have little impact on a school district's allocation of money, including teacher pay and spending per student, according to a study published this month in the Journal of Labor Economics. view more (2009-10-21)
Stong cross-party support for increases in university research funding
Save British Science today welcomed the outcome of Parliament`s debate of the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), and called on the Government to act on the debate`s conclusions in next month`s Spending Review. "There was no doubt that Members of Parliament felt strongly that university research deserves more money," said Dr Peter Cotgreave,... view more... (2002-06-28)
Give us clearer picture on Treasury transparency - top fiscal expert tells Chancellor
On the eve of Chancellor Gordon Brown's Pre-Budget Speech this Wednesday, Professor David Heald of Sheffield University has examined the Government's actual track record on fiscal transparency - one of the key aspects of the much-vaunted Code for Fiscal Stability - and urged the Government to spin less and inform more. The idea behind fiscal... view more... (2003-12-03)
A Global Strategy For Reducing Catastrophic Health-care Payments (p 111)
Public-health experts highlight in this week's issue of THE LANCET how the reduction of out-of-pocket health expenditure to below 15% of the total cost of health services could substantially increase access to health-care systems across different parts of the world. Accessing health services in different countries across the world can lead to... view more... (2003-07-09)
Trimming US health care spending will require new approaches, study finds
Slowing the growth in U.S. health care spending will most likely require adoption of an array of strategies as well as an improved approach to moving promising strategies into widespread use, according to a new analysis by the RAND Corporation. view more (2009-11-12)
Research Fortnight 29 May issue: stories on space science, the spending review, Diamond, energy and veterinary research.
UK space science dead in 10 years, group warns The UK's influence in space science will vanish within the next decade if current trends in funding are not reversed, according to a new campaign group. The Space Action Network aims to raise awareness of the problems faced by the space science community and secure more funds for future projects. The... view more... (2002-05-29)
Yet more evidence supports SBS`s case
SBS today welcomed the publication of a report once again backing up our case that recruitment and retention of university staff is now a major problem. "Two years ago, we did a survey that showed how more than half of universities had left jobs unfilled, or returned research grants, because they could not recruit good enough people," said Dr... view more... (2002-05-10)
Research Fortnight 24 July issue: stories on AHRB`s future, the spending review, Wellcome, sustainable agriculture, and foot and mouth.
Research council status recommended for AHRB The Arts and Humanities Research Board should become a research council, according to a review carried out for the government. The new council should be created by a royal charter and funded, like the existing research councils, through the Office of Science and Technology. Science scores third spending... view more... (2002-07-24)
Foot and Mouth deals £750 m blow to sports industries
The foot and mouth outbreak has brought to a sudden halt a decade of constant growth in UK consumer spending on sport, according to a new Sheffield Hallam University report. Consumer spending on sport in the UK was at a record £15.2 billion, or nearly 3% of total consumer spending in 2000 according to Sport Market Forecasts, published this... view more... (2001-04-09)
How Councillors Can Satisfy Their Voters
London councillors can make their voters happier within their existing budgets. They can do so by re-allocating their expenditures so that more funds are spent on bus and rail services. But the average Manchester voter would prefer to see more cash spent on bringing more jobs to their city while Birmingham residents would prefer more funds spent... view more... (2003-05-15)
WORLD AIDS SERIES: BREAKING THE SILENCE---SETTING REALISTIC PRIORITIES FOR AIDS CONTROL (p 49)
'The AIDS pandemic is a human tragedy that is threatening development in the poorest countries. There is no cure or vaccine, but the tools to control the epidemic already exist. Nevertheless, there are few examples of national AIDS control programmes that have had an impact on the epidemic. We (an economist and a planner) attribute this to the... view more... (2000-06-28)
Budget research credit for private sector welcome - Public sector research must benefit from the Spending Review
Save British Science today welcomed the Chancellor of the Exchequer`s £400 million package of tax credits for companies carrying out research and development. "We knew this credit was coming, because there has been extensive consultation, but now we know the rate," said Dr Peter Cotgreave, Director of SBS. "Some people may complain that this... view more... (2002-04-17)
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