The Science Council

The Science Council is a membership organisation representing learned societies and professional institutions across the breadth of science in the UK. Our purpose is to provide a collective voice for science and scientists and to maintain standards across all the scientific disciplines. more...

Events & Activities

Upcoming Council Meetings*
*Weds 20th October 2010

*The Council / General Meeting is a formal meeting to which only Nominated Representatives of Member Bodies are invited. Two representatives from Member Bodies may attend this meeting. Please email Tamasin Barnbrook with the names of attendees and any apologies.

Comprehensive Spending Review

The Science Council has pulled together many of the community's key submissions and documents. Find out more here.

Big Bang Fair Activity Resources

Activity resources can now be downloaded from the Science Council website and used as teacher resources or at home activities. Find out more here.

Future Morph Planet SciCast Award 2010

On Friday 16th July, The Royal Institution in London played host to the annual SciCast awards ceremony. Find out more here.

News

Latest Vacancies

The Science Council is looking to fill two roles:

Registration Executive & Team Administrator

For more details click here

Financial Times Science podcast

Listen to the latest weekly podcast with Diana Garnham, CEO of the Science Council and FT Science writer Clive Cookson. To listen to the podcast follow this link: http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=43

Science for Careers Expert Group report published
Science for Careers report warns that unless science speaks to young people the UK faces skills shortages Find out more here.

Science Council publishes policy paper on Priorities for UK Science and Innovation Policy 2010 - 2015

Find out more here.

Member Bodies Policy Papers 2010

Find more here about the policy priorities of our individual member bodies

		What is Science?

		The Science Council agrees a definition of Science Science is the pursuit of knowledge and understanding of the natural and social world following a systematic methodology based on evidence. View the Science Council's new Careers from Science web site:

Projects

A Future of Career Opportunities	The Science Council Science in Health Group (SiHG) is looking at the context and future careers for Scientists in Health. Find out more about the project and complete the survey of health scientists and their organisations.