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Election of New President
28th November 2006

Sir Tom McKillop has been elected to be the new President of the Science Council and will take up the appointment in January 2007 following the retirement of founding President, Sir Gareth Roberts.

Appointment of Three New Vice-Presidents
6th November 2006

The Science Council has created three new Vice Presidents to join the President, Professor Sir Gareth Roberts as honorary officers. At the Board meeting in October Dr Robert Kirby-Harris, Chief Executive of the Institute of Physics, Helen Gay Wild, Chief Executive of the Institute of Food Science and Technology, and Edmund Nickless, Executive Secretary of the Geological Society were elected to serve as the first Science Council Vice-Presidents.

More Mathematics Graduates
10th October 2006

The mathematics community has been awarded £3.3 million by the government to ensure the next generation of students includes enough graduates in the mathematical sciences.

Next Generation of Scientists could be lost say key Science Organisations
26th September 2006

The next generation of scientists could be lost if urgent, concerted action is not taken to address the major challenges facing science education, a new partnership of scientific learned societies, science teachers and other key science organisations - brought together by the Royal Society - said today (Tuesday 26 September 2006).