NRAG is composed of representatives from Member Bodies and chaired by Jon Poole (CEO, Institute of Food Science and Technology)
Reporting to the Board of the Science Council, the NRAG’s terms of reference are to:
• scope the initial research to be undertaken;
• consider the implications of this research in establishing the business case;
• contribute to the development of competency frameworks and standards for each register;
• lead discussions on the terminology of the new registers;
• identify at least four Member Bodies to pilot licences;
• undertake the evaluation of the pilot licences; and
• oversee the production of resources for use in awareness raising and marketing of the new registers by the Science Council.
Jon Poole (Chair) Institute of Food Science and Technology
Neil Atkinson Institution of Chemical Engineers
David Barr Royal Society of Chemistry
Bob Chaplow (observer) Science Council Registration Authority
Cliff Collis / Rachel Forsyth Society of Biology
Colin Grant Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology
Simon Jackson Institute of Brewing and Distilling
Sarah May Institute of Biomedical Science
Robert Neilson Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine
Philippa Nobbs (observer) Institute of Science and Technology
Daniel Sandford Smith (observer) Gatsby Charitable Foundation
Annette Smith Association for Science Education
Anita Sunderland Institute of Minerals, Mining and Materials