Press Releases from the Science Council and its Member Organisations are available to read here. Click on the headline to read the full Press Release - you will need Acrobat Reader to open the file (click here to install Acrobat Reader). Archived Press Releases can be downloaded from the right-hand menu.
Science Council's response to the European poll on the attitudes of young people towards science
14th November 2008
Students' Views of Science Subjects Are Holding Back Their Career, Warns Science Council
7th November 2008
Future Morph launched to help address problems and redefine perceptions of career opportunities from science. Click here to view the site.
New President for the Institute of Physics (IOP)
1st October 2008
Professor Jocelyn Bell Burnell has been appointed as the new President for the Institute of Physics for a two year term.
Future Morph Wins International Stevie® Award in Fifth Annual International Business Awards
2nd July 2008
4science and Full-VideoSolutions have won an International Stevie Award for their Glass Artist video in The 2008 International Business Awards. The video, commissioned by the Science Council as part of its Future Morph project, topped the Motivational category.
Difficulty report tarnishes A-level gold standard, the science community responds
1st July 2008
A-level grades and the UCAS point-scoring system, which treats all subjects as equally difficult, has been tarnished by new research which shows that some subjects at A-level are more difficult than others, says the science community.
With 250,000 A-level results analysed over five robust statistical methods, it has been shown that it is easier to achieve the top grades in subjects like Media Studies and Psychology than it is when taking subjects like Maths, Physics and Chemistry.
Integration and Implementation of Diagnostic Technologies in Healthcare
25th January 2008
The Science Council has today published its report on Integration and Implementation of Diagnostic Technologies in Healthcare. This report has been produced by the Council’s Science in Health Group chaired by Professor Stephen Holgate, and the project received financial support from the Department of Health.
Reinvigorated Vision Needed for Science's Interface with Society
7th November 2007
The Science Council welcomed the Minister for Science and Innovation, Ian Pearson MP's speech at the inaugural Sir Gareth Roberts Science Policy Lecture.
Minister Announces Careers Push
16th May 2007
The Science Council welcomes Education Minister Bill Rammell’s speech today at the Institute of Public Policy Research and the focus the DfES is now giving to STEM careers. The Science Council is pleased to see that its new web project will be central to this effort.
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.
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).
