Science Policy

In 2006 I worked as an adviser at the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST), in the Houses of Parliament, Westminster. POST exists to help explain scientific issues of relevance to parliament to MPs and Lords so they are informed when it comes to voting on legislation. My task (sponsored by the Royal Society of Chemistry) was to research and write a briefing note entitled Strategic Science about the concerns over the numbers of scientists UK schools and universities are producing. You can read my note (in .pdf) here.

I've covered science policy for Chemistry World too. Reporting on the percieved lack of science graduates here and chipping in with additional reporting at a House of Commons event here.