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23 / Nov / 2013 6

Science is Vital responds to BIS threat to cut research funding

Science is Vital is extremely concerned to read reports that the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) is planning to cut research funding in 2014. The science budget was ring-fenced in the 2010 Spending Review and we will fight … Continue reading

Categories: Campaign, News
13 / Nov / 2013 0

AGM 2013

The 2013 Science is Vital annual general meeting will be held from 17.30 to 19.00 on Thursday 12th December. Thanks to the generous support of the Society of Biology we will be at Charles Darwin House, 12 Roger Street, London, … Continue reading

Categories: News, SiV Business
27 / Jun / 2013 0

Spending Review 2013: Science is Vital responds

Today’s announcement of a continued cash value freeze of the core science research budget is disappointing. It means that, from 2011 to 2016, the budget will have seen a real-terms drop of around 10% in an internationally competitive sector. As … Continue reading

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06 / Nov / 2012 0

AGM

Our first AGM in September was a rousing success. It was great to meet so many of our supporters in person, and to share lots of ideas – a summary is available below (official minutes will be published at the … Continue reading

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19 / Sep / 2012 0

Science is Vital AGM write-up

Adam Smith over at Research Fortnight has written a short piece on the Science is Vital AGM, held last week. A subscription, or membership of Research Professional, is required to view the piece. Our own report will be following in … Continue reading

Categories: Coverage, News
17 / Jun / 2012 0

AGM and next Spending Review

Science is Vital announces its first AGM, which will be held on 13 September 2012. This is your chance to get more closely involved in what we do. The AGM comes at a crucial time for UK science. We are … Continue reading

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17 / Mar / 2011 Comments Off on Where are the cuts?

Where are the cuts?

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19 / Oct / 2010 20

Rally Report

Update: CaSE has an updated list of media coverage, and there were even Questions in Parliament (about 23 minutes in)! A late Friday night building placards was followed by a busy Saturday morning collecting vans, preparing speeches and briefing marshals. … Continue reading

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14 / Oct / 2010 2

Question time

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11 / Oct / 2010 9

Whose constituents signed the petition?

Over 35,000 people have signed our petition so far. With the help of Mike Little and the fine folk at mySociety we have analysed the list of postcodes to find out which MPs’ constituencies are best represented.  Perhaps it might … Continue reading

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