DSIT perm sec to quit civil service
06 Mar Science & Engineering

DSIT perm sec to quit civil service

Sarah Munby says five years as a department head has been “an extraordinary tour of duty”
by Jim Dunton
DESNZ seeks 'exemplary science communicator' to become chief scientist
21 May Science & Engineering
DESNZ seeks 'exemplary science communicator' to become chief scientist
Departments to set 10-year budgets for research and development
20 May Science & Engineering
Departments to set 10-year budgets for research and development
Whitehall needs a better understanding of science. Here's how to make that happen
20 May Science & Engineering
Whitehall needs a better understanding of science. Here's how to make that happen
Here's what civil service policymakers must learn from David MacKay, DECC's brilliant former science chief
31 May 2016 Science & Engineering
Here's what civil service policymakers must learn from David MacKay, DECC's brilliant former science chief

The former Energy and Climate Change chief scientist, who died earlier this year, taught his department how to do policymaking without the hot air – by making the process data-led, iterative and open
Tributes paid after DECC’s former science chief David MacKay dies at 48
15 Apr 2016 Science & Engineering
Tributes paid after DECC’s former science chief David MacKay dies at 48

Energy secretary Amber Rudd leads tributes as former chief scientific advisor loses battle with stomach cancer
BIS appoints ‘entrepreneur in residence’ as new chief scientific adviser
27 May 2015 Science & Engineering
BIS appoints ‘entrepreneur in residence’ as new chief scientific adviser

Professor Timothy Richard Dafforn – entrepreneur in residence for synthetic biology – is named as new chief scientific adviser for BIS at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 
Walport is new chief scientist
11 Jul 2012 Science & Engineering
Walport is new chief scientist

Sir Mark Walport is to become the government’s next chief scientific adviser in April 2013, it has been announced. He was chosen via an open competition, and replaces Sir John Beddington.