Global Science and Innovation Network
A blog showcasing the work of the Global UK Science and Innovation Network, approximately 90 officers in over 30 countries and territories around the world
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4th December 2013
Mumbai, India
I caught up with Prof. James Clark, from the Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence (GCCE) in York, when he was in New Delhi earlier this week (December 2-3, 2013). He was here to participate in the International Workshop on Green Initiatives in Energy, Environment and Health (IWGIEEH) jointly organised by the Green Chemistry Network Centre, […]
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3rd December 2013
Toronto, Canada
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29th November 2013
Ottawa, Canada
Last week we had the pleasure of welcoming Dr. Andrée Carter, Director of the UK Collaboration for Development Science (UKCDS) to Canada. She came at our invitation, to participate in a panel entitled: The world in 2020: Three questions for internationalised science, at the Canadian Science Policy Conference (CSPC), held in Toronto. She preceded her visit with a short […]
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29th November 2013
New Delhi, India
Creative Industries and Design is a relatively new area of interest for the SIN-India, but it has been a regular topic on our blog over the last year and a new call was announced this week to support people to attend the Unbox Festival on Future Cities. Here’s some more hot-off-the-press news on Indo-UK Design […]
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26th November 2013
Toronto, Canada
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26th November 2013
Bangalore, India
Last week I was lucky enough to spend three days listening to senior Indian journalists and scientists discuss how little the media covers Indian science, and how the coverage can be improved. The cause for these intense discussions were three consultation meetings we had organised, along with the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), Research Councils […]
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25th November 2013
Ottawa, Canada

In the lead-up to the G8 Dementia Research Summit in London next month, we have invited the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Institute of Aging Scientific Director Dr. Yves Joanette to share his thoughts on current dementia research taking place in Canada…
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25th November 2013
New Delhi, India
George Bernard Shaw said “If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples, each of us has one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange ideas, we each have two ideas.” The sharing of ideas is essential for any knowledge economy. India […]
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21st November 2013
New Delhi, India
Last week in New Delhi, new funding up to £5mn from the Technology Strategy Board which is the UK’s innovation agency, with matched resources from India’s Department of Science and Technology was announced to support joint Research & Development projects led by businesses in the two countries. The UK-India Collaborative Industrial R&D Programme aims to […]
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20th November 2013
Montreal, Canada
Thanksgiving kicked off the unofficial season of gluttonous indulgence that will stretch right through New Year’s – assuming that Easter does not count. I don’t know about you, but I try to undo what I did to my belly during this gluttony season from January to September – when the diet mode is thrown out the window even before I reach the gravy during Thanksgiving…
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