28th August 2017 Beijing, China
I keep saying it, but I can’t believe how fast the past four years has gone. It’s been a non-stop whirlwind but it’s been a great pleasure to lead the UK’s science and innovation relationship with China during these exciting times. When I started the Newton Fund didn’t exist and now it stands at £360m […]
23rd August 2017 Science and Innovation NetworkKuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The banners were up, halls were ready, agenda ready to run. This is it – the Newton-Ungku Omar Fund Open Day, the Fund’s landmark event in Malaysia. The UK and Malaysia are strong partners in various fields – science and innovation collaborations under the Newton-Ungku Omar Fund banner being one of them. Since its inception […]
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9th August 2017 Toronto, Canada
Renewable energy has been around for decades, yet solar and wind power hasn’t really taken off as main energy sources. This is in part because when it isn’t sunny or windy, we haven’t found a great way to store the energy for future use. In order to keep up with emerging clean forms of energy […]
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1st August 2017 Mumbai
Law of conservation of energy states that energy can neither be created nor destroyed, but can be transformed from one form to another. This energy transformation usually has an intermediate step –Energy Storage. With the advent of renewable energy and electric vehicles, energy storage is now recognised as the main enabler fuelling the electric economies […]
27th July 2017 Science and Innovation Network
The UK and Israel have some of the brightest scientific minds in the world. Some of these outstanding scientists make up the UK-Israel Science Council – an exclusive group of 23 life scientists, computer scientists, water scientists, nano tech scientists, biophysicists, chemists and physicians that includes Nobel laureates, Lords, a university president, academy presidents and even […]
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14th July 2017 London, UK
The UK-Russia Year of Science and Education – 2017 (YoSE) is already proving a useful bridge for people to people contacts at a time of challenging political relations. First, the Year’s programme reflects the breadth of science that Russia and the UK are involved in. But, we also aim to understand more general issues such […]
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13th July 2017 Beijing, China
The China Newton Fund Alumni are a diverse bunch. Professor Tida Ge is working on carbon sequestration and nutrient efficiency in crops such as rice. Professor Lei Shi is studying a medical condition affecting newborn babies. Professor Zhixun Xie has just been awarded a research and development grant to support his work on infectious disease […]
3rd July 2017 Guangzhou, China
Guangdong Province is China’s largest provincial economy and the principal driver of the national economy over the last 30 years. Under China’s innovation-driven development strategy, Guangdong is positioned as China’s Innovation Centre for Science and Technology Industry, with special focus on industrial development and technology transfer. Companies in Guangdong employ more R&D personnel than any […]
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28th June 2017 Auckland, New Zealand
It was my pleasure to work with Professor Anu Ojha, Director of the National Space Academy (NSA), last week during his visit to Beijing. In my previous blog on this subject I highlighted the innovative space education model the NSA was introducing to China and how this was embraced by Chinese teachers and students. Well […]
23rd June 2017 Osaka, Japan
Situated in the South West of Japan, Fukuoka is Japan’s fifth largest city and the fastest growing – from 2010 to 2015 it grew 5%, significantly faster than any other major city in Japan. With a population of 5.1m (larger than Ireland), it also has the highest ratio of young residents (c.20% aged 15-29). Geographically […]
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