21st December 2016
Lagos, Nigeria
The second South Africa Science Forum 2016, which was held from December 8 -9 at the International Convention Centre of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in Pretoria, South Africa (SA) was a great opportunity for SIN Officers (Nairobi, Kenya; Cape Town, South Africa; and Lagos, Nigeria) to meet and interact with various […]
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15th December 2016
Beijing, China
On 6th December I attended the 4th UK-China People to People Dialogue which is chaired by Vice Premier Liu Yandong and Jeremy Hunt. It covers a range of issues including science and innovation, education, health and culture. John Loughhead, Chief Scientific Advisor at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, travelled to Shanghai to […]
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9th December 2016
Science and Innovation Network
Once a year, the global scientific community is honoured and celebrated during the Nobel Prize Award ceremony in the Swedish capital of Stockholm. Sweden has been the birthplace of some of the world’s leading researchers, including the Nobel Prize founder and inventor of dynamite, Alfred Nobel. Sweden also boasts some of the world’s leading research […]
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24th November 2016
New Delhi, India
I got an opportunity to attend the India-UK TECH Summit which was held in New Delhi from 7-9 November 2016, a mega event showcasing GREAT Britain’s technological prowess and opening up portals for greater Indian investment and partnership. This three day spectacle comprised of a gamut of activities which included five summits on technology, innovation […]
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30th September 2016
Beijing, China
If I had to sum up the work of SIN China over the past couple of weeks in one word, it would be ‘monumental’ – referring to both the scale of the programme we ran, and the scale of the opportunity it demonstrated for the UK to work with China on innovation. The UK was […]
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28th September 2016
London
When it comes to science, research and innovation, the UK undoubtedly punches above its weight. Despite our small size and being home to less than 1% of the global population, we account for 3.9% of the world’s researchers, 6.4% of all journal articles and 15.9% of the world’s most cited articles. Our world-leading universities and […]
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31st August 2016
Science and Innovation Network
The UK’s history of innovation goes back a long way. Ever since the Industrial Revolution, we have carved out a far-reaching global reputation for creative thought and technological excellence. But national reputations only stick if they are backed up by concrete action – and ours has remained solid because we live it every day. In […]
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30th August 2016
London, UK
The UK’s recent success at the Olympics showed how working collectively as a team, we can achieve greatness, despite being a relatively small nation. In Government, we understand that used carefully, sporting prowess can be a source of soft power for the UK, as are many other sectors of which we are proud: fashion, film […]
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10th August 2016
Stockholm, Sweden
Normally when I talk about ‘the North’ I am referring to the activities we are up to in Scandinavia, or even referring to the high north – the vast areas of ocean, land and ice above the Arctic Circle, where we are active in promoting UK research excellence. However, today I want to turn my […]
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9th August 2016
Beijing, China
Last week we had the honour of hosting Sir Andre Geim, UK Nobel laureate, at the Embassy for a press session with Chinese media. As you may know, Andre Geim is the University of Manchester professor famous for winning the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics together with Konstantin Novoselov for his work on graphene, the […]
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