Willetts, Sainsbury and Waldegrave on science policy
Remarkable gathering of science ministers at the Science Museum 28 Jan 2013, introduced by Ian Blatchford, organised by the museum, Mile End Group and Royal Sociey, and chaired by Lord Hennessy.
David Willetts and Lords Sainsbury and Waldegrave to address Mile End Group Jan 28 on science policy in the real world mileendgroup.com/event/science-…
@mileendgroup 92 @sciencemuseum w/ @royalsociety :Science ministers Waldegrave, Sainsbury and Willetts on 'Science Policy in the Real World'- Minister David Willetts, Lord Hennessy, Lord Waldegrave and Lord Sainsbury @sciencemuseum yfrog.com/ocvysbsbj
@mileendgroup Patron, Prof. the Lord Peter Hennessy, kicks off! @sciencemuseum @royalsociety @QMUL http://pic.twitter.com/GdZE2rPo- Science ministers Waldegrave, Sainsbury and Willetts on 'Science Policy in the Real World' @sciencemuseum Pic: @MLClem http://pic.twitter.com/3dMy3GBY
Lord Waldegrave on science pol: Something has gone wrong in the way we create + develop our companies. @mileendgroup http://pic.twitter.com/FQW9BGrI
@mileendgroup only one of the top twenty science companies is British - GSK. These needs to change- Lord Waldegrave: Don't blame @hmtreasury for science pol spending, it's about the industrial structure (lack of). @mileendgroup
Waldegrave: don't mistake the treasury for the enemy of science, good program's get funded. The problem is infrastructure @mileendgroup- @mileendgroup Sainsbury: the main job for science ministers is getting money out of the Treasury - had to relate projects to their agenda
Lord Waldegrave: "the real problem in this country is industrial structure. We should not always look to the Treasury." @mileendgroup
Lord Sainsbury: says main job of science minister is getting increased science budget from @hmtreasury @mileendgroup http://pic.twitter.com/2KdmD6NV- Sainsbury: three pillars of science support; funding, knowledge transfer and public engagement @mileendgroup @EngageQM
- "You have a problem and we can solve it." - Sainsbury on the necessary approach of science companies approaching government. @mileendgroup
- Sainsbury: significant gap between policy makers and relevant researchers in universities @mileendgroup
- David Willetts advocates the unique role of govt. through DARPA in the U.S. The UK could learn from this example. @mileendgroup
- @mileendgroup Willetts: from US the UK should learn that the gov can take some risks with sci funding, and not leave it to private sector.
