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After the Referendum: Links

Posted by , on 30 June 2016

To complement our Questions of the Month, we’ve brought together some post-referendum science links

 

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News and Comment

Nature reported on science’s reaction to the news, on post-ref limbo, bemoaned the lack of a leaving plan in an Editorial, and assessed the mood seven days later.

Science  documented the immediate reaction, ran an interview with Anne Glover, former EU science adviser, and discussed the role of science in future negotiations in an Editorial.

Times Higher Education has collated all of its post-ref content in one place, and recently documented the emerging worries of UK acadmics

Buzzfeed documented the worries of young scientists, and reported on the government’s attempts to reassure us about the future

The Royal Society of Biology reported from their annual Parliamentary Links Day, where the President of the Royal society delivered a speech

The BBC interviewed Paul Nurse, Director of the Francis Crick Institute, and Jo Johnson, Science Minister. Pallab Gosh, BBC science correspondent, reported on the consequences for science.

Jeremy Farrar, Director of the Wellcome Trust, gave his thoughts in an interview

A view from Australia from The Conversation

 

Opinion

Mike Galsworthy (Scientists For EU) wrote in the New Scientist about scientists’ anger and future strategy

James Briscoe (Crick Institute) shared his thoughts

Helen Rippon (Worldwide Cancer Research) addressed what the result meant for collaboration in The Huffington Post

Phill Jones (Digital Science) explored what the result meant for the UK’s knowledge economy from The Scholarly Kitchen

Athene Donald (Cavendish Laboratory) encourages UK scientists to continue applying for ERC funding

 

Statements from organisations and institutions 

The UK Minister of State for Universities and Science  

The Royal Society

The Biochemical Society

EMBL-EBI (and from the EMBL blog)

Universities UK

The European Commission

Campaign for Science and Engineering

 

Surveys

Scientists for EU is monitoring the impact on science, and is seeking examples of direct effects on career plans, investments, and roles in consortia.

The Parliamentary Science and Technology Committee is seeking written submissions addressing science and the referendum for an inquiry in July (Nicola Blackwood, Chair of the Committee, outlined why here)

 

Please let us know if you find any additional useful material.

 

 

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