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The UK needs to boost its output of science, technology, engineering and maths graduates by almost 50 per cent to satisfy market demand, a thinktank has calculated.

Nancy Hopkins identifies remaining obstacles to gender equality

There is no case for further scientific investigation into the ¡°manifestly nonsensical¡± mechanism by which homeopathy is supposed to work, the government¡¯s outgoing chief scientific advisor has said.

Religious sense ¡®cover-up¡¯ in emphasis on embryonic work

Regulator to review range of options for institutions falling short on quality measures

A Tory MP renowned for pro-homeopathy views has been has been provisionally appointed as a member of the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee.

The government is being urged not to implement immigration proposals that it is claimed could have a damaging effect on UK science, engineering and wider academia.

Projects focussing on graphene and research into the human brain have won what the European Commission has called ¡°the largest research excellence award in history¡±.

Research Councils UK plans strategy to benefit from global collaboration. Elizabeth Gibney writes

Council¡¯s chair ditches ¡®misleading¡¯ wording on strategic importance of research. Paul Jump writes

Graphene discoverer takes aim at applied bias and short-term thinking. Paul Jump reports

Sir John O¡¯Reilly will soon become the sector¡¯s most powerful civil servant. He talks to Elizabeth Gibney