We're hiring again. We're calling the job Project Executive and the role is to make our projects happen and to help us improve them. We want someone who is organised, very web-literate, passionate about democracy and engagement. Someone who is Read more…
Throughout the Science is Vital campaign I was aware that whilst we were fighting to retain science funding, no-one really had an accurate map of current funding. We managed fine because we concentrated on funding through BIS and that was reasonably Read more…
According to the IPSA site (no deep-linking so click on News) Sir Ian Kennedy has decided not to proactively publish the receipts for MP expenses. He says that IPSA will not be publishing receipts proactively –the cost of preparing tens Read more…
Last Thursday was exactly a year since Sophia and I presented our plans for I'm a Scientist to the Society Award Grants Committee at the lovely Wellcome Trust. It felt appropriate that exactly 365 days (almost to the minute) we Read more…
On the afternoon of September 8th Dr Jenny Rohn set something off that has developed into something beyond her expectations. The Science Is Vital campaign has gone from 0-35,000 supporters in a very short time with almost zero resources. Richard Read more…
A couple of months ago I wrote how I was disappointed about the lack of ambition in the science communication world. Things move quickly. First the ScienceIsVital campaign has emerged and I've been lucky enough to be able to help Read more…
We’re looking for an admin assistant, ideally for the next four weeks, to work on I’m a Councillor, Get me out of Here! You would be overseeing part of our (innovative! groundbreaking!) online event where teenagers talk to real live Read more…
Last Saturday I listened to Evan Harris talk about some failures, in his keynote at the Science Online London conference. He wasn’t trying to be negative, just making very valid points about the complexities and subtleties of changing government policy. Read more…
We closed the office for five weeks and much as you want to read my reflections on what that meant, I shan’t bore you other than to say it does help you forget the unimportant things and realise what you Read more…
It’s nearly August. Next week they’re digging up the road outside the office. It’s been a good, but busy year so far, so we’re closing the office until September. We’ll still be working from time to time so please do Read more…