United Kingdom & Ireland

Magazine articles on politics and society in the United Kingdom & Ireland.

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Reason February 2009 Jacob Sullum	Eyes on the U.K. The United Kingdom already has more surveillance cameras per capita than any other country.
Chemistry World February 2009 Richard Van Noorden	Editorial: Survival of the fattest The results of the UK's 2008 research assessment exercise, a national audit of university research quality, were announced late last year, and they were good news for the country's chemistry departments.
Chemistry World February 2009	Column: Undercover academic Late last year, the success rate for the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council first grant scheme was dropping alarmingly.
Chemistry World January 2009 Richard Van Noorden	Editorial: Sustainable connection The interface between chemistry and engineering is more important than ever.
Chemistry World January 7, 2009 James Mitchell Crow	UK chemists force funding compromise More young chemists in the UK look set to receive government grants after the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) bowed to pressure from the chemistry community to spread its early career funding more widely.
Chemistry World December 5, 2008 Matt Wilkinson	250m to train new breed of UK scientists The UK's Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council has selected 44 new centers to share a 250 million injection into postgraduate science education.
Chemistry World November 21, 2008 Pete Mitchell	UK drug price deal finalised The new deal is guaranteed to continue for five years - a great relief to the industry.
Chemistry World November 10, 2008 James Mitchell Crow	BP quits carbon capture competition This leaves just three companies still bidding to build a government-backed CCS demonstration plant in the UK.
Chemistry World November 2008 Ananyo Bhattacharya	Editorial: Competing priorities The UK's Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council has been restructuring the way it funds chemistry. It is focusing on funding multi-disciplinary teams in large research programs for longer times.
IEEE Spectrum November 2008 Robert N. Charette	Weapons Acquisition Problems Span the Globe It's not just a U.S. problem. Australia, Canada, Russia, and the UK have all experienced their fair share of troubled acquisitions efforts.
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