News archive
9 December 2011
Recruitment launched for an independent co-chair for CST
The Prime Minister has launched the recruitment of an independent co-chair. The competition closed 9 December 2011 and a new co-chair has been announced.
30 September 2011
The NHS as a driver for growth
A CST report on the potential of the NHS as a driver for growth.
Read the report (PDF, 135 Kb)
3 June 2011
Digital infrastructure
The Council for Science and Technology recently wrote to Government about the UK's digital infrastructure mentioning that while good progress is being made in this area, it is essential that Government continues to prioritise broadband.
Read the letter (PDF, 359 Kb)
28 February 2011
Members Appointed to the Council for Science and Technology
The competition to recruit new members to the CST has now closed. Please view the press release, ministerial statement and advert and person specifications.
20 December 2010
Spending Review
At their December 2010 meeting the Council wanted to pass on their congratulations to Adrian Smith, Director General Science and Research, BIS, on the excellent outcome to the Spending Review.
The rich CST discussion surfaced a number of issues, which the Council felt should be emphasised in the letter (PDF, 34 Kb) .
17 December 2010
Members Appointed to the Council for Science and Technology
The Prime Minister today re-appointed five members including Professor Dame Janet Finch as independent co-chair of CST for one year, appointed four ex-officio members, and launched the recruitment of up to around ten new members to the Council for Science and Technology (CST). The appointments will commence on 1 January 2011 when current members’ appointments expire.
15 December 2011
Spending Review
At their December 2010 meeting the Council wanted to pass on their congratulations to Adrian Smith, Director General Science and Research, BIS, on the excellent outcome to the Spending Review.
The rich CST discussion surfaced a number of issues, which the Council felt should be emphasised in the letter.
Find out more.
25 November 2010
CST wrote to Ministers about emerging conclusions from their project on the digital infrastructure. Read the letter. (PDF, 359 Kb)
Also, you can read more about the UK Government's broadband strategy on the DCMS website.
15 November 2010
Budget allocations
CST wrote to Professor Adrian Smith (PDF, 166 Kb) , DG Science and Research BIS on 15th November about budget allocations.
22 September 2010
CST wrote to the Prime Minister about affects of the spending review on the Research Base. You can read the letter here (PDF, 40 Kb) .
1 July 2010
The CST responded to Professor Adrian Smith's request for input into the Science Spending Review. You can read the letter here (PDF, 8.7 Mb) .
1 March 2010
CST has published a report on the 1st of March 2010 "A Vision for UK Research" (PDF, 1.5 Mb)
CST looked at how to ensure the UK research base maintains its high level of performance and productivity and the outputs are maximised in terms of economic and social impacts, how we continue to maintain our global position, optimise business pull and research push and how to recruit, train, reward and retain the best talent. It made recommendations to Government that focus on the value of research to the UK, making people the focus and translating research into economic and social value.
The press release announcing the publication of the report can be found here (DOC, 121 Kb) .
