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The National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement - a focus for higher education public engagement - has just released a manifesto for public engagement for UK universities.  Will be interesting to see how this gathers momentum - particularly also /...

.../ with the recent launch of the new concordat from UK research funders, and looking forward to the development of Science and Society initiatives from the UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS).

John Holdren, Director of the US White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, has issued a memo on scientific integrity in government.  This follows the earlier 2009 memo from the US President.  /...

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Strong emphasis on the responsibility of the resposibility and accoutability of agencies for the integrity of science and scientific decsion-making. A different emphasis from the UK GOS principles of scientific advice and Guidelines for the use of science and engineering advice in Government released in June 2010.