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NHM Science Strategy - All
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The UK Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has published the reports of the Mendoza Review: an Independent Review of Museums in England and a Strategic Review of DCMS-sponsored Museums in England.
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IUCN has published the 2017 World Heritage Outlook 2, examining status of the natural UNESCO World Heritage Sites since the first Outlook in 2014. Overall, there is no improvement but there has been change in status (positive or negative) for 26 of 241 sites. Threats are increasing to World Heritage Sites, with climate change the fastest growing and invasive species, climate change and tourism the largest current threats. Planned infrastructure development pressure is increasing. Improved outlooks for 14 sites are described as a result of sustained action on nature conservation.
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The UK National Audit Office has published a Short Guide to the Government Office for Science.
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The UK National Audit Office has published a report on cross-government funding of research and development. This can be seen in the context of UK plans on Brexit and the need for UK Research and Innovation to develop leadership and strategic capabilities for the UK science base for the future. The findings are summarised as:
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Spectrum 5.0 has been issued in September 2017 as the most recent update on the collections documentation standard, used by UK museums and collections management systems and software. This is one of the foundations of museum accreditation used by the Arts Council, which is currently conducting a review of accreditation to be completed in 2018.
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Brexit has loomed large in UK science policy discussions from early 2016. Recent thinking and views in March 2017 are reflected in:
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Future Earth has produced a Strategic Research Agenda 2014 that is the result of consultation with funders and other stakeholders, setting priorities and approaches to a common research agenda.
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The Nuffield Council on Bioethics has published its report on The Culture of Scientific Ethics. The focus of the study was the ethical implications of the current culture of scientific research, focused on particular concerns: competition; funding of research; assessment of research; research integrity; and career progression and workload. Suggestions for action are summarised as follows:
DISSEMINATION
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Defra has produced Biodiversity 2020: a strategy for England's wildlife and ecosystem services Indicators in December 2014, an assessment of trends of improvement and deterioration for key indicators. In summary, there are 48 individual measures that make up 24 indicators. A mixed picture of short and long term improvement and deterioration.
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Papers in Science and Nature: