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📢 Next week! Join us for a lunchtime webinar with Foundation Future Leaders from across academia and policy to answer the big question: What does effective engagement between science and policy actually look like?
Book your free place here: lnkd.in/eCZ5qcut #FSTEvents
Join us for our next event! On Wednesday 11th November, we'll head to @HarwellCampus for a fireside discussion with Lord Patrick Vallance.
Book your free in-person or online place here: lnkd.in/eWmzGfwi #FSTEvents
Happy Biology Week! 🐸
In our latest podcast episode, we explore the top policy issues in biology and are joined by Laura Marshall @RoyalSocBio and Sana Zakaria @RANDEurope.
🎧Listen now: lnkd.in/eCbSpCeT
#FSTPodcast
💡Can we devolve more science and innovation spending? Our panel opens tonight with varied perspectives on this complex but highly topical matter from Prof Dame Jessica Corner @UKRI_News, Lord O'Neill of Gatley, Prof Mary Ryan @imperialcollege, and Prof Richard Jones. #FSTEvents
Tonight! We're looking forward to welcoming guests this evening for a debate /discussion on devolving Science and Technology funding @royalsociety at 6pm.
Joining us online? You can find our livestream in your email and at this link. #FSTEvents
youtube.com/live/ArawC44Q9Sg
Out now! Our latest journal explores how the climate debate has evolved, the pursuit of global influence through science diplomacy, how AI is affecting productivity and research integrity, and more.
Read it online now: lnkd.in/e2riGKf4
Are you joining us on Wednesday @royalsociety for our evening discussion on devolving S&T spending? Book your last-minute space: lnkd.in/eA7YbAk2 #FSTEvents
What is coming up on the FST events calendar?
Discover our Autumn/Winter schedule of in-person and online discussions. 💡foundation.org.uk/Events
The Foundation for Science and Technology retweeted
📢 New report "Quantum Technologies in Northern Ireland."
It maps where NI can lead in the globally in #quantum: quantum-secure comms, photonics & sensing, and applied quantum computing.
Read the full report ➡️bit.ly/QuantumReport
🎙️ In the final episode of our mini-maths series, we spoke to Dr Vinesh Maguire Rajpaul, research and policy lead at the Academy for the Mathematical Sciences. He helped us to answer the big question: what has maths ever done for us?
Listen now: lnkd.in/e2_NCQtQ
New podcast episode! 🎙️
In the second episode of our maths series, we chatted to Professor Catherine Hobbs about the future of maths in higher education (particularly at A-level).
Listen now: lnkd.in/edtGYSfa #FSTPodcasts
💬 We're excited to announce a new series of lunchtime webinars from our 2026 cohort of Foundation Future Leaders! On Thurs 22nd Oct, we will explore what effective engagement between science and policy looks like in practice. Register for free: lnkd.in/eCZ5qcut #FSTEvents
Devolution and devolving S&T funding is a hot topic and one we are pleased to be addressing at our next discussion event! Join us and our expert panel on Wed 7th October @royalsociety to explore what this might look like in practice. lnkd.in/eA7YbAk2 #FSTEvents
New podcast episode!
Delighted to chat to Professor Jane Clarke, Professor of Molecular Biophysics @Cambridge_Uni and Chair of the Advisory Committee on Mathematics Education @royalsociety, about maths education in schools.
🎧 Listen now: lnkd.in/eSuYWCrn
The UK is known for its research excellence worldwide, but a growing debate questions how S&T funding is distributed and whether regions having more of a say could drive better growth. Join the discussion with our expert panel on Wed 7 Oct @royalsociety lnkd.in/eA7YbAk2
📢 New Event | Join us on Wednesday 7th October @royalsociety to explore whether we can devolve more science and innovation spending.
Book your free in-person or online place here: lnkd.in/eA7YbAk2 #FSTEvents
👟 Delighted to announce that Cally Walker, Programme Lead @spacegovuk (and a current Foundation Future Leader), will be running the 2027 London Marathon in aid of the FST. We cannot wait to cheer her on! Support Cally here: lnkd.in/exqDnRV4
It was a pleasure to talk with @HHHotWheels, MRI Imaging Physicist @OfficialUoM, and Chair @nadsn_uk about pioneering work changing the face of disability in STEM.
🎧 Listen now: lnkd.in/eaaBnVtP #FSTPodcast
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New blog | Opening the floor to questions is an important part of every FST discussion. We know how much can be learnt from our expert panel. What can we learn from our audience?
🧾foundation.org.uk/Blog/2026/…
