"When asked how much they would trust information about R&D from a range of organisations or groups of individuals, the most trusted were research charities." An excellent new report on public attitudes to R&D from @sciencecampaign.bsky.social ⬇️ bit.ly/3XntFWY

🔎New public attitudes research from CaSE, finds that just 29% of the public say they feel a connection or personal interest in R&D – despite 88% agreeing it is important for the Government to invest in R&D🔬🔭📖⚙️ Explore the full findings⬇️⬇️ www.sciencecampaign.org.uk/analysis-and...

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has published its plans for R&D budget allocations for the financial years 2026/2027 to 2029/2030. We take a look at what the plans might mean for UK R&D funding in the coming years ⬇️⬇️ www.sciencecampaign.org.uk/analysis-and...

Daniel Rathbone (@drrathbone.bsky.social) looks at what the post-16 skills white paper means for research ⬇️⬇️ www.sciencecampaign.org.uk/analysis-and...

This year CaSE attended four party conferences to take the pulse of political discussions that impact UK R&D. Here you can find insights from our team members who attended each conference. ⬇️⬇️ www.sciencecampaign.org.uk/analysis-and...

This analysis from The Royal Society highlights an extremely important issue facing the UK R&D sector.

Public ‘backs immigration for foreign researchers to boost UK’. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...

We want to help the R&D sector tell a more compelling story about the value of researcher immigration for the UK. www.sciencecampaign.org.uk/what-we-do/p...

Immigration is critical for UK research and development. With other leading organisations, we have worked with @sciencecampaign.bsky.social to share insights about how the UK visa system impacts research. Read the full statement, here ⤵️ www.sanger.ac.uk/about/influe...

Proud to support this important @sciencecampaign.bsky.social report on visa challenges. Research relies on global talent – without a fair and functional visa system, we risk reaching a breaking point in our ability to attract the brightest minds and sustain world-leading research.

‘Complex’ visa policy poses ‘significant barrier’ to research. Major research organisations warn of high costs and lack of flexibility, in Case report. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...

By speaking to professionals who handle visa and immigration issues at UK research institutions, CaSE has compiled a catalogue of case studies that demonstrate the significant barriers presented by the current system Read the briefing⬇️⬇️ www.sciencecampaign.org.uk/analysis-and...

CaSE's response to the skilled immigration developments in the news today. Specifically, the reported Government plans to reduce visa fees, Reform’s announcement on indefinite leave to remain, and changes to USA visa policy.

As CaSE turns 40, we are looking ahead and exploring what the future holds for R&D in the UK. Policy Manager Camilla d'Angelo introduces our new piece of work on ‘Reimagining R&D’⬇️⬇️ www.sciencecampaign.org.uk/analysis-and...

Ahead of the upcoming DSIT allocations, we have joined forces with @sciencecampaign.bsky.social and Universities UK to examine the difficult choices institutions are having to make on R&D activity. 🔗 Read the full report: www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/what-we-do/p...

Liz Lloyd, who left No 10 in the reshuffle last week, is made a peer and a minister She will serve jointly in the science, innovation and technology + business and trade depts, as well as a whip in the Lords No 10 press notice:

CaSE is excited to announce that The Institute of Cancer Research, London @icr.ac.uk has become its latest member organisation. The membership of the ICR strengthens CaSE’s advocacy for the R&D sector and widens our coalition of members. Read more⬇️⬇️ www.sciencecampaign.org.uk/press/detail...

🔀After the weekend’s big ministerial reshuffle, CaSE takes a closer look at what’s changed, who’s moved, and what it all means for UK R&D. Read more here⬇️⬇️ www.sciencecampaign.org.uk/analysis-and...

Listen to our Executive Director @aliciagreated.bsky.social on the latest The Abundance Agenda podcast discussing CaSE’s work exploring skilled immigration to the UK and industrial strategy policy. 🎧 www.abundancepod.com/p/reshuffle-... @jamesomalley.co.uk @mjrobbins.com

This week's episode ofTHE ABUNDANCE AGENDA is out now! - How the reshuffle might have just saved Cambridge - Why Reform is building its own bat tunnel in Lincolnshire - And we speak to @aliciagreated.bsky.social about R&D, industrial strategy and immigration! www.abundancepod.com/p/reshuffle-...

Congratulations to Liz Kendall MP on becoming the new Secretary of State at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. Read CaSE Executive Director @aliciagreated.bsky.social's initial response to this news and other cabinet changes made today ⬇️⬇️

The 2026 Holyrood and Senedd elections offer the R&D sector an opportunity to nurture a new cohort of supporters among elected representatives in Scotland and Wales. CaSE is launching a collaborative, highly tailored campaign to raise R&D up the agenda in the Scottish and Welsh parliaments.

CaSE has been delivering impactful public opinion insights for the R&D community since 2022. We wanted to know how the community have been using them in their work: www.sciencecampaign.org.uk/about/achiev...

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) have published the latest figures for R&D expenditure in the UK in 2023 (GERD). In our analysis Florence Young and Daniel Rathbone take a look at what the figures mean for R&D in the UK ⬇️⬇️ www.sciencecampaign.org.uk/analysis-and...

CaSE has taken a look at what the latest numbers of students taking A-level, Scottish Highers and Advanced Highers in STEM-related subjects means for ongoing trends in STEM education. www.sciencecampaign.org.uk/analysis-and...

Now that Parliament has finished for the summer, here is an ‘end-of-term’ round-up of all our recent analysis of R&D policy. 📝 www.sciencecampaign.org.uk/analysis-and...

📊How is public R&D investment divided between government departments? Following the Spending Review, CaSE has taken a deeper look at the trends in R&D budget allocations to departments and at the challenges in assessing R&D expenditure within the MoD. www.sciencecampaign.org.uk/analysis-and...

The UK needs many industrial strategies. Smarter growth begins with understanding value chains in innovation, say Daniel Rathbone and Eleanor Hopkins. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...

New evidence from @britishacademy.bsky.social and CaSE details how UK innovations require tailored support to maximise economic return. Drawn from a new economic systems analysis of UK R&D and innovation carried out by Cambridge Econometrics.

The UK Government have announced a global talent drive to attract world-leading researchers. Alongside changes to current immigration policies, the drive sees the establishment of a Global Talent Taskforce and a £54 million fund. Read our full response ⬇️⬇️ www.sciencecampaign.org.uk/press/detail...

🔉Yesterday CaSE Executive Director @aliciagreated.bsky.social was a guest on BBC Radio 4 Inside Science, alongside @robinbisson.bsky.social, UK News Editor at Research Professional News, to discuss what the Spending Review means for UK research. Listen here⬇️⬇️ www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

CaSE's comprehensive analysis of the measures that impact R&D announced in the 2025 Spending Review ⬇️⬇️ www.sciencecampaign.org.uk/analysis-and...

CaSE's initial response to Spending Review 2025 following the Chancellor's speech and the publication of the supporting documents. Our longer analysis of the measures announced will follow soon. www.sciencecampaign.org.uk/press/detail...

In today's spending review we hope to see further detail of the measures already announced. It is from this detail that we will be able to build a picture of what the impact on the R&D sector will look like in the years ahead.

Curious pre-spending review announcement of the spending review decision on R&D budget yesterday. Amounts to £22.5bn a year by 2029–30, equating to a freeze in real terms, based on inflation forecasts, as @robinbisson.bsky.social explains. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...

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How can R&D drive growth across the UK? 📈 This briefing sets out recommendations to strengthen the UK’s regional R&D, synthesised from CaSE’s longstanding work in this area. www.sciencecampaign.org.uk/analysis-and...

A week on from the publication of the Immigration White Paper, CaSE Policy Manager Camilla d'Angelo takes a look at some of the questions that remain to be resolved and what to expect next. Read more⬇️⬇️ www.sciencecampaign.org.uk/analysis-and...

🚨Are you a finance or legal expert who's looking for an opportunity to support an ambitious charity in its work? There are 2 weeks left to apply to join our board!! Find out more⬇️⬇️ www.sciencecampaign.org.uk/about/work-f...

Yesterday the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology published plans to provide long-term public funding for certain R&D activities. In this analysis piece, CaSE Policy Officer Edmund Derby looks at the detail of the plans ⬇️⬇️ www.sciencecampaign.org.uk/analysis-and...

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology have today announced the criteria that will be used by government to set 10-year R&D budgets. We welcome this positive step towards a long-term sustainable policy platform that allows the UK R&D sector to thrive.

For LCR #InnovationInvestmentFortnight, in partnership with @sciencecampaign.bsky.social, we brought together over 60 partners and representatives from community groups for an event on how to build place-based ecosystems for health and prosperity. Here is a snapshot of the day.

In this analysis, CaSE Policy Manager Camilla d'Angelo takes a look at what the Immigration White Paper means for attracting international R&D talent to the UK 🔍

CaSE's initial response to the Immigration White Paper published this morning. Our full analysis will follow soon. www.sciencecampaign.org.uk/press/detail...

In advance of the forthcoming Immigration White Paper, CaSE and 36 other organisations have written to select Westminster Parliamentarians to restate our collective view of the importance of attracting international talent to the UK’s R&D and university sectors for economic growth.

What has changed in the new Science and Technology Framework? DSIT released an updated version of the Science and Technology Framework on the 29th April. Our Policy Officer, Edmund Derby, takes a look at what has changed ⬇️⬇️ www.sciencecampaign.org.uk/analysis-and...

CaSE is seeking two new trustees, with finance and legal expertise, to help steer the next phase of CaSE’s evolution. To apply, please submit an application by 23:59 on Wednesday 4th June. Find out more about the opportunity ⬇️⬇️ www.sciencecampaign.org.uk/about/work-f...

CaSE is pleased to announce the consortium of organisations that will deliver our public opinion research from 2025-29. Research agency Icaro will lead the core team of research and strategy consultancy Brook Lyndhurst and social insights research agency The Social Agency.

CaSE is delighted to announce that the Innovate UK Catapult Network has become its latest member organisation. @innovateuk.bsky.social @catapultnetwork.bsky.social Read more⬇️⬇️ www.sciencecampaign.org.uk/press/detail...

This week's ONS data shows that total Government expenditure on R&D (GovERD) increased in cash terms to £17.4 bn in 2023. However, high inflation has eaten up much of this increase. The 2023 data also continues a downward trend in the proportion of GovERD expended within UKRI. Read our analysis ⬇️⬇️