RSC Policy Bulletin 5
Professor Jim Feast
05 January 2007
Professor Jim Feast, RSC President, discusses the main messages the RSC aims to get across to policy makers.
Open Access Publishing
05 January 2007
Professor Jim Miller, Chair of RSC Publishing Board explains why and how the RSC is experimenting with a new open access publishing model.
Our energy challenge
05 January 2007
Over 5,000 individuals and organisations, including the RSC, responded to the Governments energy review last April. So how does the final DTI report, published in July, measure up...
Assessing research, measuring value: can one model fit all?
05 January 2007
How should we assess the research prowess of our universities? The Government has suggested scrapping the 20-year old Research Assessment Excercise (RAE) and replacing it with a m...
Can we measure up?
05 January 2007
A recent RSC report on measurement science found a discipline with an image problem and a shortage of skilled recruits. Crucial to a whole host of chemistry using businesses, its ...
Small technology, big challenges
05 January 2007
An RSC workshop explored the issues surrounding the health and safety of nanotechnology. Slow Government action and a lack of dedicated funding means that many questions are still ...
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