David WillettsMinister for Universities and Science

The government views science and engineering advice as ‘a peripheral policy concern’, according to a report by the Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills (IUSS) committee.

Manchester University is establishing a £3m research centre dedicated to developing new science applicable to manufacturing processes, power station planning and analysis of the human body.

Plymouth has received a £24.3m package to help create jobs and businesses from science and innovation-related activities in marine renewables, engineering, marine science and other technologies.

Budget cuts to areas of the government’s science strategy could have severe implications for the country’s research base, according to leading UK academics.

Southampton University’s School of Electronics and Computer Science has been awarded a €4.8 million European Union contract to establish the Open Middleware Infrastructure Institute for Europe.

An extra £10m of funding for SPark, the £300m science park for Bristol and Bath, has been announced today, in preparation for work to start on site this spring.

Adam Afriyie MPShadow minister for science and innovation

Chris Rapley, the new director of the Science Museum, is on a mission to reignite the passion for discovery and celebrate the discipline’s unsung heroes. Jon Excell reports

Paul DraysonMinister for science and innovation