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Government Office For Science

January 2026

We’re hiring – looking for scientific experts for high-profile roles

December 2025

Celebrating excellent science advice at the heart of decision making

September 2025

Principles for navigating the social aspects of grid transformation launche…

August 2025

New report sets out technology and research needed to reach net zero

June 2025

Unlocking the power of Engineering Biology

May 2025

Dame Angela McLean's speech at the Royal Institution

April 2025

New guide to research and innovation challenges for climate adaptation rele…

March 2025

New bite-sized technology guides published

Children embrace the future with humanoid school project

February 2025

Eight new members appointed to the Council for Science and Technology

November 2024

Celebrating 60 years of putting excellent science advice at the heart of de…

October 2024

New report released highlights the vital role of the subsurface and the cha…

September 2024

Prime Minister seeks new science and technology leaders to join the Council…

August 2024

Government Chief Scientific Adviser and international counterparts release …

New how-to guide to help academics and industry experts engage with governm…

July 2024

Government Chief Scientific Adviser visits Madagascar

A meeting of firsts for the Government Chief Scientific Adviser and her cou…

February 2024

Government departments discuss innovation with venture capitalists

January 2024

Government Chief Scientific Adviser visits the United States

October 2023

Government Chief Scientific Adviser visits Japan and Korea 

September 2023

Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Engineering for Professor Dame …

Honours event comes to Manchester

New one-stop shop to find the topics government is interested in researchin…

July 2023

Government Chief Scientific Adviser visits Birmingham

April 2023

Sir Patrick Vallance's speech at the Natural History Museum

Professor Dame Angela McLean takes up role of Government Chief Scientific A…

January 2023

Wireless 2030 report published

September 2022

Government Chief Scientific Adviser visits UK Atomic Energy Authority and F…

August 2022

Government Chief Scientific Adviser’s visits to Cefas and Fera

Campaign to recruit the next GCSA launching shortly

May 2022

Join the government’s highest-level advisory body on science and technology

January 2022

Genomics Beyond Healthcare: future uses and considerations of genomic scien…

November 2021

New Foresight Project launched to support UK’s 2050 net zero target

Science and innovation critical to climate change solutions

September 2021

Coordinating the UK’s large-scale computing ecosystem

January 2021

Government Chief Scientific Adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance on the new varian…

July 2020

Coronavirus (COVID-19): scientific evidence supporting the UK government re…

Government publishes changes to growth rates and R value

June 2020

Government publishes coronavirus (COVID-19) R value and growth rates

May 2020

Government publishes SAGE minutes

Government publishes latest R number

April 2020

Sir Patrick Vallance pays tribute to Robert May

January 2020

Realising our ambition through science

March 2019

Government Chief Science Adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance pays tribute to Prof…

January 2019

UK at Forefront of Transport Innovation

April 2018

Commonwealth scientific advisers to look at global challenges

Dr Patrick Vallance takes up his appointment as Government Chief Scientific…

March 2018

Great opportunities for UK from oceans

July 2017

New Foresight project to investigate the future of mobility

February 2017

Animal research: then and now

Sir Mark Walport will lead UK Research and Innovation

November 2016

UK to lead the way in quantum technologies

October 2016

The value in waste

August 2016

New Foresight project launched on the future of the sea

May 2016

New Foresight project to explore lifelong learning

January 2016

Distributed ledger technology: beyond block chain

December 2015

UK to capitalise on forensic science excellence

November 2015

How will we power the UK in the future?

October 2015

Medicine, science and values - with hindsight and foresight

May 2015

Bridging the gap between scientific and value judgements

Crop protection: managing risk, not avoiding it

December 2014

Vision set for UK to become a world leader in the internet of things

November 2014

Launch of the Government Chief Scientific Adviser's annual report 2014

October 2014

Managing risk, not avoiding it

August 2014

Chancellor announces review into the future of financial technologies

June 2014

Climate change communication: success or failure?

May 2014

Growing our future: plant science to address global challenges and boost UK…

Genomics England and the power of DNA data

April 2014

The new home on the web for the Government Office for Science

March 2014

The planet in our hands: responding to climate change

Farming technologies: challenges and opportunities

February 2014

Communicating risk and uncertainty in science

December 2013

Big data: big opportunity, big brother or big trouble?

Sharing the planet: humanity’s greatest challenge

October 2013

Future of manufacturing launch

UK must seize opportunities and adapt to global manufacturing revolution

Energy and climate change: challenges for science and policy

The future of climate science advice for policy

September 2013

Dual use biology: how to balance open science with security

Science, evidence and data in government

June 2013

Future of cities launch

April 2013

Science advice in government: the next 5 years

Rigour and openness in 21st century science

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