The UK is the mid-term of a government that has placed a lot of emphasis on science and innovation for the future of the country. There has been a lot of rhetorical ambition, and some snappy slogans (“science superpower”, “innovation nation”). There has also been a lot of change in the way the nation’s science system is wired up, and much of that change is yet to work through.
This paper is an overview of where this process of change has got to, and what is yet to evolve. It is in nine parts, covering:
This paper is drawn from a series of blogs first published on the author’s personal website, Soft Machines.