Great to hear from Geoff Mulgan and Ravi Gurumurthy about the relationship between science and politics at Nesta + the need for new skills, institutions and methods for some of the big challenges we face

Not generally appreciated how much the govt R&D budget has shifted from defence to other areas (esp health). Another bit of the peace dividend that looks like it will be partially unwound.

In this fascinating primer, part of the #CaudwellStrongBritain research project I've funded with Council on Geostrategy, Dr Mann explains more about how British innovation drove the last industrial revolution - and why we need to drive the next one.

geostrategy.org.uk/research/brita… 2/

I discovered today that Eurostat collects data on average rents in cities across Europe! For one bedroom apartments in 2023, London and Geneva are tied for the top spot at €2,200.

Adapted large language models can outperform medical experts in clinical text summarisation nature.com/articles/s4159…

TSMC boosts Biden’s AI chip ambitions with $11.6bn US production deal ft.com/content/4798ab…

Not widely enough appreciated how much the UK is being left behind in the deployment of industrial robots.
Half a million new robots in factories across the world;
2,534 in the UK - fewer than Thailand.
(source ifr.org/ifr-press-rele…)

Great to see this call for the UK to lead on R&D investment. I made the case for this in my recent oral evidence to the Business and Trade Committee on industrial policy

On the Teaching Philosophy fb group, someone offered their students an amnesty if they admitted to using ChatGPT in their assignments, and 23/25 students replied...

In this general election year, the R&D sector have come together to state our united position on the importance of R&D for the UK 🔬🧪⚙️

As a sector we call for continued and sustainable R&D investment to make the UK a leading country in the G7 🚀📈
sciencecampaign.org.uk/analysis-and-p…

Is the UK innovating enough? Experts debate industrial policy soci.org/news/2024/3/is…

What are the UK's strengths and what does this mean for industrial policies?

It was a pleasure to give evidence on these topics at the DBT Select Committee yesterday with others including Raoul Ruparel George Dibb Giles Wilkes Paul Swinney
parliamentlive.tv/event/index/c3…

Watch Mann, our Senior Research Fellow, giving evidence to Business and Trade Committee on the UK’s industrial policy 👇