The Society is disappointed by the cuts announced by the UK Government to the ODA-funded budget for Research and Development, and the continuing uncertainty around the funding of Horizon Europe association.
Professor Hywel Thomas, Presi... Read More
Archive for the ‘Policy’ Category
UK Government Student Number Controls – comment
11 June, 2020
Today the Learned Society of Wales, the Royal Irish Academy and the Royal Society of Edinburgh have issued a statement in response to the UK Government’s recent announcement on controlled numbers for English domiciled students, in England and in the devolved administrations.
Proposed UK government research and innovation funding should, at the very least, equal the sum of existing expenditure from all sources following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, a new report recommends.
Read MoreConfronting Covid-19: UKRI seeks ideas
1 April, 2020
UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) has invited proposals for short-term projects to address the Covid-19 crisis.
Projects that address the health, social, economic and environmental impacts of the outbreak will all be considered for support.... Read More
Professor Alan Guwy: Energy, Environment, and Sustainability
2 July, 2019
To mark the announcement of our 2019 cohort of Fellows, earlier this year we invited some of those elected to reflect on their career to date.
Below, you can find details of one such Fellow.
LSW collaborates with the British Academy on Childhood project
27 June, 2019
On 25 June 2019 we co-hosted a British Academy Roundtable at the University of South Wales.
The workshop was held to review a draft policy document that has been drawn up as a part of the British Academy’s Childhood Project, which seeks to review the policy landscape across the UK in terms of how UK and devolved g... Read More
Net-zero carbon Wales 2040: A vision of the future
26 June, 2019
On 25 March 2019, we held a workshop with the Royal Society entitled “Net-zero Carbon Wales 2040: A vision of the future”.
The event brought together expertise from academia, government and industry to consider how science and the assets of Wales could be harnessed to develop the country as a world leader in low... Read More
Contributing to Wales’s International Strategy
15 April, 2019
The Learned Society and the Welsh Centre for International Affairs have produced a set of recommendations and reflections for the Welsh Government’s emerging International Strategy.
Responding to an invitation from the Minister for International Relations and Welsh Langua... Read MoreALLEA, EUA and Science Europa statement
10 April, 2019
The European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities (ALLEA), the European University Association (EUA) and Science Europe issued a joint statement on 10 April on the urgent need to back commitments to academic freedom and university autonomy with solid actions.
At the Learned Society of Wales we’re com... Read More
Three Academies call for UK Government engagement with devolved nations
18 March, 2019
The Learned Society of Wales, Royal Society of Edinburgh and Royal Irish Academy are the national academies for Wales, Scotland and the island of Ireland respectively.
The three societies, who r... Read More