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Really looking forward to working with the 2021 Foundation Future Leaders over the coming year.

Excellent and balanced report today from the Science and Technology Committee - worth reading in full.

Great first meeting with this year’s Foundation Future Leaders - straight in with current issues in science policy and the role of GO-Science, plus planning priorities for the rest of the year.

Really enjoyed the discussion for this week’s The Foundation for Science and Technology podcast on hydrogen powered aircraft with Professor Pericles Pilidis. He outlines a realistic path to green aviation.

Great conversation this week with Sinead Lynch of Shell UK on hydrogen technologies and reaching net zero.

The Foundation's latest report providing a guide to science, technology and #innovation funding and policy in the UK after #Brexit is now available online: foundation.org.uk/Document-Libra… Commissioned by Embassy of Japan UK and researched and written by Gavin Costigan and James Wilsdon

Really delighted to be launching this report, designed to be a summary of current R&D policy and funding in the UK. There’s so much going on, several sections rewritten in last few weeks to keep up with new announcements!

Had a fantastic discussion on AI this week with the one and only Wendy Hall. Funding, skills, public trust, technology and the upcoming Government strategy.

Great conversation with Mark Spearing this week about innovation and UK universities.

Fantastic blog by Public Policy|Southampton (PPS) on the challenges of those working in the research/policy interface.

Really looking forward to this year’s Foundation Future Leaders Conference on 22/23 November. Some amazing speakers. Open to all, and designed specifically for early- to mid-career professionals in science and technology in government, industry and the research community.

I really enjoyed my conversation this week with barbara young House of Lords for the The Foundation for Science and Technology podcast. As the dust settles from COP26, where do we go from here?

Sat on the sofa with coffee and a mince pie, reading the applications for the 2022 The Foundation for Science and Technology Foundation Future Leaders scheme. Great response and excellent candidates - it’s going to be a tough choice!

The Fisherfield hills, taken from the truly astonishing An Teallach. Can’t beat #munros on a day like this.

Great day with the ⁦The Foundation for Science and Technology⁩ Foundation Futre Leaders, visiting Parliament and discussing science and technology in the Commons and the Lords.

Fabulous day with the ⁦The Foundation for Science and Technology⁩ Foundation Future Leaders exploring the work of universities. Many thanks ⁦⁦Loughborough University⁩ for hosting us.

I can’t believe that we are now advertising the 4th year of the Foundation Future Leaders scheme. Seems like just yesterday when we started it. Running the scheme is definitely the highlight of my role at the FST. Here’s hoping for some great applications for next year!

Have been clearing out my Dad’s loft and now having some retro fun with an RML 380z, in storage since 1988 and working just fine…

On my way to join a panel at the The Wilberforce Society annual conference. Should be a fantastic event. And held in the Cambridge Union - more than 30 years since I was last in that building. The Foundation for Science and Technology

Great opportunity to work with us in The Foundation for Science and Technology!