Science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) are important for the UK’s economic future. How can the routes through education and into STEM be improved?
Find out more in the POST research briefing: UK STEM skills pipeline
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Trust, public engagement and UK Parliament
StandardA research briefing from POST – the Parliamentary Office for Science and Technology.
What is the relationship between public engagement activities and public trust? What makes different types of engagement methods effective, and how can they engage the public and impact trust levels?
Download the briefing here: Trust, public engagement and UK Parliament
Library and POST research for today’s debates, straight to your phone
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The Commons Library and POST have launched a new WhatsApp channel, bringing you impartial, curated research every day, at least an hour before the Chamber sits. Join us over on Research in Parliament to get the facts you need for the day’s debates, direct to your phone.
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Are you making the most of POST?
StandardThe Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) produces a wide range of reliable and impartial scientific research for Parliament.
Recent articles include:
- UK foreign policy in a changing world
- Children’s wellbeing in schools
- Geopolitics and global trade: how can the UK navigate an increasingly volatile situation?
- AI and Mental Healthcare – ethical and regulatory considerations
- AI and Mental Healthcare – opportunities and delivery considerations
- Funding of further and higher education provision in England
To see the full range of research topics, please visit https://post.parliament.uk/
POST – The Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology
StandardThe Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology is a valuable resource for MPs and researchers.
Their website describes the work they do as follows:
What we do
The Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) is a research and knowledge exchange service based in the UK Parliament. It works to ensure that the best available research evidence and information is brought to bear on the legislative process and scrutiny of Government. It primarily supports the select committees of both Houses.
POST:
- publishes impartial, non-partisan, timely and peer-reviewed research
- helps Parliament to access experts and evidence
- identifies emerging areas of interest to Parliament through horizon scanning
- supports the exchange of information and expertise between researchers and the UK Parliament through fellowships and other knowledge exchange activities
Latest briefings include: automated vehicles; reducing plastic waste; What is the metaverse and what impacts will it have for society; food waste; Health impacts of ultra-processed foods; and Mental Health Act reform – impacts on autistic people and people with a learning disability.
To find out more about POST and to access it’s research briefings, please go to its website:
Artificial Intelligence: An explainer
StandardThe Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology has produced a useful explainer on Artificial Intelligence. It describes key definitions, how AI can be used, how it works, concerns, and perceptions of AI.
You can find it here: https://post.parliament.uk/research-briefings/post-pb-0057/
What is a just transition for environmental targets?
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https://post.parliament.uk/research-briefings/post-pn-0706/
This POSTnote considers transitions to meet environmental targets and how their costs and benefits for different members of society can be distributed fairly.
Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology – latest publications
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It’s latest publications are:
- Local area energy planning: achieving net zero locally
- Measuring sustainable environment-food system interactions
- Public health and climate change: a One Health approach
- Problem-solving courts
- Heat pumps
- Data science skills in the UK workforce
- Marine Protected Areas and Highly Protected Marine Areas
- Hypersonic missiles
Nuffield Foundation POST Fellowship 2022
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Applications are open for the 2022 Nuffield Foundation POST Fellowship scheme. Open to any PhD students in a scientific or quantitative social science field who are undertaking or have recently finished their PhD studies.
Please see the POST website for further information: https://post.parliament.uk/nuffield-foundation-post-fellowship-2022/
Covid-19 Rapid Response Resources from POST
StandardThe Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology has launched a new series of rapid response content on COVID-19 which you can find here: https://post.parliament.uk/category/analysis/covid-19/