Science & Engineering

Policy Exchange urges government to get on with setting up UK ARPA as science minister Chris Skidmore says it could be formed this year

Sir Patrick Vallance also said he wanted half of all fast streamers to have science backgrounds

As 2020 approaches, senior figures from across government reflect on their highlights and challenges of 2019, look ahead to the next 12 months and share their favourite festive memories

As 2020 approaches, senior figures from across government reflect on their highlights and challenges of 2019, look ahead to the next 12 months and share their favourite festive memories

Patent-winning polymath Phillippa Spencer lands double win at UK celebration

Sir Ian Boyd gives warning days before his departure as Defra chief scientist

Former civil servant Steve O'Neil takes a fresh look at the appliance of science at the heart of government

Henderson will succeed Sir Ian Boyd in October

Appointment comes more than a year after communities department advertised for a chief scientific adviser

McLean was awarded damehood for services to mathematical biology and advice to government

MP says ongoing vacancy exposed in wake of Grenfell tragedy is "astounding" a year after search began

Patrick Vallance says new Whitehall role is ‘like being 13 again and being interested in science’

An explosives expert and the first woman to lead the Met Office, Penelope Endersby’s arrival at the much-loved weather service was a breath of fresh air. She tells Beckie Smith about being a mentor, climate change, and stepping out of the shadows

Department offers £120k a year for leader tasked with ensuring science and evidence stay "at the heart" of its post-Brexit operations

Vallance also announced he had appointed a chief scientific adviser to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.

Chief scientific advisers provide vital expertise to help departments make informed policy decisions – not least during national emergencies. But to be effective, they must also be experts in the workings of Whitehall. Beckie Smith spoke to CSAs past and present to discover how they combine these distinctive skills.

The government chief scientific adviser reflects on his career to date and strengthening how science and policy work together in the civil service

The department's top scientist, who will advise on fire safety post-Grenfell, must have an engineering background, government CSA Patrick Vallance said.

The science chief will advise on areas such as artificial intelligence, cyber security, space technology and chemical, biological and missile defence 

Carole Mundell is the first departmental science adviser to be appointed since Patrick Vallance became government chief scientific adviser in April

Dr Patrick Vallance takes up post after appointment last November

With the end of 2017 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2018 – and tell us what they cannot do Christmas without

Electronics and telecommunications expert Dr Mike Short named to post after six-month search