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GREAT BRITTAN: SCIENCE POLICY and RESEARCH
ORGANISATIONS |
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The purpose of this document/file is to allow
research oriented parties aquickscan of the 'landscape of science policy and research
organisations' in the UK. Starting with the national Institutes, the
responsible Ministry, the organisational lines and links are followed until
the individual research organisations in successive appendixes. Blue
underlined text signifies direct www access by hyperlink. The inventory may not be considered to be
conclusive. (Universities were inspected for instance.)
All information is or was publicly available on the
internet. Last mutation 2017, April 22th |
· Departement for Education and Employment: http://www.dfee.gov.uk/
· Departement for Trade & Industry: http://www.dti.gov.uk/
· Foresight http://www.foresight.gov.uk/frame_publications.htm
· The first six (Non-Departmental Public Bodies)
are grant-awarding Research Councils established in 1994 following the White
Paper, Realising Our Potential (Cm 2250) are:
1. Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
2. Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
3. Medical Research Council (MRC)
4. Natural Environment Research Council NERC)
5. Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (PPARC)
6. Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
7. Council for the Central Laborotary of the Reseach Councils
· Framework Programme
1. Fifth Framework Programme (FP5)
2. Sixth Framework Programme (FP6).
3. European Cooperation in the field
of Science and Technology (COST).
House of Lords etc.
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa
pm http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld199900/ldselect/ldsctech/38/3801.htm
DIBS Department for Business, Innovation and Skills www.berr.gov.uk
Office of Science and Technology (OST):
· Council for Science and Technology (CST)
· Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBRSC)
· Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
· Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
· Medical Research Council (MRC)
· Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
· British Antarctic Survey (BAS)
· British Geological Survey (BGS)
· Centre for Coastal and Marine Sciences (CCMS)
· Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH)
· Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (PPARC)
· Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (CLRC)
· Scientific Research and Investment Fund (http://www.hefce.ac.uk/research/rsMain.htm
Technopolis http://www.technopolis.co.uk
Times
Higher Education Supplement: http://www.thes.co.uk/links_directory/main.asp
· Course centres
REI Equipment list at: http://www.hefce.ac.uk/initiat/jrei/2000/equip.htm (16-01-2001)
Institution |
Equipment |
Durham University |
X-radiation Micro-Source with CCD detector,
geniometer drivers and software |
Guy's, King's & St Thomas' School of Medicine |
Whole Body MR system, BV300 surgical c-arm X-ray
system, supplied research software, MR compatible patient monitoring equipment |
Imperial College |
Profiler, Dual frequency sidescan sonar, digital
recording system DGPS navigation unit, survey planning system, Boomer source
inc cables, 60ch hydrophone array, recording system; scanner with powerdrive
350 gradients; Cardiovascular MR Scanner, Virtuoso Workstation;
UltraSparc-III Server, Network Switches, Data Mining Software |
King's College London |
Mass spectrometer, Q-TOFT2 mass spectrometer, MASCOT
protein identification system, precision workstations, Laserjet printer,
Colour Inkjet printer, Nitrogen generator, LCMS10, Water chiller, HPLC
system, FAMOS, PROBOT, Speedvac |
UCL |
Network Server, 30 PC's, Photocopier, 2 Network
printers, AV Projector, Software, Desk mounted screens, Air cooling for lab;
Advance Diffractometer, PSD detector for D5000; Print server, file server,
Desktop Sparcs, Printers, PC Farm, PC Desktopds, Racks, Database server. |
UMIST |
600 NMR spectrometer, 400 WB NMR spectrometer |
University of Bath |
RS/6000 SP Computer Server, control workstation,
external disk subsystem/tape backup, 36 month hardware maintenance, 3 year
software subscription. |
University of Bradford |
multi-probe spectrometer system, windows/process
machine fittings. |
University of Bristol |
Purpose built massively parallel computer, 7 x
graphics workstations; Focussed ion beam etching system FIB 200xP (PN21166)
workstation. |
University of Cambridge |
600 MHz NMR Spectrometer, computing infastructure
and gel system; EBPG-5000 |
University of East Anglia |
Large scale batch culture equipment, downstrean
processing equipment, bacterial physiology equipment. |
University of Exeter |
Special HE3TL25S System. 15 T superconducting magnet
with power supply. SMD10/15VSEX with anti-vibration support |
University of Hull |
Recirculating flume, 4 accoustic velocimeters, 6
miniature current meters, 32 pressure sensors, bed profiler, 3 digital video
cameras, 3 computers, frame grapper for digital camera, analogue to digital
converter. |
University of Leeds |
PAGE, blotting, staining, imaging and anlysis
equipment, robotic spotcutter, MALDI system; Computer system with
uninterrupted power supply |
University of Liverpool |
Mutli-photon confocal microscope, pascal confocal
miscroscope, confocal plate reader, electron bombardment CCD camera,
workstation and software for camera |
University of Manchester |
64 rack-mounted nodes, 1 64-way switch, associated
software and 3 years maintenance; RS/6000 SP System, 38 Power 3 375 MHz
Processors, 3 graphics workstations, 4 local workstations and software. |
University of Oxford |
66 Channel SQUID System; Heart and brain MR scanner;
Mo-Flo Cell Sorter |
University of Southampton |
Geochirp profiler, Dual frequency sidescan sonar,
digital recording system DGPS navigation unit, survey planning system, Boomer
source inc cables, 60ch hydrophone array, recording system. VHS 50/20
mechanical testing machine, control upgrade with profiler advanced control
module, capability enhancement; 300 MHz solid-state NMR spectrometer, digital
oscilloscope, network analyzer, filters, workstation and spectrometer backup
system, crygenic system for low temperature MAS NMR. · NOC National Oceanography Centre www.noc.soton.ac.uk · |
University of Sunderland |
Driver assessment equipment, software, motion
analysis software |
University of Warwick |
Computer Hardware, Networking, LSF Cluster Software,
48 Way 10/100 MBit switch, 8 commodity graphics cards, compilers and support. |
Miscellaneous
· Prospect, a UK trade union over 60,000 scientists members www.prospect.org.uk