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Foundation for Science and Technology — 198 episodes

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Professor Jane Clarke - Are we teaching maths the right way in school?

2

Dr Hamied Haroon - Changing the face of disability in STEM

3

Simone Mordue and Beth Chamberlain - The impact of climate change on birds

4

Hannah Russell - Public attitudes to science

5

Dr Sameh ElBadry - Evidence at the heart of decision making

6

Saul Klein - the UK's innovation ecosystem

7

Professor Tyler Kelly - LGBTQ+ in STEM and meaningful allyship

8

Liz Wainwright - What is AI for science?

9

Sean Smith - Could plant based molecules offer solutions for pesticide use?

10

Nick McKeown - How do we build an AI chip design industry in the UK?

11

Jenny Chapman and Annie O'Brien - How does science shape policy?

12

Joaquin Perez-Grande - How space science helps us to problem solve on Earth

13

Professor David Patterson and Dr Mark James - Interdisciplinary action for our oceans

14

Rory Daniels - The UK robotics industry

15

Dr Kath MacKay - Life sciences in the UK

16

Professor David Nutt - The science behind substance and addiction

17

Liz Shutt - Harnessing the power of research and evidence to support regional policy

18

Mehwaesh Islam - the future of UK Research and Development

19

Rachel Cutting - Fertility trends and treatment in the UK

20

Professor Sir Peter Knight and Dr Robert Lock - Quantum and what the future holds

21

Dr Helen Coulshed - Academia and the learning experience

22

Louise Shooter - The human aspect of net-zero targets

23

Jon Saltmarsh - NetZero and changing our homes and buildings

24

Dr Katie Perry - Returning to a career in research after a break

25

Harry Macpherson - chemical toxicity, human health and the global ecosystem

26

Dr Monali Dahale - Advanced composite materials

27

Lexie Papaspyrou - STEM career barriers faced by lower socio-economic groups

28

Antoinette Nothomb - The paint that captures carbon

29

Dr Adam Berlie - muon science and what jazz guitar can bring to STEM

30

Gavin Costigan - working at the intersection of Government and the research ecosystem

31

Dr Jacqueline Campbell - climate, clouds and space science

32

Robert Hill - Northern Ireland's space technology industry

33

Dr Claire Thorne- Women in Tech

34

Linda Benedik - Engineering Biology as a Critical Technology

35

James Adeleke - Careers in STEM for young people, regardless of their background

36

What does equity and diversity look like in STEM? - Lauren Thomas-Seale and Sam Islam

37

Opportunities and regulation of AI - Yann Sweeney

38

Wendy Jarrett - Understanding animal testing in the UK

39

Dr Jill Zhao - Progress and barriers to low carbon living in the UK

40

Sarah Chaytor - Connecting research and policy

41

Professor Nathalie Pettorelli - Why it’s key to connect the climate and biodiversity crises

42

Charles Harris - Protein folding and machine learning

43

Nicole Brown - Disability and STEM

44

Rachel Youngman - social justice and science

45

Professor Sir Peter Knight - Quantum Technologies

46

Professor Hatef Sadeghi - All things Quantum

47

Professor Rameen Shakur - Precision and personalised healthcare

48

Clara Nörenberg- Building a solar powered car

49

Loretta Napoleoni - Technocapitalism: risks and trust

50

Seamus Garvey - Energy storage and the road to net zero

51

Pascal Gatabzi - Science in Rwanda

52

Dr Doyin Odubanjo - The changing face of science advice in Africa

53

Professor Remi Quirion - INGSA - the International Network for Government Science Advice

54

Dr Katharina Lederle - The science of sleep

55

Professor Jack Stilgoe - Driverless vehicles

56

Dr Geoffrey Neale - Not all plastics are created equal

57

Professor Gianluigi Botton- the Diamond Light Source

58

Warrick Matthews, Tokomak Energy - Nuclear Fusion in the UK

59

Toju Duke - Responsible and diverse AI

60

Dr Melanie Garson - Cyber policy and tech geopolitics

61

Lord Tim Clement-Jones - Regulation of Artificial Intelligence

62

Jor-El Benjamin, entrepreneur and founder of Kryotech - Digital privacy, equity and AI

63

Professor Dame Anna Dominiczak - Innovation in healthcare and in the NHS

64

Stephanie Baxter - Institution of Engineering and Technology

65

Beatrice Barleon - Engineering and Technology Apprenticeships

66

Stewart Edmondson - UK Electronics Skills Foundation

67

Professor Clive Badman - Healthcare Technologies

68

Professor Jackie Akhavan - Defence Chemistry

69

Dr Marion Slater - Healthcare in Rural and Remote Scotland

70

Professor Adam Sobey - The Alan Turing Institute and Data-Centric Engineering

71

Dr Leslie Kanthan - TurinTech and AI

72

Professor Sir Jim McDonald - Scottish Innovation Strategy

73

Professor Rachael Gooberman-Hill - Research Integrity

74

Paul Mason - Innovate UK

75

Chris Holmes - The Alan Turing Institute

76

Ian Croston - Coherent

77

Scott White - Pragmatic Semiconductor

78

Rachel Oliver - Semiconductors

79

Pedro Lourenco - Digital Transformation

80

Lord Adair Turner - Mission Zero, Getting to Net Zero by 2050

81

Helen Walker - ISIS Neutron and Muon Source

82

Ben Bleasdale - Discovery Decade

83

Jenny Holloway - Technology in the Fashion Industry

84

David Phoenix, LSBU Group - Technical Education and Technical Skills

85

Hilary Leevers - Technical Education and Technical Skills

86

Bernadine Idowu - Black Researchers in UK Science and Technology

87

Paulette Williams And Mike Sulu - Leading Routes

88

Dr Diego Baptista - Research and Funding Equity at Wellcome Trust

89

Sigourney Bonner - Black in Cancer

90

Simon Andrews - Fraunhofer UK Research

91

Jo Trigg – 'National Engineering Day'

92

Peter Marsh - Hardtech manufacturing in the UK

93

High Value Manufacturing - Katherine Bennett

94

Matthew Burnett - Science Superpower

95

Scenarios for a Science Superpower - Professor Graeme Reid and Professor Sarah Main

96

Dr Giles Campion and Professor Sir Gordon Duff - regulatory regime for clinical trials

97

Dr Doug Parr - UK Energy Strategy

98

Dr Mina Golshan - Sizewell C and new nuclear power

99

Professor Paul Monks - Science Advice in BEIS

100

Ashita Anand - Heat Pumps

101

Professor James Wilsdon - Interdisciplinary Research

102

Dr Karen Salt - Trusted Research and Innovation

103

Prof Hugo de Burgh - Media and journalism in China

104

Vivienne Stern - UK/China University Collaboration

105

Dale Sanders - R&D Collaboration with China

106

Dr Iliana Portugues - Rebuilding the electricity grid

107

Nick Winser - Rebuildig the electricity grid

108

Dr Matthew Godwin - UK/Isreal research collaboration

109

Dr Kate Devlin - Artificial Intelligence

110

Professor Sarah Main - Science and research policy issues in 2022

111

Sir Ian Diamond - The work of the ONS during the covid pandemic

112

Dr George Dibb - Tecnnology and Economics

113

Kevin Sabin - Technology and skills in the UK mining industry

114

Kevin Sabin - Technology and skills in the UK mining industry

115

Dr Paul Bate - UK Space Strategy

116

Professor Sir Charles Godfray - COP26: Where do we go from here?

117

Baroness Young - COP 26 - where do we go from here?

118

Anna Hopkins, Dr Sarah Foxen & Dr Kathryn Oliver - Science Advice in the UK

119

Amar Bhardwaj - US-UK COP26 Youth Working Group

120

Dr Helen Pain - Role of chemistry and the RSC in addressing societal issues

121

Sir Martin Sweeting - Space Technology and the UK Space Strategy

122

Paul Stein - The UK Innovation Strategy and the view from business

123

Professor Mark Spearing - The UK Innovation Strategy & UK Universities

124

Dr Alice Bunn - the role of engineering in addressing global issues

125

Rory Miles - University/business interface

126

Professor Jeremy Watson - Systems Approach to Net Zero

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Professor Rebecca Lunn - Systems Approach to Net Zero

128

Hindsight perspectives - Louise Sanger

129

Dr Alex Brogan - biotechnologies for sustainable manufacturing

130

Professor Keith Bell - Systems approach to Net Zero

131

Impact of Diamond Synchrotron - Isabelle Boscarro-Clarke and Neil Brown

132

Biodiversity and the G7 - Professor Yadvinder Malhi

133

Regional Policy and R&D - Sarah Chaytor, Grace Gottlieb and Graeme Reid

134

Dr Stephanie Wray - Biodiversity

135

Professor Dame Wendy Hall - AI Road Map

136

Maria Tazi - Regulating the internet

137

Professor Marcel Jaspars - Science and research issues for the Scottish Parliament election

138

Rameen Shakur - AI and medicine

139

Flo Sharman - Mental Health

140

Kate Day - Mental health of children and young people

141

Professor Louise Arsenault - Mental health of children during lockdown

142

Monika Jephcott - Effect of lockdown on mental health of children and young people

143

Richard Halsey - hydrogen technologies

144

Sinead Lynch - Hydrogen Technologies

145

Professor Pericles Pilidis, Hydrogen powered aircraft

146

Professor Dame Anne Johnson - President of the Academy of Medical Sciences

147

Rachel Coldicutt - UK ARPA

148

Phil Smith - UK ARPA

149

Julia Pyke - Prodution of Hydrogen from nuclear reactors

150

Dr Robert Hoyle - Medical Radioisotopes

151

Paul Feldman - Online teaching in higher education

152

Professor Tansy Jessop - Online higher education

153

Stephanie Smith - Research policy

154

Priya Guha - the innovation ecosystem and UKRI

155

Lizzie Crowley - Skills resilience

156

Professor Gerry McKenna - R&D in Northern Ireland

157

Stephen Phipson, MakeUK - Skills resilience

158

Dr Stuart Fancey - The R&D Roadmap and implications for research in Scotland

159

Professor Richard Jones - R&D Roadmap and Levelling Up across the UK

160

Dr Michael Short - Science and evidence in international trade

161

Professor Judith Petts CBE - University teaching during Covid-19

162

Tom McNeil, Strategic Advisor to the West Midlands Police & Crime Commissioner

163

Professor Sir Venki Ramakrishnan, President of the Royal Society

164

Chi Onwurah MP - Science and Politics

165

Julia Sutcliffe - BAE Systems

166

Professor John Loughhead - companies emerging from coronavirus lockdown

167

Darren Jones MP - business and coronavirus

168

Professor Lenny Koh - International supply chains post-Coronavirus

169

COP 26 - Peter Betts

170

Professor Rachel Mills - Coronavirus and the environment

171

Natural Environment Research Council - Professor Duncan Wingham

172

Developing hydrogen technologies in the UK - Baroness Brown

173

Social sciences, humanities and the British Academy - Hetan Shah

174

Baroness O'Neill - Ethics and rights in the Covid-19 and digital world

175

University policy engagement - Stephen Meek

176

Science Journalism - Pallab Ghosh

177

The 2.4% R&D Target - Dr Sarah Main

178

Coronavirus - Professor Paul Hunter

179

Coronavirus in developing countries - Dr Mishal Khan

180

International Research Collaboration - Professor Günter Stock

181

Joanna Burton - International research collaboration

182

Huawei Interview - Michael Hill King and Philip Candice

183

Professor Louise Kenny - International Research Collaboration

184

Facial recognition technologies - Professor Carsten Maple

185

Biometric technologies - Mathew Ryder QC

186

Carly Kind - Facial recognition and biometrics technologies

187

Dr Hayaatun Sillem - Diversity & Inclusion in Engineering

188

Sharing our health data - Dr Natalie Banner

189

Digital Health Data - Dr Nicole Mather, IBM

190

International research collaboration - Professor Graeme Reid

191

Industry and drones - Pae Natwilai

192

Professor Tom Scott - drone technology

193

Drones - interview with Elaine Whyte

194

Chris Whitty - Chief Medical Officer

195

Battery technology - Interview with Professor Clare Grey

196

Battery technology - Interview with Graeme Purdy

197

Battery Technology - Interview with Neil Morris

198

Battery technology - interview with Jacqui Murray