High costs and an unwelcoming attitude are behind a failure to recruit the best researchers

The UK Government’s Restoring Control over the Immigration System white paper (May 2025) proposes a 6% levy on international students’ tuition fees to invest in ‘the higher education and skills system...

Steve Bates OBE appointed to help champion research and innovation and the use of technology to transform health and grow the UK economy.

BFPG's 2025 Annual Survey of Public Opinion on Foreign Policy finds that public trust in the US has plummeted, as Britons turn back towards Europe.

Emran Mian is the Director General for Digital Technologies and Telecoms at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology ( DSIT ). Emran was Director General for Regeneration at the Departmen...

Welcome to the DSIT Download featuring the latest news from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. In this edition you will find updates on: Spending Review 2025 London Tech Week and a...

Here's what we need to see from the Spending Review, NHS 10 Year Plan, Cancer Plan, Industrial Strategy, and Life Sciences Sector Plan.

Given the important role innovation plays in productivity growth, policies to support R&D, technology and innovation are vital components of any effective economic strategy. This paper outlines five c...

First clear evidence that structured exercise regime reduces risk of dying by a third, can stop tumours coming back or a new cancer developing

The UK Soft Power Group's new report explores the urgent need for the UK to better leverage its soft power, to maintain and strengthen its global position.

It took Ed Roberts over a year to find a senior scientist to work at his cancer research laboratory in Scotland, a delay he blames on high UK visa costs that made it harder to attract international workers.

Estimating the returns to public R&D, using data

Chancellor unveils new plans to deliver the Oxford-Cambridge Growth Corridor that will boost the UK economy by up to £78 billion by 2035.

Today, Cancer Research UK, the NIHR and the EPSRC are announcing £10 million to create the Cancer Data-Driven Detection programme

We look back on how more than 10-years of mission-based funding has transformed the UK lung cancer research ecosystem

From campaigning for tobacco control to working internationally to beat cervical cancer, here are seven policy highlights from 2024.