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Professor Tom Crick

@proftomcrick.com

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Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS); Professor of Digital Society and Policy at the University of Bristol. All views my own, etc. www.gov.uk/government/people/tom-cr…

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Professor Tom Crick @proftomcrick.com · 12/05/2026

Now published in The Computer Journal: my editorial, “In Memoriam: C. A. R. Hoare”: doi.org/10.1093/comj... A brief tribute to Tony Hoare’s extraordinary contributions to computer science, and to the journal’s particular connection to that legacy through the publication of “Quicksort” in 1962.

Screenshot of header and abstract of Hoare editorial in The Computer Journal.

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Professor Tom Crick @proftomcrick.com · 16/02/2026

End of an era

Old burgundy UK passport and new navy blue UK passport

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Professor Tom Crick @proftomcrick.com · 11/08/2025

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Professor Tom Crick @proftomcrick.com · 10/08/2025

New inquiry by the UK Parliament's Joint Committee on Human Rights: "Human Rights and the Regulation of Artificial Intelligence" committees.parliament.uk/work/9220/hu...

Quote from Lord David Alton, Chair of the Joint Committee.

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Professor Tom Crick @proftomcrick.com · 07/08/2025

In PNAS: “The entities enabling scientific fraud at scale are large, resilient, and growing rapidly” doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

Text describing the significance of this academic paper published in PNAS in August 2025.

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Professor Tom Crick @proftomcrick.com · 23/12/2024

Screen grab from X showing juxtaposition of two tweets on Xmas movies

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Professor Tom Crick @proftomcrick.com · 03/12/2024

Excellent and thought-provoking breakfast briefing and discussion on “AI for Science” with @deep-mind.bsky.social at the @royalsociety.org with CSAs, Perm Secs and CDIOs from across government…

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Professor Tom Crick @proftomcrick.com · 27/11/2024

Bringing cross-curricular computing skills to schools across the UK, it's BBC micro:bit - the next gen! Take your first steps with coding, learn the importance of data science and enter our design competition with your Primary school class. bbc.co.uk/teach/microbit

Submit your entries to the BBC micro:bit Gladiators competition by midday 6 Dec 2024

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Professor Tom Crick @proftomcrick.com · 25/11/2024

Also great to see the #TaNC recommendations published bilingually in English and Welsh: zenodo.org/records/1383...

“Unlocking the potential of digital collections: A call to action” reports published in English and Welsh

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Professor Tom Crick @proftomcrick.com · 23/11/2024

Have your say to help shape the Civil Society Covenant… If you work for a voluntary organisation, share your thoughts with NCVO and ACEVO as we reset the relationship between government and this vital sector: www.ncvo.org.uk/get-involved...

Your input is needed to shape the Civil Society Covenant…

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Professor Tom Crick @proftomcrick.com · 23/11/2024

Great fun in Manchester this week speaking on the "Towards a National Collection" Policy Panel w. colleagues from AHRC, Heritage Lottery Fund, @creativecommons.bsky.social, British Museum and Uni York. See: "Unlocking the Potential of Digital Collections. A call to action" zenodo.org/records/1383...

"Towards a National Collection" Conference Policy Panel

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Professor Tom Crick @proftomcrick.com · 20/11/2024

Thoroughly enjoyed speaking at the Association of Science & Discovery Centre's conference #ASDC24 at the @royalsociety.bsky.social yesterday — great conversations, great community. I spoke about how we must see/embrace science as a shared cultural endeavour (hence the multi-valued talk title)…

Professor Tom Crick giving a keynote entitled "Science in/and/of/for Culture" at #ASDC24 at the Royal Society in London on 19 November 2024

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Professor Tom Crick @proftomcrick.com · 13/11/2024

Celebrating #NationalEngineeringDay today, shining a spotlight on the many brilliant engineers inspiring the next generation to take up a career in engineering⚡ raeng.org.uk/national-eng... #EngineeringRoleModels

National Engineering Day 2024, celebrating diverse engineering role models

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