More than 900 students and staff gathered for the inaugural Student-Staff Assembly on Thursday 24 September.

Tools that help people scan applications and find grounds for objection have potential to hit government’s housebuilding plans

Given that the Senior Management Team (SMT) of the University of Woeville (UoW) is now planning large scale academic redundancies, we’ve updated our FAQs for all those staff facing imminent career …

As STS researchers working closely with scientists and engineers, we have been invited into, created, reluctantly entered, and stumbled upon many kinds of spaces, some of which might be considered ...

Scientists start a controversial project to create the building blocks of human life, in what is thought to be a world first.

Financial mismanagement at the University of Edinburgh continues. On 11 February 2025, Peter Mathieson wrote to all staff threatening “restructuring, possible closures of programmes or even Schools, m...

Dorothy Bishop’s attempt to get The Royal Society to oust Elon Musk has crystallised political dilemmas of sweeping consequence

ALT: a large body of water with waves coming in and out of it

Are things really as bad as they say? Find out the truth behind the numbers!

The UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Responsible and Trustworthy in-the-world NLP is based at the University of Edinburgh. Applications are now open for funded PhD studentships starting as part of the September 2025 cohort. Our deadline is 9th January 2025.

Gene drive mosquitoes is a short documentary film that is beautifully shot in Uganda and explores Ugandan stakeholders’ hopes for gene drive mosquitoes. Uganda, where malaria is the main cause of deat...

Science and Technology Secretary Michelle Donelan set out the importance of the UK’s mission to be a science and technology superpower.

We are looking for an independent and motivated PhD level graduate in the social sciences to study the use of synthetic biology in environmental applications, exploring the social, ethical, and environmental dimensions of Engineering Biology to inform decision-making and promote the integration of research advances within the broader context of environmental biotechnology.

After a five-year hiatus, Science in Public will return for its 14th annual conference in 2024. The conference will take place from Monday 8 to Wednesday 10 July 2024 at University of Birmingham��...