Yes, of course 😄

Chestnut Sunday in Bushy Park - NPL attracting lots of interest as always

Bertie was surprised to find a street and a pub named after him

Good to see a as a report in @financialtimes.com today that Government plans practical steps to attract talented researchers to the UK (plans no doubt in hand long before I mentioned the subject)

Rise in university-business collaboration ‘driven by elite few’ More than 60 per cent increase in income over past two decades masks ‘stagnation’ in collaboration below high-performing institutions, report finds

Near two-thirds increase in income from UK university-business collaborations over past two decades driven by a small group of top institutions, with many others seeing work in this area “stagnate” www.timeshighereducation.com/news/rise-un... via @twilliamsthe.bsky.social

This is well worth a look - it is clear and concise.

I decided to refresh my @bsky.app site with a new photo.

I chose an image of something handsome, solid and needing periodic maintenance.

I also provide a photo of the Forth Rail Bridge.

A text box with the words: R&D Mission Programme: Mission Challenge Directors

🚨 Hiring news! 🚨 I’m looking to hire five really important new roles. Each will lead a major new innovation programme to tackle one of five major national challenges.

🎉 Happy 199th birthday, UCL! 🎉

We’re just one year away from celebrating 200 years of innovation, discovery, and impact.

UCL has always been a place of firsts. Now, we look ahead to an exciting bicentenary year!

Learn more: www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/fe...

#UCL200 #UCLFoundationDay #UCLBirthday

Helios in the Painted Hall - Old Royal Naval College See the Painted Hall in a new light.

Wow - looks like we need to visit Greenwich again.
ornc.org/whats-on/hel...

P2R: increasing UK policymaker engagement with research Apply for funding to develop and expand UK-wide policy to research (P2R) infrastructure facilitating direct connections between public and civil servants and research organisations.

Important ESRC funding call: “P2R: increasing UK policymaker engagement with research” www.ukri.org/opportunity/... (total fund: £3.8m; deadline: 6 May)

Great to be at UCL East this morning to hear Peter Kyle and Kier Starmer describe plans to make the UK ‘an AI Superpower’

It was a pleasure to meet so many wonderful postgraduate students earlier this week at UCL's Department of Political Science and School of Public Policy. Professor David Coen kindly invited me to give a lecture.

David seems to share my impeccable sense of fashion 😀

A stimulating, thought-provoking and enjoyable event.

Thanks to @sciencecampaign.bsky.social for organising, Imperial for hosting and Elsevier and QMUL for sponsoring

2029.ref.ac.uk/news/panelli...

CaSE Public Attitudes to Global-Facing R&D - June 2024 - CaSE

Another interesting set of data from the Discovery Decade work at CaSE

www.sciencecampaign.org.uk/what-we-do/p...

We going to need a bigger Bazooka How Labour can get the economy growing

When John Kingman - who has done more to drive good policy on UK economic growth than anyone - gives advice, I really hope people listen.

open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/w...

This is an important and timely addition to the terrific work CaSE has done on public attitudes to R&D

HRH Duchess of Edinburgh visits UCL eye health lab Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Edinburgh visited UCL today to learn about cutting-edge genetics research funded by Fight for Sight into disabling eye diseases.

www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/no...

I joined bluesky about an hour ago. I look forward to discovering how it compares with other social media