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Chemistry Landscape - Town Hall Speech
This document outlines the current state of chemistry in the UK and proposes next steps to develop a vision for UK chemistry. It provides data on the economic, social, and environmental impacts of chemistry as well as research funding and capabilities. It also examines skills, education, and engagement to identify areas for improvement and growth towards realizing a vision for UK chemistry by 2020. Key working groups and a process of town hall meetings, reports, and ongoing work are outlined to develop recommendations and achieve the vision.
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Chemistry Landscape - Town Hall Speech
- 1. Developing a Visionfor UK Chemistry
- 2. Economic benefitsDirect contributionof the downstream chemistry-using industries to UK GDP, 2007£billionSource: Oxford Economics, EPSRC, RSC
- 3. SocialSource: A Centuryof Change: Trends in UK statistics since 1900, HoC LibraryEstimated from 1996
- 4. EnvironmentalEndangered elements: theperiodic table in short supplySource: Sustainable Technologies Roadmap, Chemistry Innovation Knowledge Transfer Network (CIKTN)
- 5. UK and Germanshare of world goods exports, 1960-2009Source: World Trade Organisation
- 6. Research income andcosts 2007/2008£000sChemistry departmentSource: Finances of Chemistry and Physics Departments in UK Universities, 2010Nigel Brown Associates
- 7. The global R&DlandscapeSource: OECD 2010
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- 9. Patent application growthrate by patent office (%): selected officesSource: WIPO World Intellectual Property Indicators, 2010
- 10. UK R&D expenditureby industry sector, 2002–2009Source: ONS
- 12. Technology Innovation CentresSource:BIS: The Current and Future Role of Technology and Innovation Centres in the UK, 2009
- 13. Employers seeking scientificandmathematically skilled staff (%)Source: CBI
- 14. Employer satisfaction withschool/college leavers’ employability skills (%)Source: CBI
- 15. Teaching income andcosts 2007/2008£000sChemistry departmentSource: Finances of Chemistry and Physics Departments in UK Universities, 2010Nigel Brown Associates
- 16. PISA Ranking UK*Range given as too few schools participated to provide an accurate resultSource: OECD
- 17. Next StepsTown HallMeetingResearch capabilityEngagementBusiness landscapeSkills pipelineWorking groups2020VisionReportJun Jul Aug Sept Oct 2012……. 2020