Using neutrons to analyse human remains
A UK neutron facility has been used to develop a technique to help better understand human skeletal remains that have been subject to heating.
Updated: Mon Nov 01 2021
Welcome to techUKs Digital Identity Week
Digital Identity Week 1-5 November 2021! Throughout the week members will have the opportunity to demonstrate the latest, cutting-edge developments in the field of digital identity by participating in events and contributing thought leadership blogs & insights.
Updated: Mon Nov 01 2021
Handling programme ambiguity with MSPs decisions theme
Blog posted by: Michelle Rowland, Lead Examiner, AXELOS ProPath & Director A&J Project Management, October 27, 2021.
Updated: Fri Oct 29 2021
No hint of theoretical particle sterile neutrino in new results
Results from a global science experiment have cast doubt on the existence of a theoretical particle beyond the Standard Model.
Updated: Fri Oct 29 2021
The Autumn 2021 Budget and Spending Review, does it deliver for UK tech?
Across the Budget and Spending Review the Chancellor's budget makes some major interventions to support the UK tech sector.
Updated: Fri Oct 29 2021
What does the budget mean for health and social care?
Building on techUK's initial analysis of the Budget and Spending Review, we have highlighted key areas that may impact the UK's health and social care sector.
Updated: Fri Oct 29 2021
Autumn Budget: Investment in skills to build back inclusively
What does the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021 mean for digital jobs, skills, and migration?
Updated: Thu Oct 28 2021
Budget Net Zero: Chancellor extends age of fossil fuels as he delivers climate-void budget, says IPPR
Leading think tank slams decision to cut domestic air passenger duty just days ahead of COP26
Updated: Thu Oct 28 2021
Cloud Computing and Data costs to be covered under expanded RD tax credit
The Chancellor has acted on long standing ask from techUK and our members to expand the coverage of the R&D tax credit in the Autumn Budget and Spending Review.
Updated: Thu Oct 28 2021
IEA - Public sector pensions cost 57bn per year more than is declared
The unreported annual cost of public sector pensions is 57bn - more than we spend on the police or the Ministry of Defence - according to a new report from the Institute of Economic Affairs.
Updated: Thu Oct 28 2021
Investment in skills to build back inclusively
What does the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021 mean for digital jobs, skills, and migration?
Updated: Thu Oct 28 2021
IPPR: Budget disguises real failure to invest enough in recovery, levelling up and net zero
The flurry of piecemeal spending announcements in yesterday's budget has disguised a failure to invest enough in the still fragile recovery, levelling up - and in the drive to reach net zero, the IPPR think tank warns.
Updated: Thu Oct 28 2021
JRF - A tale of two Budgets for low-income families
JRF responds to yesterday's Budget.
Updated: Thu Oct 28 2021
The Kings Fund responds to the Comprehensive Spending Review
Richard Murray, Chief Executive of The King's Fund commented on the 2021 Budget and Comprehensive Spending Review
Updated: Thu Oct 28 2021
The path forward for consolidating the commercialisation of Quantum Technologies in Europe
QuIC Executive Director, Dr. Thierry Botter writes about fostering collaboration in Europe alongside his presentation in techUK's International Collaboration Webinar.
Updated: Thu Oct 28 2021
Adam Smith Inst - Spendy Sunak: The ASI responds to Budget 2021
The Adam Smith Institute's Head of Programmes Daniel Pryor responded to Chancellor Rishi Sunak's 2021 Budget
Updated: Wed Oct 27 2021
AXELOS partners with Defra for COP26 E-alliance
AXELOS is one of the sponsors of COP26 E-alliance, the side event of this year's COP26 conference in Glasgow from 1 to 5 November. It will include exhibitions, conferences and panel discussions, all under the theme 'Tech for Climate'.
Updated: Wed Oct 27 2021
Budget fails acid test to level up: IPPR North responds to the Budget and Spending Review
Jonathan Webb, a senior research fellow at IPPR North responded to today's Autumn Budget
Updated: Wed Oct 27 2021
Data Strategy for Defence techUK Summary
Published in late September, the Data Strategy for Defence outlines the Ministry of Defence's vision for data, and sets the data outcomes to be achieved by 2025.
Updated: Wed Oct 27 2021
How our training offer is supporting local government with day-to-day working
It's been seven months since we launched an online library of training courses to support our local government colleagues to develop their digital skills while working remotely. In that time, we've had 218 applications from people working in more than ...
Updated: Wed Oct 27 2021
Institute of Economic Affairs: Autumn Budget 2021 response
Mark Littlewood, Director General at free market think tank the Institute of Economic Affairs, commented on the Chancellor's Autumn Budget 2021
Updated: Wed Oct 27 2021
A new model of innovation to realise the UKs science superpower potential
Dr. Keith Dear, Fujitsu describes the UK's path towards quantum commercialisation as part of techUK's Quantum Commercialisation Week.
Updated: Tue Oct 26 2021
Adam Smith Inst - Global minimum tax could cost Britain billions
Minimum global corporate tax will undermine sovereignty and key Government policies
Updated: Tue Oct 26 2021
IEA - UK Climate Change Committee in urgent need of reform, says new research
A new paper, published by the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), puts the UK's Climate Change Committee - and its activities - under the spotlight. Its author, IEA Head of Regulatory Affairs Victoria Hewson, concludes that the CCC has expanded well beyond its statutory obligations and acts in an overtly political way. It has failed to communicate and, at times, purposefully suppressed, the full cost of its proposed climate policies.
Updated: Tue Oct 26 2021
IFS - School spending per pupil highest in Scotland, lowest in Northern Ireland
In the current year (2021-22), core school spending per pupil is expected to be highest in Scotland (over 7,500), similar levels in England (6,700) and Wales (6,600), and lowest in Northern Ireland (6,400).
Updated: Tue Oct 26 2021