📊 The UK government is studying the growth of its AI sector to shape policy. Ipsos is conducting a brief survey online and by phone from mid-March to early May 2024, taking just 10-12 minutes. Your insights matter! Participate now: gov.uk/government/pub…

#AI #Research GOV.UK

This is a fantastic appointment for Department for Science, Innovation and Technology — very much looking forward to working with Chris on shared areas of interest with Department for Culture, Media and Sport

📖 New CETaS research commissioned by the Joint Intelligence Organisation & GCHQ examines how AI-enriched intelligence should be effectively communicated to senior government decision-makers.

➡️Read the full report here: bit.ly/3xKSAdr

#AI #AI Intelligence #GCHQ

We are delighted to announce the latest forty-three people elected to our Fellowship, all of whom represent the best of Wales’ academic, cultural and civic life.

learnedsociety.wales/learned-societ…

NEW: £150 million Green Future Fellowships programme to research breakthrough technologies and solutions for net zero. #EarthDay

Find out more: raeng.org.uk/news/new-150-m…

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology Baroness Brown of Cambridge, Julia King

Read the Council for Science and Technology (CST) letter on R&D in the UK creative industries and the response from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport Secretary of State ➡️ gov.uk/government/pub…

Thanks to Peter Bazalgette Creative Industries Policy & Evidence Centre Arts and Humanities Research Council Creative UK and all who contributed to this work.

Another amazing #londonmarathon effort and result by my friend and Education & Childhood Studies - Swansea University colleague Dr Emily Marchant — absolutely smashed it!

📣 Closing next week.

Final chance to get your applications in for our Visiting Professors scheme and make a difference for the future generation of engineers

Apply by Monday 29 April: raeng.org.uk/vp

“They got their son a pet octopus. Weeks later, there were 50 more.” washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2024…

We’re delighted to announce that Richard Horne has been appointed as the NCSC’s new CEO and will take over in the autumn. Richard will join us from PwC UK, where he currently chairs the Cyber Security Practice.

More details here ⬇️
ncsc.gov.uk/news/ncsc-anno…

The UK is now signed up to the UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 Convention on the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage

Watch Heritage Minister Lord Parkinson explain how this will help protect and preserve the wide range of cultural traditions and crafts we cherish in the UK

🚨Are you an Early Career Researcher working in Wales? We are accepting abstracts for our 2024 Colloquium Bangor University Rhwydwaith YCG | ECR Network

📷Submissions are open until 29 April 2024 📷learnedsociety.wales/ecr-home/ #ECRCymru2024

'We must learn the lessons from the pandemic and put support in place to improve the working conditions of headteachers...'

📝Dr Emily Marchant & Prof. Tom Crick in The Conversation

How the pandemic deepened an existing wellbeing crisis in headteaching ⬇️
Swan.ac/HeadteachingWe…

We were hugely saddened to hear the news of the death of Professor Chris Williams. This wonderful tribute has been written by his friend and colleague, Professor Dai Smith FLSW.

learnedsociety.wales/professor-chri…

Excited to share my latest publication examining the well-being and work-related stress of senior school leaders in Wales and Northern Ireland during COVID-19.

journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…

“AI Is Moving Faster Than Attempts to Regulate It. Here’s How Companies Are Coping” wsj.com/articles/ai-is…

Outputs from an U.S. National Science Foundation-funded CER Future Workshop: “Piecing Together the Next 15 Years of Computing Education Research” cerfutureworkshop.wpcomstaging.com/final-report/

Interesting blog post on “Reimagining Cultural Heritage Data” from National Library of Wales on SNARC (Semantic Name Authority Repository Cymru) library.wales/news/reimagini… <— A linked data approach for bilingual name authority

.⁦Competition & Markets Authority⁩ outlines growing concerns in markets for AI Foundation Models <—“The CMA has outlined 3 key risks to effective competition on AI Foundation Models and has set out plans for further action in the market.” gov.uk/government/new…

We can't get to net zero without tackling inequality newscientist.com/article/mg2623…