Consultation
A consultation on a 'Science and Innovation Strategy for Scotland' took place from October 2006 to January 2007.
The consultation allowed for a very open response and was not centred around detailed policy proposals, although it did ask for comments on a range of policies and commitments that were already well established across the themes listed below.
Report on the consultation
'Science and Innovation Strategy for Scotland Report on the Consultation' was compiled in Spring 2007 by Almut Caspary, an independent researcher on a Scottish Executive/ESRC secondment. The consultation received 86 responses from a wide range of interest groups including academic organisations, individuals, business bodies, educational bodies, professional associations, trade unions, non-departmental public bodies.
Science and innovation strategy consultation themes
Science and innovation are the cornerstones of Scotland's future. They are fundamentally important if we are to grow our economy and raise our quality of life. We need to give a better emphasis to the role of science in raising our quality of life, and its contribution to all areas of devolved policy - including health, transport, justice, education, culture, communities and the environment. We need to ensure that science and innovation are developed responsibly and sustainably.
The science and innovation strategy consultation looked for feedback under the following themes:
- Maintaining and developing the excellence of the science research base
- Enhancing international connections and capturing overseas investment
- Intensifying knowledge exchange between academia and business
- Expanding business innovation
- Modernising science education and promoting science careers
- Increasing public engagement with science
- Developing better use of science by government
Consultation responses
Copies of the responses can be downloaded from the following links:
Please see the links on the left for more information on work to progress the Science Framework.