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Publications for members
- the Society's Members' directory, published annually exclusively for members, allows members to make and maintain personal contact with one another, enhancing networking and collaboration opportunities.
- Our annual revew of our year is distributed to our members in advance of the Annual General Meeting. 2008 - a review of our year, 2007 - a review of our year and 2006 - a review of our year are available.
Policy inputs
- Submission to the House of Commons' Business and Enterprise Committee Consultation on the role of RDAs, submitted 19 September 2008. The Committee's report was published 13 March 2009.
- On 15 December 2006, the Society submitted evidence to the House of Commons Education and Skills Committee Inquiry into the future sustainability of the higher education sector: purpose, funding and structures. On 5 August 2007, the Committee published its report, The future sustainability of the higher education sector: international aspects.
- On 4 October 2006, the Society published Higher Education in 2015 and beyond: will it meet our needs?, a report summarising the responses received from members of the UK research and development (R&D) community into their current and future skill needs. The report and all the survey responses were submitted as evidence to the Royal Society's science policy study on "Science Higher Education in 2015 and beyond", which was published as A higher degree of concern.on 31 January 2008.
Press releases and media mentions
These are recorded on our blog. Journalists who would like to be added to our press release list should email rdsociety@royalsociety.org