Campaign for Science and Engineering

Abbreviation| CaSE
Formation| 1986 (Name changed in 2005)
Legal status| Non-profit organisation, company limited by guarantee
Purpose| Promoting science and engineering in the UK
Location|

* London, WC1

Region served

| United Kingdom

Chairman

| Prof. Hugh Griffiths
Website| www.sciencecampaign.org.uk

The Campaign for Science and Engineering (CaSE) is a non-profit organisation that is the UK's leading independent advocate for science and engineering. It focuses on arguing for more research funding, promoting a high-tech and knowledge-based economy, highlighting the need for top-quality science and maths education at all levels, and scrutinising the mechanisms by which government uses science and evidence.

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Structure
* 3 Activity
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## History

The Campaign for Science and Engineering was founded as Save British Science (SBS) in January 1986. The organisation started out when 1,500 scientists banded together to pay for an advert in The Times.[1] It called on the Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher to 'Save British Science'. The organisation changed its name to the Campaign for Science and Engineering (CaSE) in 2005.

## Structure

CaSE is based in London. It receives its funding from over 100 member organisations,[2] which currently include companies such as Astra Zeneca, GlaxoSmithKline, and Johnson Matthey; universities such as the University of Oxford and University of Cambridge; learned and professional societies such as the Royal Society of Biology, Institute of Physics and Royal Society of Chemistry; and charities including Cancer Research UK. CaSE also has a large number of individual members.

CaSE employs a team of staff who are led by the executive director.[3] It also has a board of directors who meet several times each year to discuss CaSE's strategy and set its campaigning priorities, as well as being responsible for governance and financial management of the organisation. Dr Robert Sorrell is the current chair of the board.

## Activity

CaSE focuses its activity in five priority areas; People and Skills,[4] Investment,[5] Political Engagement,[6] Public Opinion,[7] and Research System[8] delivering independent analysis and recommendations for action in reports in these areas. Following the 2016 Brexit referendum, it has been a strong voice in the areas of immigration, collaboration and regulation which are of particular concern to the science and engineering sector.[9]

In 2010, CaSE played a key role in the Science is Vital[10] campaign, which lobbied against cuts to the UK science budget in the Comprehensive Spending Review of October that year. The science budget was frozen in the final review.[11] In 2017 CaSE called for increase in R&D investment[12] and the government subsequently committed to increasing spending to 2.4% of GDP by 2027. Other successes include lobbying for amendments to the HE and Research Bill in 2016.

In 2023 CaSE published major pieces of work into Public Attitudes to Research and Development, and the Skills needs of a more innovative UK.

CaSE holds regular meetings with representatives from its member organisations to inform its work, alongside sustained political engagement. This include meeting directly with MPs and Peers, submitting evidence to Select Committee Inquiries[13] and being invited to speak at conference and panel events.

CaSE also holds an annual lecture[14] which is given by prominent scientific or political figures including Jo Johnson, then Universities and Science Minister, in 2016, Professor Ellen Stofan, then NASA Chief Scientist in 2014, Professor Anne Glover CBE, then EU Chief Scientific Advisor in 2013, and Sir Patrick Vallance, then UK Government Chief Scientific Advisor in 2019.

## References

1. ↑ CaSE. "CaSE | From 'Save British Science', to 'CaSE', to the future". http://www.sciencecampaign.org.uk/news-media/guest-blog/from-save-british-science-to-case-to-the-future.html.
2. ↑ CaSE. "CaSE | CaSE members". http://www.sciencecampaign.org.uk/membership/case-members.html.
3. ↑ CaSE. "CaSE | CaSE Team". http://www.sciencecampaign.org.uk/about/team/.
4. ↑ CaSE. "CaSE People and Skills". https://www.sciencecampaign.org.uk/what-we-do/people-and-skills/.
5. ↑ CaSE. "CaSE Investment". https://www.sciencecampaign.org.uk/what-we-do/investment/.
6. ↑ "CaSE Political Engagement". https://www.sciencecampaign.org.uk/what-we-do/political-engagement/.
7. ↑ "CaSE Public Opinion". https://www.sciencecampaign.org.uk/what-we-do/public-opinion/.
8. ↑ CaSE. "CaSE Research System". https://www.sciencecampaign.org.uk/what-we-do/research-system/.
9. ↑ CaSE. "CaSE | Immigration: Keeping the UK at the heart of global science and engineering - CaSE". http://www.sciencecampaign.org.uk/resource/caseimmigrationreport2016.html.
10. ↑ "Science is Vital | No more Dr Nice Guy!" (in en-US). http://scienceisvital.org.uk/.
11. ↑ "Academics celebrate as science budget frozen" (in en-GB). The Independent. 2010-10-20. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/academics-celebrate-as-science-budget-frozen-2111748.html.
12. ↑ CaSE. "CaSE | Reaching 3 percent". http://www.sciencecampaign.org.uk/news-media/case-comment/reaching-3-percent.html.
13. ↑ CaSE. "CaSE | CaSE submission to Commons S&T Committee post-Brexit inquiry". http://www.sciencecampaign.org.uk/resource/Commons-S&T-committee-post-Brexit-inquiry-submission.html.
14. ↑ CaSE. "CaSE | CaSE Annual Lectures". https://www.sciencecampaign.org.uk/what-we-do/annual-lecture/.

## External links

* Campaign for Science and Engineering website
* Campaign for Science and Engineering blog

* v
* t
* e

Science and technology in the United Kingdom

Economy of the United Kingdom

Official
bodies and
personnel|

* Chief Scientific Adviser to the Ministry of Defence
* Council for Science and Technology
* DESG (Defence Engineering and Science Group)
* Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
* Food and Environment Research Agency
* Government Office for Science
* Chief Scientific Adviser
* Innovate UK
* Intellectual Property Office
* List of UK government scientific research institutes
* Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology
* Science and Technology Select Committee
* UK Research Councils
* Arts and Humanities
* Biotechnology and Biological Sciences
* Economic and Social
* Engineering and Physical Sciences
* Medical
* Natural Environment
* Science and Technology
* UK Space Agency

Industry
sectors|

* Aerospace
* British space programme
* Automotive
* Computers
* Nuclear technology
* Pharmaceutical
* Renewable energy
* Telecommunications

Non-
governmental
bodies|

| Education
and museums|

* Science museums
* National Museum of Science and Industry
* National Space Centre
* Universities
* List
* Golden triangle
* Russell Group

|

Societies and
professional
bodies|

* British Mass Spectrometry Society
* British Science Association
* British Society for the Philosophy of Science
* Engineering Council
* Institute of Physics
* Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine
* Royal Academy of Engineering
* Royal Aeronautical Society
* Royal Astronomical Society
* Royal Entomological Society
* Royal Institution
* Christmas Lectures
* Royal Society
* The Association for Science Education
* Royal Society of Chemistry
* Science Council
* Royal Society of Biology

Other|

* Campaign for Science and Engineering
* EngineeringUK
* Science Media Centre
* Wellcome Trust

People|

* Engineers
* Inventors
* Nobel laureates
* Science writers
* Scientists
* Technology writers

Places|

* East London Tech City
* M4 corridor
* Science parks
* Silicon Fen
* Silicon Glen
* Silicon Gorge
* Sites of Special Scientific Interest

Other|

* Innovations and discoveries
* Science and technology awards
* Science and technology magazines
* JANET
* National Science Week

* Category
* Commons

0.00

(0 votes)

Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campaign for Science and Engineering. Read more

|

Retrieved from "https://handwiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Organization:Campaign_for_Science_and_Engineering&oldid=4111245"
*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template