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Micheal Brooks' post, and the comment thread underneath it, is worth a read: http://freeradicalsbook.wordpress.com/2011/01/25/science-under-attack-not-exactly/ Personally, I thought the basic message was ok, and I liked Nurse's presenation style. The references to what the public think seemed a bit loose though. Alice On 27 January 2011 16:19, Alom Shaha <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dr Andrea Sella has some interesting things to say about it on his blog: > bit.ly/fDtH3g > > > On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 4:13 PM, Bob Ward <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> I would be interested to hear views about Monday's Horizon programme >> which was presented by Paul Nurse (if you haven't seen it yet, it is >> available to watch here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mgxf). >> >> I have seen some criticisms of it (such as it didn't deal with the >> issues in enough detail), but I thought it was pretty good, particularly >> as its parting message was that the debates surrounding issues such as >> climate change and GM are too important to be left to campaigners and >> columnists, so researchers should engage more with the public and the >> media. >> >> Anybody else have (constructive) views on this? >> >> Linked to this, one of my colleagues has flagged up to me the >> publication by research funders on 7 December of a 'Concordat for >> Engaging the Public with Research': >> http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/news/2010news/Pages/101207.aspx >> >> I haven't seen any discussion of this on the list. Does anybody know >> what follow-up there will be and when? Is there an implementation >> strategy and an assessment of what successful implementation would look >> like? 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