Reports & publications

Brain Waves 3 : Neuroscience, conflict and security

A report that considers some of the potential military and law enforcement applications arising from key advances in neuroscience.

Shut down or restart?

A report on the way forward for computing in UK schools.

S&T Committee (Commons): Higher education in STEM

A letter to the chair of the House of Commons Science & Technology Select Committee on the inquiry into higher education in STEM subjects. 

Brain Waves 4: Neuroscience and the law

A report that sets out some of the areas where neuroscience might be of relevance to the law, along with some of the limits to its application.

Solar radiation management: the governance of research

A report by the Solar Radiation Management Governance Initiative (SRMGI) that reviews the different perspectives and governance possibilities related to Solar Radiation Management.

Fuel cycle stewardship in a nuclear renaissance

A report that considers the potential of new technologies and governance best practices to make the nuclear fuel cycle more secure and proliferation resistant, with a particular focus on the management of spent fuel. 

S&T Committee (Lords): Departmental scientific advisors

A submission to the House of Lords Science & Technology Select Committee on the role and function of departmental scientific advisors.

GCSE Science Examinations 2008, 2009 and 2010

A report commissioned by the Royal Society and other science organistions into the standards associated with GCSE science examinations over the period 2008-2010.

Transnational Governance of Synthetic Biology

A working paper on transnational governance of synthetic biology by academics from the Centre for Synthetic Biology and Innovation (CSynBI) at London School of Economics, which was commissioned by the Royal Society.

S&T Committee (Commons): Impact of the science budget allocation 2011-2015

A submission to the House of Commons Science & Technology Select Committee inquiry into the impact of the science budget allocation 2011-2015. 

DfE: National Curriculum Review

A submission to the Department of Education into the review of the primary and secondary National Curriculum in England, focusing on the subject of Computing and ICT.  

Malaysia

A case study of Malaysia's science and innovation system, which was prepared as part of the Atlas of Islamic-World Science and Innovation project.

Knowledge, networks and nations

A report that surveys the global scientific landscape in 2011, noting the shift to an increasingly multipolar world underpinned by the rise of new scientific powers.

Education Committee: English Baccalaureate

A submission to the House of Commons Education Select Committee inquiry into the English Baccalaureate by SCORE, with contribution from the Society. 

Brain Waves 2: Neuroscience: implications for education and lifelong learning

A report that highlights advances in neuroscience with potential implications for education and lifelong learning.

UK-Brazil Frontiers of Science meeting

A summary of a 'Frontiers of Science' symposium held between outstanding early-career scientistsfrom the UK and Brazil in August 2010. 

Preparing for the transfer to STEM higher education

This fourth and final Royal Society ‘state of the nation’ report considers the ‘pool’ of the UK’s 16–19 year old students taking mainstream science and mathematics combinations suitable for entry to higher education. It makes three major points about these students.

Brain Waves 1: Neuroscience, society and policy

A report which reviews the state of development of neuroscience and neurotechnology and discuss the translation of this knowledge into useful applications.

BIS: Follow-up response to Spending Review 2010

A letter to the Department for Business, Innovation an Skills (BIS) which provides a follow-up response to the Spending Review 2010. 

BIS: Skills Required for Sustainable Growth and a Simplified Further Education and Skills Funding System and Methodology

A submission to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills into the consultation on Skills Required for Sustainable Growth and A Simplified Further Education and Skills Funding System and Methodology.

Education Committee: Role and Performance of Ofsted

A submission to the House of Commons Education Select Committee regarding the Ofsted consultation; submitted by SCORE with contribution from The Society. 

Climate change: A Summary of the Science

A guide summarising the current scientific evidence on climate change and its drivers, highlighting the areas where the science is well established, where there is still some debate, and where substantial uncertainties remain.

Comprehensive Spending Review 2010

A submission to the Comprehensive Spending Review 2010. 

Science and mathematics education 5-14

The third project in our 'state of the nation' series focuses on the early years of formal education, from the start of primary school to the point at which in their early secondary education children will already have been given a first opportunity to make GCSE or equivalent subject choices.

A new golden age?

A profile of some of the advances in science and innovation across the Islamic world which reviews the barriers to further and faster progress.