http://royalsociety.org/news/ Press Releases from The Royal Society Press Office en-gb Copyright: (C) The Royal Society (2009) Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:00:07 GMT http://royalsociety.org/images/rs_logos/RS_350_logo_color.gif http://royalsociety.org/news/ With the launch of the new web site, this RSS feed has been archived. Sign up for our new feeds at http://royalsociety.org/rss-feeds/ http://royalsociety.org/rss-feeds/ press@royalsociety.org Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Greg Watson, chief executive of the OCR exam board, claimed that public confidence in the exams system has reduced, and that schools were becoming ‘production lines’, concentrating on test results at the expense of education. http://royalsociety.org/news.asp?id=8850 press@royalsociety.org Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT The Royal Society has announced the appointment of 38 new University Research Fellows (URFs) for 2009. http://royalsociety.org/news.asp?id=8849 press@royalsociety.org Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT The Royal Society has announced the appointment of 10 new Dorothy Hodgkin Fellows (DHFs) for 2009. http://royalsociety.org/news.asp?id=8848 press@royalsociety.org Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT The Royal Society has announced the appointment of 10 new Dorothy Hodgkin Fellows (DHFs) for 2009. http://royalsociety.org/news.asp?id=8848 press@royalsociety.org Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT The Royal Society has announced the appointment of 10 new Dorothy Hodgkin Fellows (DHFs) for 2009. http://royalsociety.org/news.asp?id=8848 press@royalsociety.org Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT The Royal Society has announced the appointment of 10 new Dorothy Hodgkin Fellows (DHFs) for 2009. http://royalsociety.org/news.asp?id=8848 press@royalsociety.org Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT A research paper on experimental methodology for the production of microbubbles – miniature gas bubbles that can remain suspended in liquid for an extended period of time – has won the EPSRC Journal of the Royal Society Interface Award. http://royalsociety.org/news.asp?id=8843 press@royalsociety.org Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT A research paper on experimental methodology for the production of microbubbles – miniature gas bubbles that can remain suspended in liquid for an extended period of time – has won the EPSRC Journal of the Royal Society Interface Award. http://royalsociety.org/news.asp?id=8843 press@royalsociety.org Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT A research paper on experimental methodology for the production of microbubbles – miniature gas bubbles that can remain suspended in liquid for an extended period of time – has won the EPSRC Journal of the Royal Society Interface Award. http://royalsociety.org/news.asp?id=8843 press@royalsociety.org Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT The new government framework for the future of higher education proposes ways to align university courses with the needs of the economy. This includes incentives to increase the number of STEM courses. http://royalsociety.org/news.asp?id=8842 press@royalsociety.org Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT