Annex C: International Review of Chemistry – Review Week Itinerary
Date
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Whole Panel
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Sunday 19 April
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Afternoon welcome/briefing session
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‘West’ Sub-panel:
Professor A Holmes
Professor A Balazs
Professor V Colvin
Professor P Ford
Professor G Mehta
Professor G Meijer
Professor H Möhwald
Professor M Parrinello
Professor M Abou-Gharbia
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‘East’ Sub-panel:
Professor M Klein
Professor E Carreira
Professor S Ceyer
Professor G Fleming
Professor E Meijer
Professor J Wells
Dr H Hahn
Professor B Raveau
Professor G Scoles
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Monday 20 April
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Manchester / Liverpool
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Edinburgh/ St Andrews/ Glasgow/ Strathclyde
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Tuesday 21 April
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Nottingham/ Warwick
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Leeds/ Sheffield/ Durham/ York
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Wednesday 22 April
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Bristol/ Bath/ Cardiff
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Cambridge/ UEA
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Thursday 23 April
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Oxford/ Southampton
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Imperial/ UCL
Followed by separate meeting with Senior Industrialists
(sub-panel joined by Prof. Abou-Gharbia for this session)
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Whole Panel
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Thursday 23 April (late pm)
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Re-convened at a venue near Heathrow; commenced drafting report
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Friday 24 April
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Agreed main findings and recommendations for future actions; presented these to Steering Committee
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Saturday 25 April
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Departed UK
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Annex D: Supporting Evidence and Information Provided
A range of supporting evidence and information was provided to the review panel both before and during the review. This included:
Overview: Funding of Science and Innovation in the UK: This describes the key developments that have taken place over the last 5 years concerning public funding arrangements for science and innovation in the UK (e.g. creation of DIUS, TSB, BERR), and provides a high-level overview of how the science budget is secured and distributed. It also contains broad descriptions of various Research Council mechanisms for supporting research and training with a focus on EPSRC but including sections on BBSRC, MRC and NERC
Background Data: This provides EPSRC-related grant and studentship data, information about relevant TSB activities, HESA data and high-level funding data from NERC, MRC and BBSRC. It also provided basic RAE data and was prepared as a companion to ‘Funding of Science and Innovation in the UK’ to give more detailed contextual data relevant to Chemistry research in the UK.
Consultation Responses: As part of the preparation for the review a public consultation has held to gather evidence for the panel. Responses were specifically invited from the Universities to be visited by the panel, from others not on the panel’s schedule of visits, and from any other interested person/organisation via a public call on the EPSRC website. A standard template was used to ensure that submissions addressed the Evidence Framework agreed by the Steering Committee. The panel was provided with both a summary and the full text of all responses received. Responses were received from:
Universities:
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Aston
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(Prof. G J Hooley)
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Bath
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(Prof. M G Davidson)
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Bristol
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(Prof. R Bedford)
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Cambridge
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(Prof. W Jones)
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Cardiff
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(Prof. P J Knowles)
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Durham
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(Prof. J Evans)
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East Anglia
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(Profs. P Liss and M Bochmann)
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EaStCHEM
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(Profs. L J Yellowlees and J D Woollins)
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Hull
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(Prof. B Winn)
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Imperial
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(Prof. R Leatherbarrow)
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Keele
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(Profs. P D Bailey and C A Ramsden)
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Leeds
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(Prof. D E Heard)
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Leicester
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(Prof. I Postlethwaite)
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Liverpool
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(Prof. A Cooper)
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Manchester
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(Prof. P O’Brien)
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Nottingham
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(Prof. S M Howdle)
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Oxford
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(Prof. T P Softley)
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QMUL
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(Prof. U Martin)
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QUB
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(Prof. R Burch)
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Reading
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(Dr. M J Almond and Prof. H M Colquhoun)
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Sheffield
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(Prof. M Ward)
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Southampton
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(Prof. J Evans)
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Surrey
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(Prof. R Slade)
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UCL
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(Prof. S Caddick)
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WestCHEM
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(Profs. C C Wilson and D Graham)
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York
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(Prof. P Walton)
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Other Stakeholders:
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ABPI
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(Mrs S Jones)
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AstraZeneca
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(Dr. D Hollinshead)
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Biosciences Federation
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(Dr. R Dyer)
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Chemistry Innovation
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(Dr. J H Steven)
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DSTL
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(Dr. P Jeffery)
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I.Chem.E.
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(Dr. A Furlong)
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IoP
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(Prof. E A Hinds)
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RSC
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(Prof. C D Garner and Dr. I Spence)
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Research Group submissions: Chemistry Research Groups at each university with which the Panel met were requested to prepare in advance brief details of their strategic plans and individual research activities. A standard template was used to ensure that submissions addressed the Evidence Framework agreed by the Steering Committee. The following Universities/Consortia submitted details relating to the groups listed below:
Bath
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Applied Catalysis, Computational Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry
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Bristol
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Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Change, Biological Chemistry, Catalysis, Computational Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Spectroscopy and Dynamics, Supramolecular, Structural and Mechanistic Chemistry, Synthesis
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Cambridge
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Atmospheric Chemistry, Chemical Biology, Materials, surfaces and physical chemistry, Synthetic Chemistry, Theoretical / Computational Chemistry and Informatics
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Durham
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Creative Chemistry, Materials & Structure, Soft Matter and Interfaces, Theory & Dynamics
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East Anglia
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Laboratory for Marine and Atmospheric Chemistry (LGMAC)
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EaStCHEM
(Edinburgh, St Andrews)
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Chemistry/Biology Interface: Biological Chemistry, Chemistry/Biology Interface: Bioorganic and Biophysical Chemistry, Chemical Physics and Structure, Materials Chemistry: Energy, Functional Materials, Surface Science, Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry, Synthetic Organic Chemistry
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Imperial
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Biological and Biophysical Chemistry (BBC), Catalysis and Advanced Materials (CAM), Department of Chemistry Combined, Nano-structured Materials and Devices, Synthesis, Theoretical and Experimental Physical Chemistry
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Leeds
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Colour Science, Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry
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Liverpool
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Catalysis, Materials, Nano-scale Science, Organic Bio-molecular Chemistry
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Manchester
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Biological Chemistry
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Nottingham
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School of Chemistry
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Oxford
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Chemical Biology, Biophysical and Biological Chemistry, Energy & Catalysis, Materials, Measurement, Synthesis, Theoretical Chemistry
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Sheffield
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Analytical Science, Chemical biology, Cell Mineral Research Centre (C-MRC), Ceramics and Composites Laboratory, Materials, Structural biology, Synthesis, Theory & Spectroscopy
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Southampton
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Chemical Biology, Electro-Chemistry and Surface Science, Structure and Materials, Synthesis
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UCL
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Computational Chemistry, Inorganic and Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Chemical Biology (OCCB), Physical Chemistry & Chemical Physics
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Warwick
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Dept. of Chemistry
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WestCHEM
(Glasgow, Stratclyde)
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Analytical & Environmental Chemistry, Chemical Biology and Biological Chemistry, Inorganic Synthesis, Materials Discovery and Functionality, Chemical Nano-Sciences, Organic Synthesis, Physical Organic Chemistry, Chemical Structure & Dynamics
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York
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Biological Chemistry, Inorganic chemistry and green chemistry/catalysis, Organic chemistry and organic materials chemistry (liquid crystals), Physical Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry
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Grand Challenges Submissions: Stemming from recommendations made by the 2002 International Review of Chemistry (the ‘Whitesides’ Review), these gave evidence of progress made since then by the research community in articulating opportunities, for academic chemistry in the UK, with the aim of developing a community-driven chemical sciences and engineering research strategy that has the potential to make the UK truly world leading.
In addition to the above the panel were also provided with:
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the RAE2008 sub-panel overview reports of the Chemistry and Chemical Engineering sub-panels
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the full RAE2008 submissions covering RA5a (Research Environment and Esteem), RA3a (Research Students), RA3b (Research Studentships) and RA4 (Research Income) made to those sub-panels. The Review panel was also briefed on Sunday 19th April by Prof. Jeremy Sanders (chair of the RAE 2008 Chemistry sub-panel).
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the final report of the 2002 International Review of Chemistry (the ‘Whitesides’ Review)
Further, the following companies/industry bodies made representatives available to the panel during their visits to Universities:
Astex
Astra-Zenca
Atlas Genetics
AWE
Akzo-Nobel
BP
Bristol-Meyers Squibb
Byotrol
Chemical Sciences Scotland
CI-KTN
Cresset-BMD Ltd
Diamond Light Source Ltd
DSM (Dutch State Mines)
Excelsyn
Funcxional Therapeutics
Gilden Photonics
GSK
Ilika Technologies
Ingenza
ISIS Innovation, Oxford
Johnson Matthey
KCMC
Lucite
Nanotecture plc.
NNL
Novartis
Oxford Advanced Surfaces Group plc
Oxford Nanopore Technologies
Pfizer
Pilkingtons
Procter & Gamble
Research Biotica
SAFC Hitech
SASOL
Siemens
Silberline
Solvay Interox
Structural Genomics Consortium
Syngenta
Unilever
Varian
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