So called "soft" subjects, in both arts and science, have been given a hard time and the exams regulator, Ofqual, is considering whether to axe subjects like performance studies and film studies, along with economics and business, engineering and human biology.
David Willetts, Minister of State for Universities and Science, had been giving a talk at UCL before students surrounded his vehicle, blocking Gordon Street in central London for around half an hour.
A new £235m science research centre has been given the go-ahead for Manchester in the Chancellor's Autumn Statement.
The BBC's science editor David Shukman has been given special access to one of the last survivors.
With the development of laboratory animal science, increasing attention has been given to the possible influence of housing and husbandry on the behaviour and welfare of laboratory animals as well as on the scientific integrity.
While terraforming other planets is a common theme in science fiction, little attention has been given to terraforming our own Earth, to create greater landscape stability.
A Martian meteorite, an incredibly rare object, has been given to science to help unravel the Red Planet's secrets.
Over the past two years, a new political impetus has been given to European science through the concept of the European Research Area (ERA) articulated by Philippe Busquin, Commissioner for Research of the European Union (EU) ( 1, 2).
Male reproduction has been given little attention in science and in medical practice.
The integration of science and technology into the country's economic development has been given prominence in Rwanda since 1994.
