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DIUS is now a part of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Finding courses, comparing qualifications and checking a university is recognised
How the UK's strategic export controls apply to academics, university researchers and their institutions, and when an export licence is needed.
Areas of research interest (ARI) give details about the main research questions facing government departments.
The review of the balance of competences will be an audit of what the EU does and how it affects the UK.
The Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) is a US Department of Defense (DoD) programme.
DTI was replaced by BERR and DIUS in 2007.
DFES existed until 2007 when it was replaced the Department for Children, Schools and Families and the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
All data on departmental spending over £250.
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The Department for Education is responsible for children’s services and education, including early years, schools, higher and further education policy, apprenticeships and wider skills in England. DfE is a ministerial department, supported by 18 agencies and public bodies .
Driving innovation that will deliver improved public services, create new better-paid jobs and grow the economy. DSIT is a ministerial department, supported by 16 agencies and public bodies .
The minister’s Department for Education responsibilities include: universities and higher education reform higher education student finance (including the Student Loans Company ) widening participation in higher education education exports (including international students, international research) tackling extremism in higher education The...
BRD is a national and international laboratory reference centre for a wide range of bacterial infections.
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport supports culture, arts, media, sport, tourism and civil society across every part of England — recognising the UK’s world-leading position in these areas and the importance of these sectors in contributing so much...
The Department for International Development has closed. It’s been replaced by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO).
VRD provides clinical advice and laboratory investigations for a wide range of human virus infections.
How informed scientific and technical advice and challenge is delivered to DCMS, increasing access to expertise and promoting stronger links with the science and research community.
DCSF is now the Department for Education
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