The UK’s journey to net zero by 2050 is set to be bolstered by the social sciences, thanks to a major new investment from ESRC. The investment, in an environmental leadership team, worth £6.25 million, will ensure the UK’s world-leading social science expertise plays a central role in interdisciplinary environmental science research.
11 pilot projects are testing ways to strengthen local policy makers’ access to evidence, data and expertise, addressing challenges from net zero to levelling up. Many of UK’s biggest challenges require local intelligence, evidence and action, including net zero, supporting innovation, levelling-up, and addressing inequalities.
Digital Security by Design (DSbD) challenge and Digital Catapult launch Technology Access Programme. A new programme has been designed for developers and organisations to experiment with DSbD technologies to block cyber vulnerabilities. This includes Arm’s Morello Board and the University of Cambridge’s secure computer architecture, capability hardware enhanced RISC instructions (CHERI).
Digital Security by Design challenge reinforced through new strategy. Today, 15 December, the UK government announced their new national cyber strategy. The strategy will officially launch this morning at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham.
ESRC is part of UK Research and Innovation
