Comparative Table of Parliamentary TA Institutions
UNITED KINGDOM - THE PARLIAMENTARY OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Topics
POST groups its work activities into six main clusters,
listed below with example projects. Many of the subjects of POST´s
attention fall into more than one of these categories.
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND HEALTH
HIV - Developments in Prevention and Treatment
Review of Stem Cell Research
ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY
UK Drought Resilience
Bioenergy
PHYSICAL SCIENCES, ENGINEERING AND IT
ICT for Disabled People
Open Source and Open Standards
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR DEVELOPMENT
Water Adaptation in Africa
Deforestation
Also falling within this cluster is a special major project that
POST has been running since 2007 concerned with science and technology
capacity building in African parliaments, especially the parliament of
Uganda. Much of this work has been in collaboration with the UK´s Royal
Society. Further details are on POST´s web site. The Commonwealth
Scholarship Commission has also provided fellowships to enable African
parliamentary staff to spend three months with POST and the Houses of
Parliament.
SCIENCE POLICY
STEM (Science, Technology, engineering and Mathematics) Education for 14–19
Year Olds
Science in the New Parliament - a special briefing produced for all
parliamentarians after the May 2010 General Election in the UK.