Consultation: What affects your engagement with the UK Government, deadline 16 August
The Government Office for Science’s Academic Engagement team would like to explore perceptions of the academic community who are engaging with government.
The Government Office for Science’s Academic Engagement team would like to explore your perception on engaging with government, including what types of engagement you have considered or participated in and the factors that may impact your perception of these engagements.
The survey is open to anyone within the academic community and the views of academic researchers are especially welcome.
The Team would in particular like to understand more about the factors that impact the recruitment of mid-career scientists, from a broad range of academic disciplines, into the Civil Service permanently. Section three is specific to this and we would like to find out your perception of what constitutes a mid-career scientist.
The deadline for responses is 16 August.
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