Maths results saw a one percentage point increase to 74%, but the number making the grade in science fell one percentage point to 86%.
The aim is for pupils to get an insight into the application of science and engineering in industry in the hope of making them more employable when they leave school.
The aim of UTCs is for pupils to get an insight into the application of science and engineering in industry in the hope of making them more employable when they leave school.
For Ben King, an associate professor of chemistry at the school, one of the challenges in making the connection between science and technology is the gulf in communication between people.
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The science park, which has been 20 years in the making, is a joint project between the South West RDA, three Bristol and Bath universities and developer Quantum.
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It is unique in that it will aim to strengthen capacity for the effective use of science in decision-making at all levels.
The school is strong in Web science, big data and artificial intelligence, making it a good fit for the first deployment of Watson in an academic institution.
Co-sponsored by UNESCO, IPBES is an interface between the scientific community and policy makers that aims to build capacity for and strengthen the use of science in policy making.
Through the IYB, UNESCO actively brought its know-how in the science, education, culture and communication of biodiversity issues to making the IYB a lasting success for the future of life on the planet.
The work was subsequently published in Science and Nature after the NSABB concluded that the benefits of making it public outweighed the risks.
But without thinking in advance and making use of modern science, authorities in almost all countries in the East as well as in the West burry waste in soil.
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Allen began thinking about a big neuro-science project in the late 1990s, while he was making a flurry of investments in Seattle biotechnology companies.
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And that kind of approach, I believe, will not grow our economy because the only way to pay for it without either burdening the middle class or blowing up our deficit is to make drastic cuts in things like education, making sure that we are continuing to invest in basic science and research -- all the things that are helping America grow.
At the same time, advances in environmental science are making those valuation studies more accurate.
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The king's charisma, intelligence, talents (from playing the saxophone to rain-making, a science in which he holds a European patent) and deep concern for his people's welfare make him adored at home and admired around the world.
Science is leaping forward, yet the use of this data in medical decision-making is lagging behind.
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In signing the math and science bill last week, President Bush called for making the measure permanent, a goal shared by HP and others throughout the business community.
This is especially important given the findings of the UNESCO World Social Science Report 2010, revealing the marginal presence of South Asia in the domain of international social science research and its limited impact on policy making.
She also hoped to see further emphasis on science for underpinning decision making and more emphasis on the need to assist developing countries in terms of capacity building and transfer of marine technology.
Bill Gates testified in front of the U.S. House Committee on Science and Technology on Wednesday, making an impassioned plea to reorder the nation's educational priorities.
Earlier this month, U.S. District Judge Edward Korman of New York blasted the Obama administration for imposing the age-17 limit, saying it had let election-year politics trump science and was making it hard for women of any age to obtain the emergency contraception in time.
Question: can social science researchers do more gender-based studies of male characteristics that keep them from making deals in the first place and deals that last in the second?
Among the potential policies: expanding low-cost broadband access, adding math and science classes in public schools and making government data more accessible.
At the same time, we're going to be making some key investments in places like education, and science and technology, research and development that the American people understand is required to win the future.
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One of the purposes of the Special Session in Budapest is to examine the role of Parliaments in the science, technology and innovation process as well as challenges and constraints faced in the context of increasing complexity of the decision making process.
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