Scientists for Labour have published an open letter to the newly elected Leader and Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, calling on them to appoint a Cabinet L...

As I write these words, the largest strike in UK higher education history is nearing its end. The UCU strike has mobilised tens of thousands of academics acr...

On the first day of Conference delegates had to vote on the priorities ballot, I voted for those a) which were close to our campaigning priorities like Brexi...

It was reported this summer that the number of female students taking exams in A-level sciences overtook males for the first time ever. This is the culminati...

Scientists for Labour welcomes the prime minister’s recent announcement to improve the immigration system, to better facilitate the free movement of internat...

Scientists for Labour Annual General Meeting 9th April 2019 1. Welcome and apologies EC members present: Joseph Buckley, Adam Thompson, Dan Mayhew, Judith Sk...

It’s 2019, and shamefully, there still remains a shortage of young people who are leaving school sufficiently qualified in STEM subjects. Many employers in t...

2018 was surely a year like no other before it in politics. We started it with hopes that a sensible Brexit deal might deliver for the UK’s research and deve...

Scientists for Labour noted with great sadness the passing of Professor Stephen Hawking earlier this week. Professor Hawking was not only one of the foremost...

Secondary science teaching is still very much in the grip of the Govian revolution. Even though Michael Gove has been out of the education brief for over thr...

In my younger days I was torn between policy and science, since I had the grades and enthusiasm for both, but the system is such that one must choose, so I w...

Welcome to the shiny new blog of Scientists for Labour. Here we will be posting both guest contributions from our members, and official statements from the o...