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OECD Science, Technology and Industry Outlook 2008: Profile of the United Kingdom

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27-Oct-2008

This country profile highlights the strengths and challenges for science and technology performance and describes recent policy responses.

Teaching, Learning and Assessment for Adults: Improving Foundation Skills/Case Study: England

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08-Feb-2008

John Comings and John Vorhaus

This case study describes how three different English exemplary programmes have adapted the Skills for Life curriculum and other guidelines to meet individual learner needs.

England Background Report/Teaching, Learning and Assessment for Adults

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01-Feb-2008

This report offers an introduction to policy and programmes in adult basic skills in England, concentrating on those pertinent to assessment practices – formative assessment in particular.

OECD Workshop on Hidden Innovation, 29 October 2007

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29-Oct-2007

This workshop, held in London, considered the issue of "hidden innovation": business innovation that is not reflected in traditional indicators of innovation such as patent counts or R&D investment flows. Presentations available online. 

Conference on "patents: realising and securing value": Summary report

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18-Jan-2007

This November 2006 conference engaged patent and licensing professionals, patent officials and policy makers in discussions about the licensing and valuation of patents. It showed the emergence of technology markets and the increasing use of patents for raising capital.

Creation and Governance of Human Genetic Research Databases

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31-Oct-2006

Summarises proceedings of a conference looking at examples of human genetic research databases, how they are established, how they are managed and governed, how they might be commercialised, and what the policy considerations might be.

Government R&D Funding and Company Behaviour: Measuring Behavioural Additionality

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08-Jun-2006

This publication explores the emerging concept of behavioural additionality (how government funding of business R&D affects the behaviour of firms) and summarises results of a multinational effort to measure it.

Innovation in Energy Technology: Comparing National Innovation Systems at the Sectoral Level

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24-Feb-2006

This report reviews efforts in nine OECD countries to advance innovation in energy technology, with a particular focus on hydrogen fuel cells. It compares policies and programmes for financing R&D and stimulating market demand for innovative energy technologies.

Innovation Policy and Performance: A Cross-Country Comparison

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20-Jun-2005

This book studies the relationship between innovation policy and performance in Austria, Finland, Japan, the Netherlands, Sweden and the UK. In-depth analyses review the effectiveness of their innovation policies in driving economic performance.

STI Outlook 2004: National Science, Technology and Innovation Policies

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06-Jan-2005

This page contains links to responses prepared by 24 member countries and 3 observers (China, Russia and South Africa) to the OECD Committee for Scientific and Technological Policy to a questionnaire inquiring about recent policy changes in seven areas of growing importance.