The Royal Society Pairing Scheme gives UK researchers and policymakers the unique opportunity to experience each other’s worlds. Each year we pair 30 researchers with MPs, Peers and civil servants to spend a week in Westminster. If selected, you gain an insight into...
MP Pairing Scheme
Call for applications: Royal Society Pairing Scheme 2014
Royal Society Pairing Scheme for Scientists, Parliamentarians and Civil Servants This scheme helps scientists to understand political processes and decision making by shadowing either an MP, a member of the House of Lords or a Civil Servant. Applicants should have a...
From Lab Bench to Backbench
Two University of Manchester scientists will be swapping their lab coats for legislation, when they visits the House of Commons for a “Week in Westminster” commencing Monday 2 December as part of a unique ‘pairing’ scheme run by the Royal Society – the UK’s national...