Consultations
We respond regularly to consultations and calls for evidence from government departments, Parliamentary Select Committees and other bodies.
Closing the STEM skills gap inquiry
Our written evidence to the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee inquiry into the STEM skills gap. Response submitted 2017
Consultation on the second Research Excellence Framework
Our response highlights the need to recognise and accommodate interdisciplinarity, and need for continuity from REF 2014.
Building our industrial strategy
Our response to the green paper on industrial strategy pays particular attention to the role of social sciences in developing skills, and the need for a geographical/spatial basis to regional development planning.
Skills Flagship Project
Our response emphasises the value of geography in developing AHSS skills, and aims to better define them.
National Transport Strategy (Scotland)
Our joint response with the AGI notes that geography determines transport and that locational intelligence can improve transport networks. It also includes a range of evidence on transport use and sustainability.
ONS approach to measuring and reporting SDGs in the UK
A consultation on measuring and reporting the SDGs. Our response emphasises the importance of GI to evaluating SDG progress
Mayor of London draft Transport Strategy
We highlight how geography and GI can enable more efficient transport networks
Draft code of practice for statistics
Our response to the UK Statistics Authority's draft code of practice for statistics notes the essential role of geography in linking and contextualising datasets.