New guide to boost science media relations in African institutions
A new guide for media relations practitioners working in African institutions aims to encourage better and more responsible practice when communicating science- and health-…
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Protecting UK from rising heat is matter of life and death
Protecting UK from rising heat is matter of life and death: Wellcome response to Environmental Audit Committee report on heat resilience and natural cooling
Professional development for science teachers: our comment on the 2017 Budget announcement
Hilary Leevers, Head of Education and Learning at Wellcome, comments on the provision for professional development for teachers in the government’s 2017 budget announcement.
Three exceptional teachers receive ENTHUSE Celebration Awards for their contribution to science education
The winners of the ENTHUSE Celebration Awards 2014 were announced in a ceremony at the Houses of Parliament. The Awards celebrate exceptional education professionals who have…
'Mad cow disease' explored in forthcoming exhibition
In the first ever exhibition in an art gallery to investigate bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and its impact, Turner Prize nominee Roger Hiorns curates a section of '…
Solving the STEM shortage: CPD improves science teacher retention
New research shows that continuing professional development (CPD) can play a significant role in retaining science teachers and improving science education.
Emerging science and technologies
Emerging science and technologies, such as human genome editing and gene drive, could provide new solutions to health problems.
Seed wins $500,000 Developing Beyond Video games final
A virtual reality plant breeding game won $150,000 yesterday evening when judges led by Susan Calman chose Seed by All Seeing Eye to win Developing Beyond, a $500,000 year-…
Wellcome Trust encourages urgent review of medical innovation in the NHS
The Wellcome Trust is working with the Government Office of Life Sciences to take forward a review that aims to help new medicines and technologies be more quickly and…
Genome study confirms immune system link to disfiguring leg swelling
Genetic variants in a region of the genome linked to our immune response have been linked to an increased risk of podoconiosis, a disfiguring and disabling leg swelling…
‘Circulation’ by Thomas Wright wins the 2012 Wellcome Trust Book Prize
Thomas Wright has been announced as the winner of the £25 000 Wellcome Trust Book Prize for ‘Circulation’, his biography of William Harvey.
UK primary school children publish in peer-reviewed journal
A group of UK primary school children have achieved a world first by having their school science project published in an internationally recognised peer-reviewed journal. The…
Sir John Gurdon, Wellcome Trust researcher and former governor, awarded Nobel Prize
Professor Sir John Gurdon, after whom the Wellcome Trust and Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute at the University of Cambridge was named, has been awarded the Nobel Prize…
Sir Mark Walport, director of Wellcome Trust, appointed to take over as UK Government Chief Scientific Adviser
Sir Mark Walport, who has been director of the Wellcome Trust since 2003, has today been appointed to succeed Sir John Beddington as the UK Government Chief Scientific…
Study highlights serious problem of hospital-acquired infections in Africa
Research funded by the Wellcome Trust has highlighted the scale of the problem of hospital-acquired infections in sub-Saharan Africa. The study, published today in the ‘…
Outstanding researchers receive inaugural Wellcome Trust Investigator Awards
The Wellcome Trust today announces the first recipients of its Investigator Awards, £56 million worth of funding for exceptional researchers addressing the most important…
Cast announced for 'Pressure Drop' at Wellcome Collection
Playwright Mick Gordon and Director Christopher Haydon are delighted to announce the cast for ‘Pressure Drop’, the first major theatrical production at Wellcome Collection.
Human genome-editing research should proceed, say leading UK science bodies
A group of leading UK research organisations has issued an initial joint statement in support of the continued use of CRISPR-Cas9 and other genome-editing techniques in…
Michaela Coel awarded the prestigious Wellcome Screenwriting Fellowship in partnership with BFI and FILM4
Award-winning screenwriter, playwright, actress and poet Michaela Coel (Chewing Gum) receives the 2017 Wellcome Screenwriting Fellowship, in partnership with BFI and Film4.…