| Description | Present: Sir George Porter, President; Dr Brigitte A Askonas; Dr L M Brown; Professor C Eaborn; Professor M A Epstein, Foreign Secretary; Professor B K Follett, Secretary; Sir Francis-Graham Smith, Secretary; Professor J L Harper; Professor R Hide; Professor R W K Honeycombe, Treasurer; Dr A T James; Professor T W T Kibble; Professor R A Laskey; Professor K Murray; Professor E R Oxburgh; Sir Philip Randle; Professor F H Read; Professor E C Zeaman
The Executive Secretary attended
Matters discussed
1. The minutes of the meeting held on 15 December 1988 were confirmed
Appointments and Nominations
2. Deaths and Biographical Memoirs [including that of the Emperor Hirohito of Japan on 7 January 1989]
3. Committee membership
4. Education Committee restructuring
5. Science and Public Affairs: Editor
National Affairs
6. Earth sciences: research priorities
7. National curriculum
8. Research Fellows: additional grants
9. Royal Society University Research Fellowships (scheme established 1983): revised procedures and timetable
10. Space programme in the UK: publication of seminar
11. Submissions [to House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology]
12. Education Committee
13. Sorby Research Fund Committee
Royal Society Domestic Affairs
14. Loan of archival Material [to Science Museum for the exhibition 'The Year of the Microscope' from June 1989 to January 1990]
15. Statutes and Standing Orders: amendment
16. Soiree Committee
International Affairs
17. European Science Exchange Programme
18. European Science Exchange Programme Fellowships; advertisement
19. Florey Fellowship
20. Interactive video
21. Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
22. Guest Research Fellowships Committee
23. International Exchanges Committee
24. Grants/Exchanges (Panel B)
Listed at end:
Appendix A - National Curriculum: Text of a letter dated 5 January 1989 from Mr Bryan Beers, Schools Branch 3, Department of Education and Science, to Professor B K Follett, Biological Secretary
Appendix B - Research Fellows: Additional Grants
Appendix C - Proposed changes to Statutes
Appendix D - Grants/Exchanges recommended by Panel B of the International Exchanges Committee |