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Title
Report entitled “Awareness of Biotechnology in Schools” commissioned by the Department of Trade and Industry
Reference
MS/1917
Production date
1984 - 1984

Creator

Department of Trade and Industry Biography Biography
Formed as a result of the merger of the Board of Trade and the Ministry of Technology it also took over the responsibilities for monopolies and mergers from the Department of Employement. In 1974 the department's responsibilities for energy production were transfered to the newly created Department of Energy. After the 1974 election the department was split into the separate departments for Trade, Industry and the Department of Prices and Consumer Protection. The departments of Trade and Industry were eventually re-united in 1983 with the Department of Energy becoming part of the department in 1992. The department continued until it was disbanded in 2007 with the creation of the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform.

Scope and Content
The report was commissioned following a Royal Society publication entitled “Biotechnology in Education”, which recommended that governmental departments should “formulate and promulgate an active national policy on education for biotechnology”. The report investigated the feasibility of developing such a policy, and produced several guidelines as to how this should be approached. The main recommendation was that “by 1992, all young people when they reach the age of 16 will have been given the opportunity of becoming aware of the world-wide biological technology system”.
Extent
1 item
Physical description
Copy
Language
English
Level of description
TOP
Repository name
Science Museum, London
Conditions governing access
Open Access
Conditions governing Reproduction
Copies may be supplied in accordance with current copyright legislation and Science Museum Group terms and conditions