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Medical Research Council (UK) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Medical Research Council (MRC) is a UK organisation dedicated to "promot[ing] the balanced development of medical and related biological research in the UK". The MRC is one of eight Research Councils and is answerable to, although politically independent from, the Office of Science and Technology, which - in turn - is part of the Department of Trade and Industry. The MRC started as the Medical Research Committee in 1913, its prime role being the distribution of medical research funds under the terms of the 1911 National Insurance Act. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Medical_Research_Council   (561 words)

House of Commons - Culture, Media and Sport - Minutes of Evidence The UK Film Council successfully lobbied the Government to back an amendment to the Communications Bill that includes feature films amongst the areas to be considered by Ofcom when examining terrestrial broadcasters' compliance with their public service remit. UK Film Council has received a number of complaints from independent film distributors alleging that they have been unable to licence the UK pay-TV rights to films which they have acquired for UK distribution. The UK Film Council have had preliminary discussions with Ofcom who, subject to clarification of their locus, expressed an interest in taking up this case. www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/cm200203/cmselect/cmcumeds/667/3062413.htm   (561 words)

Privy council - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Irish Privy Council was abolished in 1922, when Southern Ireland separated from the United Kingdom; it was succeeded by the Privy Council for Northern Ireland, which became dormant after the suspension of the Parliament of Northern Ireland in 1972. A privy council is a body that advises the head of state of a nation, especially in a monarchy. The British Privy Council was formerly the court of final adjudication for Hong Kong. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Privy_Council   (561 words)

Judicial Committee of the Privy Council - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia New Zealand law was changed in October 2003 amid considerably controversy to abolish appeals to the Privy Council in respect of all cases heard by the Court of Appeal of New Zealand after the end of 2003, in favour of a Supreme Court of New Zealand. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council is one of the highest courts in the United Kingdom. It is simply referred to as the Privy Council, as appeals are in fact made to Her Majesty in Council who then refers the case to the Judicial Committee for "advice". en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Judicial_Committee_of_the_Privy_Council   (561 words)

Royal Charter UK Research Councils - The UK Research Councils are established under Royal Charter to fund research in the UK via grants, fellowships, laboratories and central facilities. Privy Council Office - Advises on the exercise of prerogative powers and certain functions assigned to the Queen including.affairs of charities and companies who are incorporated by Royal Charter. In the United Kingdom a Royal Charter is a charter granted by the Sovereign on the advice of the Privy Council, which creates or gives special status to an incorporated body. www.nebulasearch.com /encyclopedia/article/Royal_Charter.html   (561 words)

Medical research - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In the UK, funding bodies such as the Medical Research Council and the Wellcome Trust derive their assets from UK tax payers, and distribute this to institutions in a competitive manner. Medical research is basic research and applied research conducted to aid the body of knowledge in the field of medicine. Medical research can be divided into two general categories; new treatments that are tested in clinical trials, and all other research contributing to the development of new treatments. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Medical_research   (416 words)

bfi News bfi and UK Film Council Welcome Audit Committee Report The UK Film Council is prepared to contract an extra £1.5m next year to deal with the outstanding issues." We plan to build on existing partnerships with regional film theatres, archives and film societies and the education and exhibition sectors across the country as part of these new plans. Last week we launched screenonline across the UK. www.nft.org.uk /about/news/2003-12-04-pac-report.html   (416 words)

Film UK film production plummets Despite the relative successes of homegrown movies such as Shaun of the Dead and Vera Drake, research from the UK film council suggested the number of films made here fell from 44 in 2003 to just 27 last year. The level of investment made in UK films slipped by more than £200m last year as the number of smaller-scale British films fell substantially, according to figures published today. However the film council said it had been expecting a fall because 2003 had been a record year for investment. film.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,5107962-3156,00.html   (416 words)

BBC NEWS Entertainment Film Brit films 'show popularity rise' British films became more popular with UK audiences in 2004, with ticket sales for the top 20 movies up 45% to £176m, according to the UK Film Council. The council said Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and the sequel to Bridget Jones ensured a bumper year. A film qualifies as British if it meets criteria relating to where it was shot, the amount of money spent in the UK and the homegrown talent involved. news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/film/4337377.stm   (416 words)

UK Film Council Sets Goals for Increased Diversity Film producer Tim Bevan ("Love Actually"), chairman of the Film Council's cultural diversity working group, released a document titled "Success Through Diversity and Inclusion" to spark responses to be gathered by Jan. 21, 2004. Marcia Williams, Film Council head of diversity, said that besides being a good general principle, there were sound business reasons for establishing greater inclusion in the film industry. Films minister Estelle Morris called on the industry as a whole to follow the Film Council's lead. www.backstage.com /backstage/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=2051194   (416 words)

creativematch: The creative search engine The UK Film Council today welcomed the Government’s Green Paper on the review of the BBC’s Royal Charter — A strong BBC, independent of Government - which urges the BBC to do more to support the British film industry and publish a film investment strategy. The BBC’s film strategy should reflect other aspects of BBC strategy, including its commitment to original content, its contribution to skills development and training and the way in which it reflects the UK’s cultural identity and its different communities. During the festive season 2004/05, three of the top four most watched films on UK terrestrial television were recent British films, with Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, Bend it like Beckham and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider pulling in more than 22.6 million viewers between them. www.creativematch.co.uk /viewNews?90689   (416 words)

Screen South - Film Council News The UK Film Council is the lead agency for film in the UK ensuring that the economic, cultural and educational aspects of film are effectively represented at home and abroad. A total of £11.7 million from the UK Film Council’s share of National Lottery funding is to be used to install state-of-the-art digital film projectors and related equipment in 209 cinemas across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, with the first cinemas in the network programming screenings later this year. The assessment process was conducted by UK Film Council executives, external advisors who are experts in their own fields and was rigorously monitored from day one by independent assessors to maintain correct codes of practice. www.screensouth.org /pages/news/film_council_news.html   (416 words)

UK Film Council US - UK Film Council From 1 April 2000, the UK Film Council became responsible for all direct government funding from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport for film with the exception of the National Film and Television School. The UK Film Council has a Board of 15 Directors and has been established as a private company limited by guarantee, with an intention to change it to a statutory organization at a later stage. The UK Film Council's production funds work closely together to encourage this ambition and to ensure at an early stage there is cross-fertilization of both ideas and projects. user844934.sf1000.registeredsite.com /d_about_film.php   (416 words)

The Government's Expenditure Plans 1999-00 to 2001-02 11.The aim of the Privy Council Office is "to act as the secretariat to the Privy Council in its constitutional and statutory role and to support the President of the Council in her Privy Council and other responsibilities as efficiently and effectively as possible". 1.The Privy Council Office is an autonomous government department whose ministerial head is the President of the Council and whose Permanent Head is the Clerk of the Privy Council. The Privy Council Office is not responsible for the promotion of any primary legislation or for the direct execution of any policies which impact on the environment. www.archive.official-documents.co.uk /document/cm42/4221/4221-11.htm   (416 words)

Privy Council Office The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council is the court of final appeal for the UK overseas territories and Crown dependencies, and for those Commonwealth... PCO and its functions; the office of the Clerk of the Privy Council; the structure of PCO;... The Privy Council Office (PCO) is a prime minister\'s government department headed by the... www.jointctr.org /?Category=Privy+Council+Office   (416 words)

Guardian Unlimited Archive Search And that is the privy council's principal purpose. The aura of the privy council is attached to both institutions because of two peculiarly English diseases - the belief that association with the sovereign reinforces authority and the conviction that antiquity increases respect. At worst the privy council is neither an instrument of baronial tyranny nor the last bastion of monarchist power. www.guardian.co.uk /Archive/Article/0,4273,4105123,00.html   (416 words)

BBC NEWS Politics So what is the Privy Council? The council is as old as the monarchy itself, stemming from the close circle of advisers which used to surround the king or queen. That is because the full council only comes together on two occasions: when the monarch dies and the council proclaims the accession of their heir; and when a monarch intends to marry. Privy Council terms are, however, still used for briefing opposition leaders, for example, on matters of national security. news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/2589087.stm   (416 words)

Intergovernmental fiscal relations expert from the Privy Council Office of the Government of Canada Russell Mellett, of the Privy Council Office in Ottawa, visited the Centre on 7-8 August 2001 towards the end of his secondment to the Constitution Secretariat of the UK Cabinet Office. He gave a seminar on “Intergovernmental fiscal relationships in Canada”, chaired by Professor the Lord Sewel (Senior Vice-Principal, University of Aberdeen) who, as Minister of State at the Scottish Office, was responsible for taking the Scotland Act 1998 through the House of Lords. www.abdn.ac.uk /crpf/events/privcan.htm   (416 words)

Privy Council Sweden's Privy Council, in contrast, was abolished as part of the reorganisation of the structures of government in the 1974 Instrument of Government (i.e., constitution dealing with the structures of government). Technically, the British cabinet is a committee of the Privy Council, hence the appointment of new cabinet ministers to the Council. However, the former is officially preferred by the Privy Council Office in London, while the latter is the spelling used in the Canadian Constitution Act 1867 in relation to the Queen's Privy Council for Canada. www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/privy_council   (416 words)

MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL The MRC is the primary Research Council funder of ageing research and gives a high priority to research on healthy ageing and improving the management of age-related illnesses. This figure excluded research on cardiovascular disease (£12m) and cancer (£30m).The MRC also works with other research funders, in the UK and internationally, to ensure that common goals in improving healthcare for the elderly are achieved as rapidly as possible. Research excellence and importance to health are the primary considerations in funding decisions. www.shef.ac.uk /ukncar/mrc_INFO.HTM   (353 words)

UK Film Council Review The UK Film Council was established by the Government in 2000 as a new strategic agency for developing the film industry and film culture in the UK underlining the importance of film as a key part of the UK's creative industries which collectively have a turnover of close to £60 billion a year. The UK Film Council aims to stimulate a competitive, successful and vibrant British film industry and culture, and to promote the widest possible enjoyment and understanding of cinema throughout the nations and regions of the UK.” Fill in lots of forms, be creatively empowered and inclusively serve the community - all match funded of course. the.arc.co.uk /372042.arx   (353 words)

UK Film Council to digitalize cinema network - Computer Business Review In an attempt to bring the cinema network into the digital age, the UK Film Council has awarded a £11.5m contract to Arts Alliance Digital Cinema to oversee the creation of 250 digital cinemas across the country. Currently, the specialized film market covers 10 million of all cinema admissions, according to Timesonline, out of a total of around 170 million. Each chosen cinema will guarantee a certain amount of specialized shows a week in return for their celluloid equipment, in a move that is anticipated to start in the autumn of this year with the final installation penciled in around 18 months later. www.cbronline.com /article_news.asp?guid=F994E67E-ADB1-4318-BC7A-784145EBBACD   (353 words)

UK film organisations Film London is funded by the UK Film Council and the London Development Agency, and works in partnership with Arts Council England, the Mayor of London, Skillset, London boroughs, broadcasters and the film industry. The ICO’s objectives are: to encourage excellence in film exhibition to promote innovation, education, diversity and social inclusion to support initiatives that develop audiences to develop the sector through training to increase awareness of the UK’s flourishing independent cinema scene NEW PRODUCERS ALLIANCE The national membership and training organisation for independent new producers. Its activities include running the National Film Theatre and the regional film theatres in the UK, the National Film and Television Archive and the London Film Festival. www.panartist.com /_disc16/00000002.htm   (353 words)

UK Film Council doing 250 D-cinema screens - AVS Forum The UK Film Council is the Government-backed strategic agency for film in the UK. Although a genuine variety of films is available in central London and a few other metropolitan areas, the choice for many outside these areas remains limited, and the Digital Screen Network will improve access for audiences across the UK," said Pete Buckingham, head of Distribution and Exhibition at the UK Film Council. Its main aim is to stimulate a competitive, successful and vibrant UK film industry and culture, and to promote the widest possible enjoyment and understanding of cinema throughout the nations and regions of the UK. www.avsforum.com /avs-vb/showthread.php?t=336096&goto=nextoldest   (353 words)

independent film parliament The UK Film Council is on the verge of initiating its financial support for specialised titles. The Committee realised that as well as continued lobbying of the Film Council and the DCMS, exhibitors and distributors need to apply pressure to local and regional bodies, including local authorities and Regional Development Agencies, in order for them to take seriously their responsibility for the development of new cinemas in their areas. *The term ‘specialised film’ is used to mean art house or cultural film and is in line with the Film Council definition of specialised film which includes world cinema; archive films; shorts; documentaries; culturally diverse films and so on. www.vertigomagazine.co.uk /ParliamentExhitDistrib1.htm   (353 words)

New Deputy Chair And Board Members For The UK Film Council The UK Film Council is the lead agency for film in the UK ensuring that the economic, cultural and educational aspects of film are effectively represented at home and abroad. Four film producers, whose credits include Bright Young Things, Chicken Run and Elizabeth, have been appointed as new board directors to the UK Film Council, Arts Minister, Estelle Morris announced today. Andrew Eaton, who is a company director of Revolution Films, which has produced films including Bright Young Things, Jude and Wonderland, will serve as Deputy Chair of the UK Film Council. www.culture.gov.uk /global/press_notices/archive_2004/dcms135_04.htm   (353 words)

M2 Presswire: UK GOVERNMENT: Privy Council Office to move to new pr premises.@ HighBeam Research UK GOVERNMENT: Privy Council Office to move to new pr premises. M2 Presswire: UK GOVERNMENT: Privy Council Office to move to new pr premises.@ HighBeam Research The Privy Council Office is to move to new premises. www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?docid=1G1:55377560&refid=ink_tptd_np   (353 words)

The Monarchy Today > The Queen's Role > Queen and Privy Council There are 400 Privy Councillors, consisting of all members of the Cabinet, a number of middle-ranking government ministers, leaders of the opposition parties in both Houses of Parliament, senior judges and some appointments from the Commonwealth. The Privy Council is the oldest form of legislative assembly still functioning; its origins date from the Norman Kings' Court, which met in private. On the advice of the Privy Council, The Queen formally approves a large number of Orders in Council (which, by Acts of Parliament, enact subordinate legislation ranging from constitutions of dependent territories to international pollution). www.royal.gov.uk /output/Page340.asp   (353 words)

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Campaigners fight Belize dam The UK's historic Privy Council is to hear a challenge to the construction of a dam in Belize, in central America. Among the functions of the Privy Council, one of the oldest parts of the British Government machine, is the provision of a final court of appeal for those Commonwealth countries that have chosen to retain it. It is asking the council to overturn the approval of the dam by the government of Belize, and to order studies of its safety and impacts, with construction halted in the meantime. news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/sci/tech/3257304.stm   (353 words)

BBC - h2g2 - The British Privy Council - A676208 The constitution and statutes of UK universities cannot be changed without approval by the Council; the exact mechanism for this varies with the university in question. Members of the Privy Council are appointed for life, and are only removed in rare circumstances (such as when convicted of a serious crime, such as in the case of Jonathan Aitken). In the educational sphere, the Privy Council is responsible for the use of the word 'university', and can approve an institution as competent to award degrees. www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/classic/A676208   (353 words)

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