因为选听了一些课程，老师很在意地把我的名字放在了他的list里面，于是，偶尔可以收到他们的信，这封信很有些意思，老师和学生商量我们是否开这门选修课。

Dear all,

Good news! Following a further round of intensive lobbying, Erik and I have managed to secure agreement – in principle – for the module on ‘The Political Economy of Science  Policy’ to be reinstated as an option for next term.

As a result, I’ll now be presenting the module as part of Monday’s Options Fair – see final agenda attached.

The final go ahead on this can only be given once we know the likely levels of demand (i.e. how many of you would like to take this module as one of your second term options). So please think hard about the various options once you’ve heard everyone on Monday, and we can talk further after that.

Look forward to seeing you on Monday morning at 9:30am in Jubilee 117 for our rescheduled Monday seminar.

Hope you all have a good weekend,

XX

Dear all,

Following our chat on Monday about module options for next term, Erik and I have made a number of inquiries as to the feasibility of reinstating the module on 'The Political Economy of Science Policy', which isn't currently part of the mix on offer for next term (mainly because Prof. Ben Martin, who used to convene that module, has now moved to working part time).

I've indicated to the teaching office that I would be willing to convene the module, with input from other members of SPRU faculty, but for various procedural reasons, we've been told that we can't unfortunately reinstate it at this late stage, for which many apologies. We're as frustrated by this outcome as you!

However, as a compromise suggestion, we'd be more than willing to convene a handful of additional sessions next term, which wouldn't constitute a formal module, but would allow us to cover some of the material and topics that you might otherwise miss.

Attached is the module structure and reading list for the 'Political Economy of Science Policy' module. If you as a group want to look through this and let me know the 3-4 topics of greatest priority and interest, I'll arrange some sessions for Jan/Feb, once we know your timetables for next term. These might include a couple of 'guest slots' e.g. Ben Martin has said he'd be happy to lead a session on indicators. And we could also add any topics that we have had to skip over in less detail this term because of the constraints of time e.g. science diplomacy, which we discussed briefly on Monday.

I hope this suggestion meets with your support, and I'd be happy to discuss further. Erik and I would also be more than willing to talk at any stage on a 1-1 basis about how you might focus and shape initial ideas for your dissertation, particularly if you're keen to do this on a science policy topic.

The other question that was raised on Monday was over the assessments for this term. Please find details of two of these attached:

1) the Policy Briefing - which should be no more than 2 pages of A4, and for which (most of) you have the deadline of 17 November 2014

2) the Literature Review - which should be 2000 words long, and for which (most of) you have the deadline of 8 December 2014

I'll talk more about both of these in today's seminar, and will bring along hard copies too.

best wishes,

XX