LouisCoiffait-Gunn

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CEO, @CILIP the library and information association. Governor @worcester_uni + a @TowerHamletsNow school. Wannabe lightwriter. From t'Shire.
LinkedInLinkedIn.com/in/louiscoiffait-gunn/
Twittertwitter.com/LouisMMCoiffait
Work websitehttps://www.cilip.org.uk
LouisCoiffait-GunnFeb 21, 2023
Great to see a refreshed Creative Industries Council, it's important that the three key depts (Business and Trade, Science, Innovation and Technology, and Culture, Media and Sport) work together to maintain our world-leading creative sector #CreativeIndustries https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/creative-industries-council#membership
Creative Industries Council

The Creative Industries Council is a joint forum between the creative industries and government.

GOV.UK
LouisCoiffait-GunnFeb 16, 2023
Was reminded of the sheer churn at the top recently, IFG via Matt H-Foster @POLITICO @instituteforgov https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/data-visualisation/ministerial-resignations-outside-reshuffles-prime-minister
Ministerial resignations outside reshuffles by prime minister, 1979 to January 2023 | Institute for Government

Ministerial resignations under John Major, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, David Cameron, Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak.

Institute for Government
LouisCoiffait-GunnFeb 14, 2023
The inaugural 'Made in the UK, sold to the world' awards for creative, education, and other UK SMEs who have a global success story to tell, deadline 23 Feb #MadeInTheUKAwards https://www.events.great.gov.uk/website/9602 BTW the UK's the #1 book exporter in the world
LouisCoiffait-GunnFeb 14, 2023

Where do the SpAds go?

Great research by Daniel Orchard and Athanassios Gouglas of University of Exeter, and Heath Pickering of KU Leuven for the Political Studies Association (UK), published by SAGE Publishing - discovered via Matt Honeycomb-Foster of POLITICO Influence.
#politics #research #careers #academic #policy #lobbying #publishing https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/13691481221144228

LouisCoiffait-GunnFeb 13, 2023

When three become four. 3/4 new departmental websites up:
🖱 DSIT https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-science-innovation-and-technology
🖱 DCMS https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-culture-media-and-sport
🖱 DESNZ https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-energy-security-and-net-zero
🖱 DBT not live yet?

#mog #reshuffle

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Driving innovation that will deliver improved public services, create new better-paid jobs and grow the economy.

GOV.UK
LouisCoiffait-GunnFeb 8, 2023
Important to have Syria in the news again, though for another horrible reason. Hands Up Foundation do great work there. https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/EarthquakeEmergencyAppealSyria
Emergency Earthquake Appeal, Syria - JustGiving

JustGiving
LouisCoiffait-GunnJan 30, 2023
AI tools like ChatGPT can support science but also threaten it, @nature lays out ground rules for their transparent use, including AIs not being listed as co-authors #AI #EthicalAI https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00191-1
Tools such as ChatGPT threaten transparent science; here are our ground rules for their use

As researchers dive into the brave new world of advanced AI chatbots, publishers need to acknowledge their legitimate uses and lay down clear guidelines to avoid abuse.

LouisCoiffait-GunnJan 30, 2023
More #SLAPPs in the face of UK journalists, authors and publishers (and it's not just from Putin's people) #FreeSpeech https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64400057
Yevgeny Prigozhin: UK reviews rules after Wagner head sued journalist

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the boss of Russia's Wagner group, used an exemption to get around UK sanctions.

BBC News
LouisCoiffait-GunnJan 29, 2023
What's #afghanistan like now? https://youtu.be/cW5iCwl-iHE
How Has Afghanistan Changed Under Taliban Rule?

YouTube
LouisCoiffait-GunnJan 24, 2023
The US Copyright Office is focusing on #ArtificialIntelligence's legal grey areas, and has already set up small claims board #AI
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/copyright-office-sets-sights-on-artificial-intelligence-in-2023
Copyright Office Sets Sights on Artificial Intelligence in 2023

The US Copyright Office over the next year will focus on addressing legal gray areas that surround copyright protections and artificial intelligence, amid increasing concerns that IP policy is lagging behind technology.