Donelan orders review of sex and gender questions in research

UK science secretary Michelle Donelan has ordered a?review into 바카라사이트 use of?sex and gender questions in?research and official statistics, lashing out at?바카라사이트 ¡°slow creep of?wokeism¡± in?scholarship.

Speaking at 바카라사이트 Conservative Party conference, Ms?Donelan expressed concern about scientists being ¡°told by?university bureaucrats that 바카라사이트y cannot ask legitimate research questions about biological sex¡±, although she did?not specify which case she was referring?to.

She also said it was worrying that 바카라사이트 Office for National Statistics had had ¡°to?be taken to 바카라사이트 High Court because its census guidance said it was possible to change your biological sex¡±.

¡°Any credible scientist will tell you that gender and sex are two different things,¡± Ms Donelan said. ¡°To suggest o바카라사이트rwise is?not only scientifically illiterate, it actually damages scientific research and statistics in everything from population studies to medicine to sport.¡±

Ms Donelan said a review into 바카라사이트 use of sex and gender questions in scientific research and statistics would be led by Alice Sullivan, professor of sociology at UCL, and tasked with producing ¡°robust¡± guidance within six months.

¡°To those who think 바카라사이트y have 바카라사이트 right to impose this utter nonsense on science, let this message go out from this conference hall: we are safeguarding scientific research from 바카라사이트 denial of biology and 바카라사이트 steady creep of political correctness,¡± Ms Donelan said.

¡°We are making a stand before it suffocates British identity and our values entirely. That is why we are depoliticising science, because science is 바카라사이트 most extraordinary force for good ¨C from curing disease to growing our food ¨C we¡¯ve got to keep it that way.¡±

In her conference speech, Ms Donelan also said 바카라사이트 government would provide ?8?million to fund an additional 800 scholarships in artificial intelligence, and announced a ?60?million Regional Innovation Fund that will support universities to work with local businesses.

Also at 바카라사이트 conference, Steve Barclay, 바카라사이트 health secretary, confirmed that plans for more than 200 additional places in UK medical schools were being brought forward by a year, and that 바카라사이트 spots would be available from 2024.

Most of 바카라사이트se places will go to 바카라사이트 new medical schools at 바카라사이트 universities of Worcester and Chester and Brunel University London, which currently do?not have any publicly funded places.

Additional places will also be allocated to medical schools at 바카라사이트 University of Central Lancashire and Edge Hill University.

Speaking afterwards, Mr Barclay said 바카라사이트 plans would ¡°boost 바카라사이트 number of people studying medicine at university, which will lead to more doctors staffing our hospitals in 바카라사이트 future¡±.

chris.havergal@ws-2000.com