06 September 2008

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Sustaining key skills in the UK naval industry

Royal Navy Astute-class submarine, photo courtesy BAE Systems

21 July: To preserve its ability to design, build and support complex warships and submarines, the UK's Ministry of Defence (MOD) asked RAND Europe for help with identifying labour implications for its shipbuilding programme. Research indicates that MOD will need to preserve and sustain several key technical skills, especially detailed designers and professional engineers for various stages of surface ship and submarine acquisition and support.

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Analyzing the UK and EU's civil justice arena

ICJ Europe

23 June: RAND Europe and RAND Institute for Civil Justice have joined to create a centre of excellence to deliver objective and empirical analysis of the UK and EU's civil justice arena. Professor Neil Rickman has been appointed as the director of ICJ Europe and is currently in the process of recruiting a blue-ribbon advisory board to include stakeholders in the civil justice system, including consumer attorneys, policymakers, academics, general counsel and corporate representatives.

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Philippa Foster Back joins Board Of Trustees

Philippa Foster Back

04 August: Philippa Foster Back OBE, who who has more than 30 years of business experience and has been director of the Institute of Business Ethics since 2001, has joined the RAND Europe Board of Trustees. "Philippa's experience and expertise will make an invaluable contribution to the success of RAND Europe," said RAND Europe President Jonathan Grant of Foster Back's appointment.

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