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Statement of environmental policy The Institute will regularly assess the impact of its operations on the environment and take measures to reduce or eliminate negative effects. It aims to reduce waste of all types, increase the recycling of materials and have a benign or beneficial influence on the locality in which it is situated. Employees will be made aware of these aims and training will take place where necessary in order to achieve them. The Institute will work with statutory agencies in order to comply with legislation concerning the environment and related issues. It will carry out regular audits of its operations to ensure compliance with the policy. Statement of data protection policy The Scottish Crop Research Institute* will manage data in accordance with the requirements of the Data Protection Act (1998) and the BBSRC Staff Code. It will retain only such personal data that are required for the conduct of staff administration. The data will be maintained securely to avoid unauthorised access and processing. Access to data is restricted to those who require it in order to efficiently administer the workforce. Data which are requested by a data subject will be confined to data which apply to that person. Data not referring to the data subject will be withheld or made unreadable. Processing of personal data will be restricted to that required for the administration of the SCRI workforce There will be periodic reviews of personal data and those which are obsolete or no longer necessary for staff administration will be destroyed. The review will take place annually (usually in March). * For the purposes of data protection administration The Scottish CropResearch Institute includes MRS and BIOSS. 162
The Governing Body The Governing Body Chairman: J.E.Godfrey, B.Sc., F.R.Ag.S., gained his degree in agriculture from the University of Reading. He is a Director of family farming companies in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire. He is Chairman of Willisham Group plc, and is a member or adviser to numerous committees including the Royal Agricultural Society of England. He is a Trustee of the International Potato Center (CIP) in Peru and a Director of World Potato Congress Inc. He was appointed to the Governing Body of SCRI in 1991, became Vice Chairman in 1997 and Chairman in 1999. E. Angus, MBE, M.Sc., Fio.D., has been actively involved in the start-up of several knowledge economy companies since retiring from Napier University in 1999, where he held the post of Business Director for the University and Managing Director of Napier University Ventures Limited. His degree in corporate leadership was gained after studying business incubation systems and processes in the US, UK, the Continent and Scandinavia. His strategic management experience at Board level in food, textiles and distribution companies, span a period of 25 years and he was awarded the honour of an MBE for his contribution to exporting in 1977. He was appointed to the Governing Body of SCRI in 2000. Professor J.J.F. Belch, M.B., Ch.B., F.R.C.P., M.D., is Professor of Vascular Medicine at the University of Dundee, where she is interested in the causes, manifestations and treatment of disease of the blood vessels and circulation. Additionally she is a member of the Medical Research Council Advisory Board, a member of the Scottish Office Acute Services Review Sub- Committe on Peripheral Arterial Disease, and UK Chairman of the Forum on Angiology. Her interests in terms of crop research relate to the antioxidant content of food, specific fatty acid types within oils, and the relationships of these to vascular disease. She was appointed to the Governing Body of SCRI in 1998. Professor R.J. Cogdell, B.Sc., Ph.D., F.R.S.E., was awarded his two degrees by Bristol University, and completed his post-doctoral research in the USA. He joined the Botany Department of Glasgow University (now the Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences) in 1975, and currently holds the Hooker Chair of Botany there. He was awarded a Humbolt Research Prize in 1995. He was appointed to the Governing Body of SCRI in 1997, and was recently re-appointed. He is a member of the Chairman’s Committee, and Chairs the Science Sub-Committee. He is a Director of MRS and a Trustee of the new Mylnefield Trust. Dr K. Dawson, B.Sc., Ph.D., D.I.C.P., is Technical Director of CSC CropCare, the largest privately owned crop consultancy service in the North of the UK. He trained as an agricultural and environmental scientist and was awarded his degrees by the University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne and the University of Reading. He joined the Scottish Agricultural College in 1982 and, after a spell as Northern Technical Advisory Manager for BASF(UK) Ltd, formed CSC CropCare in 1987. He is an elected director of BASIS(UK) Ltd and a member of the Government’s Pesticide Forum. He also has been closely associated with the Scottish Natural Heritage TIBRE programme, utilising new technology for agronomic and environmental benefit. His main interests are in crop protection and Integrated Farming Management. He was appointed to the Governing Body of SCRI in 2000. Dr M. Eddie, B.Agr., Ph.D., gained both his degrees from The Queen’s University, Belfast. After employment as a research scientist by the Ministry of Agriculture, Northern Ireland for 4 years, he joined Unilever plc where he spent 25 years mainly in their agribusiness operations, eventually becoming Chairman, in sequence, of two agribusiness companies. The first was based in Scotland and the second in Malaysia. After retirement from Unilever in 1999, he was appointed to the Governing Body of SCRI in March 2000. Professor M.J. Emes, B.Sc., Ph.D., is Director of the Research and Graduate School in the Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, where he is responsible for over 120 academic staff and the training of 400 postgraduate students. His own research activities are focused on understanding the control of plant metabolism, particularly mechanisms of regulating starch synthesis in cereals. He has extensive experience of BBSRC grants committees and is a member of the Governing Council of the John Innes Centre. He is also an editor of the Journal of Experimental Botany. He was appointed to the Governing Body of SCRI in 2000. 163
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Contents Biomathematics and Statist
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Introduction upon the Commissioner
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Report of the Director John R. Hill
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