I just sent this letter to the Science Minister and the CEO of UKRI concerning STFC's budgets
"Someone, somewhere, has taken the decision to defund astrophysics research in the UK, but no-one seems quite sure who that was, or why."
The latest on the impact of the catastrophic funding cuts to UK astrophysics, by me, in @natastron.nature.com 👩🔬🧪🔭
✒️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans
John Womersley
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