Yesterday, 56 of our fab colleagues at the Physics & Astronomy dept in Nottingham, received “at risk of redundancy” letters. The Uni is planning to reduce the size of the Physics dept by almost a third.🧪⚛️🔭
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✍️: nottinghamphysics.github.io/Open_Letter/
Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans
STFC cuts will accelerate the closure of UK physics departments, even though everyone recognises the importance & value of physics to UK PLC. Physics is explicitly listed as an area affected by planned compulsory redundancies at Nottingham. So sad to see this.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans
Institution says it could run out of money by 2031 and wants to cut more than 600 academic and support posts