Gravitational-wave astrophysicist. University of Glasgow Senior Lecturer. Science, education, LEGO & cake. May contain traces of nuts
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Christopher Berry
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π£ Calling UK particle physics, astronomy and nuclear (PPAN) researchers. The @royalastrosoc.bsky.social is co-hosting an event for MPs on 15 June as part of our campaign to reverse catastrophic funding cuts. Write to your MP and encourage them to attend!
Full details at ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...
the FT has two pieces on the slow-motion collapse of UK higher ed. 4/5ths of unis are doing voluntary layoffs; 38% are doing compulsory. Meanwhile Britain and its flatlined productivity growth sleepwalks through its unprecedented loss of advanced capabilities www.ft.com/content/8097...
The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) is co-hosting a parliamentary drop-in event on 15 JuneΒ as part of an ongoing campaign to reverse catastrophic funding
cuts plan...
The ideal squirrel physique. Squirrel of the Day for June 8, 2026 #sqrlpix
This is such an important point: we rightly bemoan the βcorporatizationβ of higher ed but the irony is that many of the corporate managerial practices being imposed on us were discredited and abandoned by for-profit corporations long ago.
Prof Jim Wild
Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans
Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans
Chris Newfield
'All the evidence points to a healthy, world-class research community underpinning a key innovation pipeline from which future transformative technology and breakthrough science will emerge.Yet, despite all this success, 30% funding cuts have been proposed for UK astrophysics research" βοΈπ
The latest budget proposal announced by the largest UK science funding agency threatens to severely affect UK astrophysics research. My colleagues and I are fighting back.
What's it actually feel like to live through the decline and fall of mass Higher Education in Britain? Today I've written about this from the inside here... Hope you like it, and hope you find it useful.
isrf.org/blog/what-do...
Apprehension about career pathways and research funding dominated the list of concerns expressed by physics and astronomy undergraduates in a recent survey.
