?80M Spending Cut in UK's Physics and Astronomy Spending!

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This sounds horrible from what I've been reading of it, but it seems the UK government has decided to go completely back on what it said about making the UK "a world leader in science".

Seems we're going to be losing the use of loads of institutions like the Gemini observatory in the northern hemisphere and the new linac in Europe; not to mention numerous other smaller institutions. Even the place I want to get a summer vaction job (SRS centre in darnsbury) may be getting cuts, perhaps stopping them taking on people (since so many are being sacked anyway). :(

However if you're in the UK I urge you to take sometime and sign this petition: http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Physics-Funding/

Oh and source (though there is many others if you want to look for them):

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7137387.stm

(Oh and I also heard about similar cuts to physics departments in America too, though I'm not sure completely on the facts of this.)
 
Signing won't help. We need a change of government. Whoever voted for the Labour party deserves what they get. They've shown us before, they just go back on their promises. I just mneh at my government :(
 
Druckles said:
Signing won't help. We need a change of government. Whoever voted for the Labour party deserves what they get. They've shown us before, they just go back on their promises. I just mneh at my government :(
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You're probably right, but one can hope... I mean it might get a glance... maybe? ;(
Eejit said:
What about biology?

/selfish
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Well you damn biologists look to be getting no cuts at all! Poor physicists always getting pushed around :(
 
Yeah, but Physicists like building machines which could destroy the universe.
 
That's what the government is for, they prefer to spend money on stuff that can kill people and destroy things. Why spend money on good things that can help people.
 
PimpinPenguin said:
That's what the government is for, they prefer to spend money on stuff that can kill people and destroy things. Why spend money on good things that can help people.
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Because you can preserve them long enough to kill them!
 
80 million on research is a much better investment than 80 million on a bunch of useless civil servants. But no, short sightedness is the way forward, maybe China or India will give us some free tech once they get ahead of us.
 
It is the job of every Atom fearing Briton to stand up and work to make our fair land an Ivory tower, a utopian society of science!.

:imu:
 
TheHamster22 said:
This sounds horrible from what I've been reading of it, but it seems the UK government has decided to go completely back on what it said about making the UK "a world leader in science".

Seems we're going to be losing the use of loads of institutions like the Gemini observatory in the northern hemisphere and the new linac in Europe; not to mention numerous other smaller institutions. Even the place I want to get a summer vaction job (SRS centre in darnsbury) may be getting cuts, perhaps stopping them taking on people (since so many are being sacked anyway). :(

However if you're in the UK I urge you to take sometime and sign this petition: http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Physics-Funding/

Oh and source (though there is many others if you want to look for them):

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7137387.stm

(Oh and I also heard about similar cuts to physics departments in America too, though I'm not sure completely on the facts of this.)
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Thats it, I'm revolting against this shitty government. Who's with me!?
 
I've already set in motion the wheels that will see me move abroad in 2-3 years time...
 
At first I thought the bad policy making of the government was incompetence now I think it's deliberate.
 
Druckles said:
I hope you're not being serious. Otherwise I'd have to shake my fist at you!!
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Large Hadron Collider is actually the Swiss' final step in their master plan of world domination: bow to us or we destroy the entire universe!
 
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