Save Astronomy!

I've been talking about the STFC funding issues recently and how astronomical research and physics departments in the UK will suffer as a result of over-running costs in other parts of science and a general mess of accounting within STFC/Government. Today things took a step forward with the launch of saveastronomy.org.uk which tells you ways you can help turn things around. If you care about UK astronomy, you can put buttons on your website or send correspondence to your local representatives. There is also a petition over on the Downing Street website which I saw via Rob as well as my inbox (thanks to Chris W.).

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Posted in astro blog by Stuart on Wednesday 19th Dec 2007 (15:44 GMT) | 2 Comments | Permalink

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You might want to re-edit the above because the link to http://www.saveastronomy.org.uk/ is incorrect.

That's one link you want to get right. ;-)

Posted by Dave Pearson on Wednesday 19th Dec 2007 (21:08 UTC)

I also heard a rumour that the number of PhD places will be cut next year. I don't know if this is true. Can anyone confirm or deny this?

Posted by Stuart on Wednesday 19th Dec 2007 (22:20 UTC)

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