These days we have to be grateful for partial victories. You will all remember the pre-Xmas pain of finally hearing the results of the STFC prioritisation review. This included the half-expected but g… more →
The e-Astronomerwrote 1 year ago: There’s an interesting discussion going on over at the e-Astronomer Andy Lawrence’s blog … more →
wrote 1 year ago: These days we have to be grateful for partial victories. You will all remember the pre-Xmas pain of … more →
wrote 2 years ago: I do miss the Mellotron. It was the sound of my youth. I resumed my acquaintance on a flight from th … more →
wrote 2 years ago: 2pm GMT is when STFC will announce its prioritised programme in astrophysics, particle and nuclear p … more →
wrote 3 years ago: I had lunch today at the Quadrus cafe, just across the road from SLAC. This is where the angels eat. … more →
wrote 3 years ago: Being stuck in the grim Californian sunshine I didn’t make it to the STFC Town meeting on the … more →
wrote 3 years ago: Here I am in the very thick of the madding crowd : Heathrow Terminal Three, en route to San Francisc … more →
wrote 3 years ago: So the advisory panel reports have been released ; PPAN has responded; and Science Board has endorse … more →
wrote 4 years ago: The long awaited RCUK review of the Health Of Physics in the UK, aka the Wakeham Review, is now thor … more →
wrote 4 years ago: I got another email from 10 Downing Street today. (Yes I know, most of you did too..) I wrote about … more →
wrote 4 years ago: The panels for the STFC consultation exercise are filling up and starting work. I have taken the Kin … more →
wrote 4 years ago: Nah, only kidding. … more →
wrote 4 years ago: I have just taken the difficult step of deleting a few comments. I am very happy for my blog to be a … more →
wrote 4 years ago: You may have heard the rumours by now that some wag put Jodders on eBay. This was posted by Chris Li … more →
wrote 4 years ago: Patience dear reader. The Clinton reference is explained at the end. I haven’t posted for a fe … more →
wrote 4 years ago: STFC just announced the rankings in its infamous “Programmatic Review”. I have several f … more →
wrote 4 years ago: Ladles and Jellyspoons, I preezent to yew, the Third, the Grandest, and the Very Final Part of The G … more →
wrote 4 years ago: Yesterday was the second session of the IUS Select Committee investigation into the Science Budget A … more →
wrote 4 years ago: I just got an email from 10 Downing Street .. mind you, so, I think, did everybody who signed the … more →