Author Archives: Jon Butterworth

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About Jon Butterworth

UCL Physics prof, works on LHC, writes (books, Cosmic Shambles and elsewhere). Citizen of England, UK, Europe & Nowhere, apparently.

Don’t give up on the Tories?

Posted on 18/02/2010 by Jon Butterworth

Roger Highfield wrote a piece in the S Word highlighting the promise by Adam Afriyie (the shadow science minister) of major cuts to science whoever wins the election. Afriyie’s response today is on the face of it pretty much an … Continue reading →

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Stay broad in science, but focus the exploitation.

Posted on 15/02/2010 by Jon Butterworth

I have another piece in the New Scientists S-Word blog today, discussing Lord Drayson’s recent speech on science and economic return. My comments are intended constructively from the point of view of a committed scientist who believes that science is … Continue reading →

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What should have happened

Posted on 06/02/2010 by Jon Butterworth

Somewhere in HM Treasury or thereabouts, 2007. (Thanks to the Batman Comic generator)

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The STFC: what went wrong

Posted on 04/02/2010 by Jon Butterworth

There has been a great deal of speculation about how a major research funding body – the Science and Technology Funding Council – has lurched from one financial crisis to another. Yesterday in the evidence session of the Science and … Continue reading →

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