Category Archives: Politics

Research funding: Is size really the most important thing?

Posted on 31/05/2015 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian.

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The Petrie Multiplier

Posted on 08/03/2015 by Jon Butterworth

A simplified mathematical model shows why you don’t need an evil majority to have an oppressed minority. At the Guardian.

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Life and Physics in Pictures No. 3

Posted on 24/01/2015 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian.

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A follow up on research impact and the REF

Posted on 16/01/2015 by Jon Butterworth

Anyone connected with UK academia, who follows news about it, or indeed who has met a UK academic socially over the last couple of years, will probably have heard about the Research Excellence Framework (REF). All UK universities had their … Continue reading →

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