Category Archives: Science Policy

That Science for the Future lobby of parliament: A view from a participant

Posted on 16/05/2012 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian. By Cyrus Hirjibehedin.

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Gaming the system? Neutrinos, theorists and citations

Posted on 25/02/2012 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian. See also Chapter 7.1 of Smashing Physics.

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The Higgs will be open access

Posted on 01/09/2011 by Jon Butterworth

George Monbiot is right, but how did particle physics escape? At the Guardian. I read George Monbiot’s piece on the high social, intellectual and financial cost of the academic publishing business with a familiar sense of outrage, shared in most of the follow … Continue reading →

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From Higgs Hunters to Job Seekers

Posted on 16/03/2011 by Jon Butterworth

The House of Commons Science and Technology Committee are currently looking into Astronomy and Particle Physics in the UK. At The Guardian.

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