Tag Archives: Patrick Vallance

Yesterday in Parliament

Posted on 16/06/2026 by Jon Butterworth

Clive Lewis MP hosted a drop in session about the funding crisis in the science and technology research council (STFC). We had a busy two hours talking to MPs and Peers. I think and hope we had some impact. There … Continue reading →

Posted in Astrophysics, Particle Physics, Physics, Politics, Science, Science Policy | Tagged Becky Smethurst, Brian Cox, Catherine Heymans, Patrick Vallance, Royal Astronomical Society, STFC, UKRI | Comments Off

Select committees

Posted on 08/03/2026 by Jon Butterworth

Well, the fight to stop the decimation of particle, astro and nuclear physics continues. The House of Commons Science, Innovation and Technology select committee session I mentioned in the previous post happened. The above picture is one of the lighter … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, Science Policy | Tagged Catherine Heymans, gravitational waves, Higgs, John Womersley, Liz Kendall, Lord Drayson, Mark Thomson, Michele Dougherty, nobel prize, Parliamentary Committee, Patrick Vallance, Politics, research, Simon Williams, STFC, UKRI, universities | 2 Comments

Tag Archives: Patrick Vallance

Yesterday in Parliament

Select committees

A science is any discipline in which the fool of this generation can go beyond the point reached by the genius of the last generation

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