Tag Archives: STFC

Is poor advice betraying UK science and engineering?

Posted on 10/09/2010 by Jon Butterworth

The UK is reputedly poor at capitalising on its scientific excellence. Is this due to a lack of vision in the advice given to politicians? Crises provide opportunities, as every good manager knows. From my point of view as a … Continue reading →

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Discover Your Paper’s Other Side

Posted on 19/08/2010 by Jon Butterworth

Good to see that an STFC employee has come up with some money-saving ideas in response to the government’s appeal. I’m not qualified to comment on the salary freeze. The point about end-of-year flexibility is so obviously true it is … Continue reading →

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Brain Drained

Posted on 16/08/2010 by Jon Butterworth

This post also at the Guardian. See also Chapter 7.5 of Smashing Physics. On Saturday I went to a leaving party for Lily Asquith of LHCSound fame. Lily was one of our PhD students on the ATLAS experiment at the LHC. Having graduated, … Continue reading →

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Engineering a Decline?

Posted on 13/07/2010 by Jon Butterworth

See also Chapter 3.3 of Smashing Physics. In a way, I am quite impressed by the Royal Academy of Engineering. They have managed to speak very clearly in response to some difficult questions from our new political masters. What they … Continue reading →

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