Data is from a report by STFC’s Astronomy Grants Panel, whose chair Mark Sullivan did not mince his words, saying UK astronomy faces an “unprecedented funding crisis”
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When does the UN Security Council meet on this?
When does the UN Security Council meet on this?
"Appointments can be good, bad or indifferent, but it is wishful thinking to believe good people can overcome a bad system. When the problem is structural, the PM can feed all the good ... people he wants into the machine and it will ... deliver the same outcomes again and again."
I’m gonna go ahead and stop you there.
I’m gonna go ahead and stop you there.
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the BIBLE'S!! OOOOOOOOOORIGINAL!!!!!WOOOOOMAANNNNN!!!!!!! < airhorns >
the BIBLE'S!! OOOOOOOOOORIGINAL!!!!!WOOOOOMAANNNNN!!!!!!! < airhorns >
If the UK welcomed 400 million visitors a year, it could milk them all nicely.
[We actually get about 10% of that number, who spend over £32bn. 10x that is a quarter of ALL public expenditure. So, yep.]
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
If the UK welcomed 400 million visitors a year, it could milk them all nicely.
[We actually get about 10% of that number, who spend over £32bn. 10x that is a quarter of ALL public expenditure. So, yep.]
I especially appreciate the criticism of assumptions that "collaboration" with comp sci is some good in itself. Good for who and on whose terms?
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I especially appreciate the criticism of assumptions that "collaboration" with comp sci is some good in itself. Good for who and on whose terms?
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Assholes.
Assholes.