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• What is to be done?

  
  In the Dark — Authority: 529
  Just after December’s announcement of huge cuts in spending on science by the Science and Technology Facilities Council  (STFC), the minister responsible, Lord Drayson , issued a Press release that included the following … it has become clear to me that there are real tensions in having international ...
  2 days ago

• Back to Life, Back to Reality

  
  In the Dark — Authority: 529
  Today is the 3rd Round of the FA Cup , which traditionally marks the end of the Christmas holidays. In fact, I was going to watch Bristol City versus Cardiff City which was due to be shown live for free on Welsh channel S4C. However, the pitch is frozen and it’s been postponed. So I’ll be taking down the ...
  3 days ago

• Happy 2010

  
  Orbiting Frog — Authority: 495
  Well I have little to say right now as I am currently working hard (ahem!) writing my thesis. I have four chapters to complete in draft by January 11th. Getting there steadily. 2010 is going to be a big year for me and my family. I will be submitting my PhD thesis in February and am currently applying for jobs – ...
  5 days ago

• (GE) General Electric Company Sells India Transport Finance Arm

  
  Stock Blog Hub — Authority: 469
  General Electric Company ( GE ) has sold its India transport financial services business for 12 billion rupees ($255 million) to Shriram Transport Finance Company (STFC). Shriram Transport’s managing director R Sridhar confirmed the transaction but declined to give more details. The deal would allow the ...
  1 week ago

• GE Sells India Transport Business to Shriram for $255 Million

  
  SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page — Authority: 639
  Zacks.com submits: General Electric Company ( GE ) has sold its India transport financial services business for 12 billion rupees ($255 million) to Shriram Transport Finance Company ( STFC ). Shriram Transports managing director R Sridhar confirmed the transaction but declined to give more details. ...
  1 week ago

• The fall of UK science

  
  Bad Astronomy — Authority: 711
  I have been quiet about the woes being suffered in the UK over science funding. That’s mostly because it’s hard enough keeping up with the attacks here in the U.S.! But the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) has been underfunded and in trouble financially for a while now, and they announced last week ...
  2 weeks ago

• Dear STFC, WTF? Sincerely, Ian

  
  Astroengine.com — Authority: 111
  This week has been a horrid few days for UK physics. The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) announced on Wednesday that it was going to plug a hole in their funding deficit by withdrawing the UK’s participation in a number of astronomy, nuclear and particle physics projects. This measure will have ...
  2 weeks ago

• Herschel Space Observatory sheds new light on how stars and galaxies are made

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 731
  London, December 19 (ANI): The European Space Agency (ESA) has released a preview of the first science results from the Herschel Space Observatory, which would provide valuable new information about how stars and galaxies are made and reveal the life cycle of the cosmos.The new data includes images of previously ...
  2 weeks ago

• Guest Post : Life After STFC ?

  
  The e-Astronomer — Authority: 505
  Well, the ESA/Aurora/Bepi debate is getting too tense. Lets move on. As mentioned more than once by The Telescoping Coles, the really interesting thing to emerge after the STFC press release was the statement by the Lord High Drayson that HMG recognised that perhaps there are structural tensions in the whole STFC ...
  2 weeks ago

• Space Anomaly

  
  In the Dark — Authority: 529
  After yesterday’s marathon , I’m not planning today to post another lengthy item about the STFC prioritisation exercise which is now public. However, a number of people have asked me about an apparent anomaly in the rankings and, despite the hostile reception I received on the e-astronomer when I posted a ...
  2 weeks ago

• Cuts

  
  Andrew Jaffe: Leaves on the Line — Authority: 417
  I presume that anyone reading this blog knows that today is the day when the great unwashed masses of UK Astronomers heard about our financial fate from the STFC , the small arm of the UK government responsible for Astrophysics, Particle Physics and Nuclear Physics. For various reasons, some clear and others ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Death of UKIRT

  
  canspice.org — Authority: 422
  Some say that now is not the time to invest, but the bottom line is that the downturn is no time to slow down our investment in science but to build more vigorously for the future. And so we will not allow science to become a victim of the recession – but rather focus on developing it as a key element of our path to ...
  2 weeks ago

• Blood on the Floor for UK Physicists

  
  The Herschel Space Observatory — Authority: 114
  The irony of the first Herschel science results coming out on the same day that STFC wields the hatchet. There are limbs lopped off all over the place, either immediately or in the near future. UKIRT, the world’s first infrared optimized telescope and a workhorse of UK astronomy for decades, is to go. We’re to ...
  2 weeks ago

• Day of Reckoning

  
  In the Dark — Authority: 529
  10.45am . I came in this morning determined to get on with some work to distract my attention from the looming announcement of budget cuts from the Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC). I was up nearly all night worrying about the future, especially for the current generation of postdocs whosecareers ...
  3 weeks ago

• So here it is… Physics Doomsday

  
  The Herschel Space Observatory — Authority: 114
  2pm GMT is when STFC will announce its prioritised programme in astrophysics, particle and nuclear physics. What this effectively means, since they need to find ~£70M in cuts, is that this will be a cut list. By then end of today there will be far fewer projects in these fields, and probably far fewer people with ...
  3 weeks ago

• Merry Fucking Christmas

  
  Orbiting Frog — Authority: 495
  Sorry about the blog post title – it’s one my favourite South Park Christmas songs and it is in my head at the moment. It is also fairly apt for tomorrow’s announcement by the STFC . Their council of elders met today to discuss the research council’s future direction and tomorrow at 2pm they’re dropping the ...
  3 weeks ago

• Doomsday Approaches

  
  The Herschel Space Observatory — Authority: 114
  The funding axe is about to arrive in the UK. STFC council will meet tomorrow to approve the plans, with the details coming out on Wednesday afternoon. Further discussion available here , here , and here . There’ll also be a major Herschel press briefing on Wednesday afternoon. We’ll try to cover that here, ...
  3 weeks ago

• The axeman cometh

  
  The e-Astronomer — Authority: 505
  I just a letter from STFC warning that I may or may not have a Dear John letter coming. Council will meet to finalise the current science prioritisation process tomorrow (Tuesday 15th). Between 11am and 2pm on Wednesday I will get a phone call advising me of any implications for my project. (In my case [...]
  3 weeks ago

• Interesting Times

  
  In the Dark — Authority: 529
  The next few days promise to be extremely interesting, although there is more than a hint of the Chinese Curse in that statement! Today is the day of our annual departmental Christmas Lunch. That’s not itself the subject of any kind of curse, but if last year’s is anything to go by it may take several days to ...
  3 weeks ago

• Russian Space Agency set to take-off in UK

  
  International Space Fellowship — Authority: 589
  Collaborations between UK and Russian space scientists and engineers could be on the horizon following a visit to the Science and Technology Facilities Council’s (STFC’s) Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, by the Russian Federal State Unitary Enterprise “Centre for Ground-Based Space Infrastructure” (TsENKI) and ...
  3 weeks ago

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