Ever since I saw an editorial in last Tuesday’s Evening Standard, I’ve been meaning to write a serious blogpost. However, ever since last Tuesday I’ve been a bit under the weather, and not really up to it (before you jump to any conclusions, correlation doesn’t equal causation, remember).
So in the meantime, to keep you ente Continue reading
The libel reform campaign has yielded a spring crop: a bill to amend the law of defamation was introduced to parliament in the Queen’s Speech on May 10th.
This means that legislation to amend the lax libel laws of England and Wales, which have caused a plethora of problems for scientists and science writers in recent years (not to mention man Continue reading
This week saw the delivery of a funeral wreath and coffin to the Houses of Parliament. Why? Because a new grouping called Science for the Future decided to declare to MP’s the ‘death’ of British science. Actually what they were really complaining about was the way the EPSRC has been acting recently which, they claim, is mismanaging science funding Continue reading
Are you part of the 2%?!
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I’m sure there are people who can do this kind of thing in their heads. I’m not one of them – but I did get the right answer in 18 minutes, using pen and paper (all that time I spent with logic problem books as a kid finally paid off! Continue reading
I reported before on the notes from earlier meetings of the Finch Committee, which was set up by Science Minister David WIlletts to formulate proposals for making publicly-funded research more accessible. The notes of their latest meeting, held on 27th April, are now available so I wanted to add an update. I’ve uploaded a highlighted PDF for Continue reading
Last week (the lack of) women in science actually made it onto BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, when Lesley Yellowlees – President-elect of the Royal Society of Chemistry – spoke out about the lack of women in her own and other scientific disciplines. She got much coverage in the media in general that day, in advance of her keynote speech at Science Continue reading
I suppose I still have to show the results from the second round of the NHL Playoff pool, even though my picks didn’t register and I only got points from the few players I picked in the first round whose teams actually made it through to the second. BAH HUMBUG even though it was my fault (I forgot to answer the tie-breaker and didn’t sp Continue reading
I almost don’t feel I can comment -but of course I am going to anyway.
Today I watched, or rather half-watched via twitter and other media outlets, the protest about
‘the death of British science’.
The protesters, about 100 strong, according to the BBC website, are objecting to the the priority they feel has been given to ind Continue reading
This peculiar notice in Santiago de Chile is reported by our erumpent egregious intrepid correspondent Dr A. C. of that fine city.
One of the questions that I was asked recently is “What do you look for in a graduate student?”
Just as an aside, that vaguely reminds me of a film I saw some time ago where one character asks another “Have you found Jesus?” The answer, of course, was “I didn’t know he was missing…”
But back to the se Continue reading
