Category Archives: science funding

On watching my country go crazy – and why science is important

Posted on October 14, 2013 by Sylvia McLain

Like much of the rest of America (and the world) I have been watching US shutdown theatre in horror. I posted a few years ago about how I didn’t think the Tea Party was the end of Democracy as we … Continue reading →

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On self-promotion, funding and energy ant!

Posted on November 19, 2012 by Sylvia McLain

In any UK-funded science grant application you have to write a bit about yourself and how great you are. Most people I know find this bit really hard; a few really don’t – I know some people who seem to … Continue reading →

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Why we need Neutrons for science

Posted on June 16, 2012 by Sylvia McLain

So you may not know it, but one of the world’s premier scientific research facilities is in Oxfordshire. Its not the University of Oxford I am referring to, but the ISIS neutron and muon source at Rutherford Appleton Lab outside … Continue reading →

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‘The death of british science’? Really ?

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Sylvia McLain

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, … Continue reading →

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Help, Industry save the UK science funding

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Sylvia McLain

(oh and yes I still blog) I was going to write about Willetts and his speech – but really I missed the boat. I was going to write about a paper I published a few years back to let folk … Continue reading →

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