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The Science, Innovation & Technology Committee will be questioning Science Minister, Lord Vallance, today at 13:30 in its inquiry examining the UK’s science diplomacy capabilities.

I'll have my popcorn ready! #SaveUKAstronomy #STFCcuts

📺: committees.parliament.uk/event/26819/...
jim-wild.bsky.social Prof Jim Wild @jim-wild.bsky.social · Mar 13
Excited to have come away from my trip to London for Royal Astronomical Society Council with a batch of newly-printed “Save Astronomy” stickers! 🔭
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March 17, 2026 at 9:42 AM
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Looking forward to teaming up with @astroroyalscot.bsky.social, @chrislintott.bsky.social, @drbecky.bsky.social, @jonbutterworth.bsky.social, Brian Cox and others in Westminster!

#STFCCuts #UKRI
June 15, 2026 at 9:15 AM
astroroyalscot.bsky.social
"I can only imagine the team meeting searching for the perfect metaphor for explaining how the money is spent. Yet I can also really imagine that someone mumbled “**ck it”. Someone else heard “bucket”. And somehow, that’s how we ended up where we are." 😂👌

#UKRI #STFCCuts
June 15, 2026 at 8:00 AM
astroroyalscot.bsky.social
I believe this video is intended as an olive branch, but with the management speak dialled up to 11, I'm not entirely sure what has actually been said 😵‍💫

Credit where credit is due though: important discussions are taking place and this is a very good thing. #STFCcuts #SaveUKAstronomy
ukri.org UK Research and Innovation @ukri.org · Mar 20
STFC’s Executive Chair, Professor Michele Dougherty, was at the University of Bath where we held the next in a series of regional engagement events on UKRI's new strategy.

In this video, she shares key insights from the conversation with stakeholders from across the South West: youtu.be/WSMCONGipjM
Insights from our South West regional engagement event I Professor Michele Dougherty
YouTube video by UK Research and Innovation
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March 20, 2026 at 11:22 AM
astroroyalscot.bsky.social
The future of UK Astronomy & Particle Physics is at risk from proposed 30% funding cuts that, if implemented, will be "genuinely catastrophic".

Great to see this detailed BBC report on the issue by @pallabg.bsky.social 🔭🧪⚛️

#STFCcuts #SaveUKAstronomy

🗞️: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The future of Uk scientific research. Several research projects face funding cuts. Here are some projects under threat. Words over a picture of the extremely large telescope (ELT) under construction in Chile Scotland's Astronomer Royal, Catherine Heymans, speaking for the UK community of astronomers, told the science select committee that the proposed cuts were "genuinely catastrophic and will be devastating for the UK." She, along with a particle physicist, told MPs most of the potential cuts would lead to British scientists having to greatly reduce their involvement or withdraw altogether from some of the world's most important international astronomy and particle physics experiments. Those experiments seek to answer some of the biggest questions in science. These include learning how the Universe began and how it will end, finding the first ever signs of life on planets orbiting distant stars, detecting black holes that ripple space time, mapping newborn planets around distant stars and analysing their atmospheres for signs of life. All of these are experiments in which, historically, the UK played a leading role. But now, British scientists could be largely locked out of them in the future, if the STFC does not pay its way.
March 18, 2026 at 7:15 AM
jim-wild.bsky.social
"Research funding cuts threaten a whole generation of scientists". Op-ed in Research Professional News today by Mike Lockwood and me. #STFCcuts #SaveUKAstronomy

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
Research funding cuts threaten a whole generation of scientists - Research Professional News
UK will suffer lasting consequences from disrupted talent pipeline, say Mike Lockwood and James Wild
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
March 20, 2026 at 12:00 PM