UKRI withdrawing £2.8m annual funding for Jodrell Bank is short-sighted vandalism of our national scientific heritage. Sacrificing world-leading astronomy and decades of discovery to balance Whitehall balance sheets is unforgivable. Are we severely underestimating this loss? 🔭 #Science
Earth to Whitehall: the wonder and knowledge of Jodrell B...The threatened closure of the world-famous radio telescope is symptomatic of a drive against learning and inquiry that is making us sicker as a societyobserver.co.uk