Frances Jones
Senior Reporter @resprofnews.bsky.social. Shortlisted for Newcomer of the Year 2025 @absw.bsky.social.
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- ‘Difficult’ two years ahead for physics, warns STFC boss Latest from a media briefing with Michele Dougherty & Ian Chapman I attended today She confirmed the withdrawal of funding from the Large Hadron Collider upgrade, a collaboration with Cern www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
- Finally seeing some sun in London!
- Ian Chapman ‘very sorry’ for not engaging on funding changes Full piece from me on the spicy SITC hearing I attended in person earlier today. MPs (led by chair @chionwurah.bsky.social) grilled UKRI CEO on escalating concerns in the R&I community www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
- Another scoop: UKRI shelves physics infrastructure projects worth £280m Late Friday, I reported that leaders of four large-scale physics infrastructure projects have been told that they have “not been prioritised” for funding. Letters were sent to project leaders on the Friday before Christmas
- BREAKING: UKRI shelves physics infrastructure projects worth £280m Major international collaborations with Cern and US Department of Energy in jeopardy, as agency pulls back funds Scoop by @francesjones.bsky.social www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
- Great to see this piece (and another by @robinbisson.bsky.social and I) referenced by @science.org here: www.science.org/content/arti... Grim news of deep cuts to physics and astronomy research is reverberating across the scientific community. More to come from me soon.
- BREAKING: UK physics research and science facilities face ‘substantial’ cuts Science and Technology Facilities Council seeks £162m cost savings, with existing projects facing axe Scoop by @francesjones.bsky.social www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
