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UK reviews physics funding in light of proposed job cuts

DEC 11, 2007
Physics Today
BBC : The UK government is to review its funding for physics after scientists warned of an £80m research shortfall that could lead to 750 physicists losing their jobs. Science Minister Ian Pearson said funding arrangements would be reviewed, but did not promise extra money."Scientific research is not a luxury, it is a necessity,” Dr Brian Cox, of Manchester University’s School of Physics and Astronomy, said of the shortfall.
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