£65m for `cutting edge’ research centres at Daresbury campus
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008£65m for `cutting edge' research centres at Darebury campus in Liverpool Daily Post
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£65m for `cutting edge' research centres at Darebury campus in Liverpool Daily Post
Should the golden triangle get all the research cash? - Guardian
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008Scientists in the north-west are angry at losing out on funding to southern universities. Article in The Guardian
Massive press reaction to damning report
Thursday, May 1st, 2008Science cuts 'hit UK reputation' in BBC Science News, including `There is a recognition that some things could have been done differently and that the programme could have been communicated differently to the scientific community. I think the issue now is actually moving on from ...
Almighty Pod to hold a million - The Sun
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008A breakthrough in technology could see the memory capacity of devices such as the iPod increase by 150,000 times - work done by Daresbury Lab and Glasgow University. Covered in The Sun, The Telegraph and BBC News.
The driving force behind the effort to halt cuts to physics - Times Higher
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008The Times Higher has an interview with Mark Lancaster - spokesperson of the particle physics campaign.
Paul Crowther and Keith Mason articles - BBC News
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008Pair of BBC news articles addressing the crisis by... Paul Crowther - spokesperson for the astronomy campaign and Keith Mason - STFC Chief Executive.
BBC Newsnight - Black Hole in Funding
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008Tonight on BBC2, Newsnight has an article about the crisis. The accompanying online article is here and has interviews with Brian Cox and Swapan Chattopadhyay.
Extension for Science Park - Manchester Evening News
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008In this Manchester Evening News article, the £25M new building for the campus is juxtaposed against the redundancies and threat of closure of the Laboratory
‘Alice’ loss would ‘waste £25m’ - BBC News
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008Susan Smith, Graham Clark and Lee Jones of Prospect are all quoted in this excellent BBC Science News website article about ALICE. The article covers the Science Minister's visit to Daresbury.
Minister’s announcement of £25m laboratory expansion – fails to calm fears - Liverpool Daily Post
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008Minister’s announcement of £25m laboratory expansion – and hope for 1,000 jobs – fails to calm fears.