Open AccessGovernment cuts hit hard
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
astronomy & geophysics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.168
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1468-4004
pISSN - 1366-8781
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2008.49104_1.x
Subject(s) - government (linguistics) , political science , sight , research council , scale (ratio) , public administration , library science , geography , physics , computer science , astronomy , cartography , philosophy , linguistics
In the last decade, astronomers have become used to modest growth in the UK research budget, albeit on a smaller scale than other areas of science. At first sight, this was set to continue when the government announced the 2008–2011 allocation for the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) as part of the Comprehensive Spending Review.