UK astronomers 'must make own case' for funds
BBC: Astronomers must make the best case for their subject to government if they are to stave off further funding woes says Keith Mason, head of the funding body for UK astronomy, when he addressed a scientific meeting in Belfast.
Administrators have cut projects and research grants as they attempt to plug an £80m hole in their finances.
But there may be some good news for one project called eMerlin, a network of seven giant astronomy dishes. The president of the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS), Michael Rowan-Robinson, told the audience in Belfast he understood the project was now no longer threatened.
