HELP SAVE PHYSICS AT READING UNIVERSITY

[A Rebel and a Saint]

Hello.

 

The physics department at Reading University is under serious threat of closure in the Universities latest round of cutbacks, with closure threatened as soon as 2010. Those who currently study at the department appreciate how valuable the department and its research and teaching are to the community, the country, and to the future of the world.

We do not want to see this department close, we do not wish to be the last to benefit from the amazing facilities at Reading Physics, a centre of excellence in many areas of the subject, and with top links to other departments, and other universities.

 

Please help us by signing the petition on the following link, it has been set up by the Reading University Students Union and the Reading University Physics Society: http://www.petitiononline.com/RUPhys/

 

I hope that you will help us, whether you like physics or not, we need as many names as we can get, there is no need to comment, all we need is your name!

 

Many thanks

[Don Juan DeMarcus]

Isnt this spam? <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> (says he who loves putting spam on here!)

[Barry Scott]

like I'm going to even dignify this with an insult. HOW ABOUT GOING TO A UNI WITH A PHYSICS DEPARTMENT MORON!

[A Rebel and a Saint]

funnily enough liam, i do but they want to close it down!

[Barry Scott]

why bother? who gives a crap anyway?

[BFR]

Dan, I read about the closure of the department in the press the other day and though I can sympathise with those who have an affinity for the place, simple economics dictate it is no longer a viable option. Before the increase in tuition fees Physics departments up and down the country were struggling to attract enough students to make their courses worthwhile. With fees going up to £3K a year there simply won't be enough people looking to do the courses and inevitably that means closure.

 

The real money now is in Business related degrees and Psychology. Traditional disciplines such as Physics, Chemistry and Maths are in serious danger up and down the country. Whilst I admire your peeps for coming up with petition I can assure you it will mean absolutely nothing.

[Guest]

Never mind Physics what about saving Slough Town ??

[BFR]

Unfortunately Hotspur the same principle applies - without a ground we are not financially viable

[A Rebel and a Saint]

i see your point KT, however we will keep going until the final decision is made next month. the subtle difference is that we do have the backing of local councillors!!

[BFR]

Well good luck all the same, though local councillors have no say or influence in what decisions will be taken by the Senate.

[Barry Scott]

and on a bizarrely related note, a 3 megaton nuclear bomb would be enough to vapourise Slough (and Windsor), with the blast affecting buildings as far aways as Bracknell, Marlow and Ealing. And now you know...

[richierebel]

Then there will be land for us to build a new stadium!

[richierebel]

oh maybe not if we are vapourised! sorry just chatting with myself here everyone else just carry on!

[evadne]

I suspect that soon there'll be no F in Physics at Reading University.

 

As the old "joke" has it.

[Staines-upon-Thames Rebel]

How many physics graduates does it take to change a light bulb - they dont know but someone is writing a paper about it!

 

OR

 

How many physics graduates does it take to change a light bulb - none as they have only studied the theory but dont have a clue about putting it into practice!!

[Don Juan DeMarcus]

Dan, If i were you i would be severly pissed with the uni, they should never have run the course if there was a chance it would close mid-way through due to lack of funding, they are seriously screwing with anyone who pays to go to uni and only manages to complete 1 (or even worse 2 years)

[A Rebel and a Saint]

the key detail marcus is that they are not closing it til 2010, meaning that if the plans go through there will be no intake after this year. hopefully no degrees will be disrupted, however we still do not want to see it close.

[Mark44]

signed it at the freshers fair.

[Don Juan DeMarcus]

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A Rebel and a Saint said:
the key detail marcus is that they are not closing it til 2010, meaning that if the plans go through there will be no intake after this year. hopefully no degrees will be disrupted, however we still do not want to see it close.

Ah right should have read it properly, my bad.

[A Rebel and a Saint]

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Mark44 said:
signed it at the freshers fair.

good to hear it mark, but there is the online petition and a written petition going around too