Reading Roars!

Opposition grows to Reading University’s proposal to close its Physics Department. In an open letter, the University’s Vice-Chancellor explains

the number of physics students that have been sent by their school to Reading University during the past (say) 10 years. In each case this would have been a number very close to zero…In any case, student numbers alone are not sufficient to sustain the Department.

It’s a worrying trend. We need more scientists in this country. We really are dumbing down in my opinion (I know how soft we’ve become as I was accepted into university with paltry A Level grades). The University’s decision was sadly inevitable and surely leaves a black hole in learning.