Lovely to see Kirsty Smitten remembered in this way. I am sure she would be the first to congratulate Mustafa if she was still with us. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

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I hope this is true!

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Green shoots for university spinouts www.thetimes.com/article/86c7...

Investment in university spin-outs revives after a tough period

Funding in Britain has been falling since a record high in 2021

A one stop shop for cover images appropriate for the American Chemical Society’s flagship Journal?

Sad to hear that my former colleague, co-author, and all round NMR expert Prof Brian Mann has recently died. His claim to fame in bioinorganic chemistry research was kick start research into metal complexes as CORMs. RIP

True but academic output (research and students) is the production of a U. Of course you and I don’t control the means of that production but each additional layer of bureaucracy/#bullshit jobs means we (+ our existing colleagues) become precarious workers and hence zero hour contracts appear

The only income generation in University comes from research grants or teaching fees. These income sources are generated by academics. In this context I have absolutely no beef with administration, just with its unnecessary proliferation.

I have always done those things and continue to do them myself.

I have been at the same University for close to 30 years now. What I have noticed is the absolute number of staff that only exist because of academics' work has been biggest growth area. Many exist to "advise" me how to do my job.

Lots or hard agrees with this thread.

Good Luck. BTW, nice to see another member of the UK chemistry community here.