Dear all,
as you may be aware, PhD salaries for next year (set by UKRI) aren't increasing in line with inflation, which works out to a ~5-10% pay cut in real terms, depending on inflation. There is an online petition circulating which will add your signature to an open letter to UKRI with a number of suggestions. Non-PhD student supporters are also welcome to sign!
The letter can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17nl67cJHfcOyirVhN5k78tRQ2Yd3IXymMVcZ-0wLg5k/edit
 | IF YOU WISH TO SIGN THE LETTER HEAD TO bit.ly/UKRIStipends Dear Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser, Chief Executive of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), and Sir Andrew Mackenzie, Chair of UKRI, As you are aware, postgraduate researchers (PGRs) are being substantially impacted by the rising cost of... docs.google.com |
and the petition can be directly signed here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfPKuItc4hAb42Ytu_q-GmS-fHuY78m9bkXDNkEaG3qAqRm7g/viewform
 | This form will add your signature to the open letter when you click submit. The letter can be found at this link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17nl67cJHfcOyirVhN5k78tRQ2Yd3IXymMVcZ-0wLg5k Please read and then return here to sign! We welcome signatures from all PGRs/PhD students (regardless of funding source) and from other supporters. UPDATE 5pm Wed 29th Jun: We have now hit 5000 signatures, less than 51 hours since launching. Keep sharing to keep the pressure up! You can share this link: bit.ly/UKRIStipends UPDATE 4:30pm Sun 3rd Jul: We now have almost 9,000 signatures, including 6,000 PGRs signing! This is more than one in 20 PGRs in the UK, and it looks like more than one in 10 of the PGRs who are directly UKRI-funded. [Data protection statement: All personal and other data collected by this form may be published on the open letter in the list of signatories, except for data entered in response to the email address question at the end (and your name if you tick "please keep my name anonymous"). D docs.google.com |
Best wishes,
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Dr Floor van den Heuvel
Cloud Physicist
Co-President UK Polar Network
Atmosphere, Ice and Climate team
British Antarctic Survey High Cross, Madingly Road,
Cambridge CB3 0ET
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