Dr Jared Jeyaretnam ⚛️🧪 @jaredjeya.github.io · 24/08/2026As true in the UK as it is in the US. There’s literally a levy on international students and it’s precipitated a slow-motion crisis. The UK government could step in at any time. 053
Dr Jared Jeyaretnam ⚛️🧪 @jaredjeya.github.io · 31/07/2026New paper! arxiv.org/abs/2607.26156 ⚛️🧪 We study disorder-free localisation (DFL) - an intriguing phenomenon where dynamical degrees of freedom become localised and frozen, in the absence of the strong disorder (such as a random on-site magnetic field) normally needed to induce this effect. 🧵 183
Reposted by Dr Jared Jeyaretnam ⚛️🧪David Roberts @volts.wtf · 25/07/2026Whew, the editors of @science.org are getting real.science.orgThe Assault On Science Funding Continues 9809253
Reposted by Dr Jared Jeyaretnam ⚛️🧪Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 29/05/2026🧵 Public science in the US has taken some heavy hits over the last year, but the White House OMB is proposing a series of changes that will result in a TKO for science as we know it unless we fight back. Here's what's happening, and why it matters. 1/n 2719251090
Dr Jared Jeyaretnam ⚛️🧪 @jaredjeya.github.io · 25/05/2026I’m 95% of the way towards publishing in Nature. The remaining 5% of work is focused on obtaining a groundbreaking result and writing it up. 040
Reposted by Dr Jared Jeyaretnam ⚛️🧪University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 22/05/2026Equality is not conditional. Dignity at work is not negotiable. The EHRC Code of Practice has been published. UCU is examining it urgently. This is a significant and unsettling moment and we will not leave branches to navigate it alone. www.ucu.org.uk/article/1451... 3390119
Reposted by Dr Jared Jeyaretnam ⚛️🧪University of Nottingham UCU branch @uonucu.bsky.social · 20/05/2026If you wish to support our efforts, you can do so here. Any funds donated here will be used to off set any loss income suffered by those of us mabbing. www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding... You can also donate here: UCU Nottingham LA63 Hardship Fund Account number: 20346359 Sort code: 60-83-01justgiving.comHelp raise £10000 to support the Nottingham UCU hardship fund – JustGiving CrowdfundingIʼm raising money to support the Nottingham UCU hardship fund. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page. 11210
Dr Jared Jeyaretnam ⚛️🧪 @jaredjeya.github.io · 15/05/2026If you’re a physicist please sign this! ⚛️🧪 051
Reposted by Dr Jared Jeyaretnam ⚛️🧪Anne Green @ultrawimp.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Physicists: please consider signing this open letter of support: nottinghamphysics.github.io/Open_Letter/ The University wants to cut a third of academic and related staff from the School of Physics and Astronomy.nottinghamphysics.github.ioSave Nottingham Physics and Astronomy 3196
Reposted by Dr Jared Jeyaretnam ⚛️🧪Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Yesterday, 56 of our fab colleagues at the Physics & Astronomy dept in Nottingham, received “at risk of redundancy” letters. The Uni is planning to reduce the size of the Physics dept by almost a third.🧪⚛️🔭 Sign this petition to show them your support ✍️: nottinghamphysics.github.io/Open_Letter/ 1115183
Reposted by Dr Jared Jeyaretnam ⚛️🧪The Hilbert Space Post @hilbertspacepost.bsky.social · 12/05/2026In the May 12th edition: - Quantum simulation of magnetic materials - Photonic quantum machine learning - quantum metrology via partial quantum error correction - Real-time QLDPC decoding - Quantum simulation of quantum non-equilibrium steady state More details and links below: 121
Reposted by Dr Jared Jeyaretnam ⚛️🧪The Hilbert Space Post @hilbertspacepost.bsky.social · 12/05/2026A trapped-ion quantum computer can experimentally simulate the stochastic dynamics of interacting open quantum systems in two dimensions using quantum trajectories. This enables the study of non-equilibrium transport phenomena. arxiv.org/abs/2605.08350arxiv.orgQuantum trajectory simulation of two-dimensional non-equilibrium steady states with a trapped ion quantum processorDigital quantum computers offer a promising route for studying complex many-body systems that are otherwise inaccessible by their classical counterparts. Capabilities including mid-circuit measurement... 211
Reposted by Dr Jared Jeyaretnam ⚛️🧪Nadia Whittome MP @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Every affiliated trade union has said that Keir Starmer cannot lead us into the next election and calls for a new leader. We need to show that we’ve learnt from the government’s mistakes and get on with delivering the change that people expected. 1/2 8305
Reposted by Dr Jared Jeyaretnam ⚛️🧪Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 12/05/2026What can one even say any more. The Nothing will eat almost the entire sector if controls aren't brought into force. Hey, government! Anyone there? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukUniversity of Nottingham puts 2,700 staff at risk of redundancyThe University of Nottingham says it is facing 57636
Reposted by Dr Jared Jeyaretnam ⚛️🧪Dreamliner Ontario @mostlyharmless.northsky.social · 14/05/2026I’m just going to celebrate the fact that he’s not health secretary any more 🥳 2374
Reposted by Dr Jared Jeyaretnam ⚛️🧪Chris Tregenza @tregenza.bsky.social · 12/05/20262,700 staff at the University of Nottingham have received 'at risk' letters from the management. The same management which refused to cut their own pay, and the same management which refused to resign after losing £60 million on a disastrous attempt to build a new campus. #JoinAUnion 02321
Dr Jared Jeyaretnam ⚛️🧪 @jaredjeya.github.io · 12/05/2026New paper from our group today! arxiv.org/abs/2605.08350 Using a quantum computer, we simulated trajectories of an open quantum system - that is, one that interacts with the surrounding environment, in this case by injecting particles at one end of a 2D lattice and removing them from the other. ⚛️🧪 2123
Dr Jared Jeyaretnam ⚛️🧪 @jaredjeya.github.io · 24/04/2026This is a full-frontal attack on academic freedom. I hope some thesis advisors there will be brave enough to challenge it. 010
Reposted by Dr Jared Jeyaretnam ⚛️🧪Minas Karamanis @minaskar.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Hey, I wrote a thing about AI in astrophysics ergosphere.blog/posts/the-ma...ergosphere.blogThe machines are fine. I'm worried about us.On AI agents, grunt work, and the part of science that isn't replaceable. 1101780530
Dr Jared Jeyaretnam ⚛️🧪 @jaredjeya.github.io · 05/04/2026We were decorating hot cross buns today so I attempted to make a quantum physics one…I’ll have to work on my icing skills 😅 050
Dr Jared Jeyaretnam ⚛️🧪 @jaredjeya.github.io · 20/03/2026Watched the new Spiderman trailer, why is *this* the moment I’m excited by? 😅 (No, not Bruce Banner, what’s behind him!) 041
Reposted by Dr Jared Jeyaretnam ⚛️🧪Jack Bailey @jack-bailey.co.uk · 02/03/2026I know so many immensely talented people who are just not going to get jobs in academia. The number of post-docs and job openings is so much lower than just a few years ago. The conditions are brutal. 39417
Dr Jared Jeyaretnam ⚛️🧪 @jaredjeya.github.io · 27/02/2026Weirdest Disney On Ice show I’ve ever seen 020
Dr Jared Jeyaretnam ⚛️🧪 @jaredjeya.github.io · 24/12/2025It’s Christmas Eve, I’m on holiday in France, and somehow I’m getting emails from a journal chasing me up about whether I’m going to review a paper. They want me to reply within 3 days! Even their own offices are closed right now, according to their website… 040
Dr Jared Jeyaretnam ⚛️🧪 @jaredjeya.github.io · 24/11/2025Are they actually trying to destroy British universities??? 020
Reposted by Dr Jared Jeyaretnam ⚛️🧪Nadia Whittome MP @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social · 12/11/2025Solidarity with @uonucu.bsky.social members striking over the possible 200+ job cuts at the University of Nottingham, after 650 staff lost their jobs in the past two years. I also share their deep concerns about new plans to suspend 48 courses, including nursing, modern languages, and music. 2288
Reposted by Dr Jared Jeyaretnam ⚛️🧪Alessandra Quigley @alessandraquig.bsky.social · 09/11/2025She smiles and says “I will always love you”media.tenor.coma close up of a woman 's face and neckAlt: Dedra from Andor smiling 021
Reposted by Dr Jared Jeyaretnam ⚛️🧪Nicki Hitchcott @nickihitchcott.bsky.social · 08/11/2025Did @uniofnottingham.bsky.social consult any students before announcing the proposed course closures? @uonucu.bsky.social www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comUniversity of Nottingham students fight 'insane' cull of coursesTraitors composer Sam Watts is among those against plans to cut University of Nottingham courses. 0155
Reposted by Dr Jared Jeyaretnam ⚛️🧪University of Nottingham UCU branch @uonucu.bsky.social · 07/11/2025You know it's a pretty bad decision when the response from people is to create about 100 different petitions... Sign every one. Let's fight this by all means necessary. 088
Dr Jared Jeyaretnam ⚛️🧪 @jaredjeya.github.io · 07/11/2025Wake me up when this has been independently verified by an external research group! 130
Dr Jared Jeyaretnam ⚛️🧪 @jaredjeya.github.io · 07/11/2025Some petitions to sign to protest Nottingham’s cuts! #AcademicSky Save Modern Languages - c.org/D5v6qstzyW Save Agriculture - c.org/bgxhcKVHYkc.orgSign the PetitionStop the removal of Modern Languages courses at the University of Nottingham! 183
Reposted by Dr Jared Jeyaretnam ⚛️🧪Tony Padilla #JFT97 Don’t buy the S*n @proftonypadilla.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Mathematical Physics MSci at UoN earmarked for closure as mgmt start the cuts. As the custodians of Einstein’s famous blackboard, this is especially worrying. Will we still teach his greatest ideas in years to come? @uonucu.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk 1208
Reposted by Dr Jared Jeyaretnam ⚛️🧪University of Nottingham UCU branch @uonucu.bsky.social · 06/11/2025It's not just music and language courses- it's 48 courses across the university. But here's the thing- our UCU colleagues at other universities (like @Cardiffucu.bsky.social) have faced the exact same threats, fought back, and won. So we can too. 21715
Dr Jared Jeyaretnam ⚛️🧪 @jaredjeya.github.io · 06/11/2025I can't express how damaging this is, music and languages aren't just optional extras, they are at the core of what a university does: cultivate knowledge and culture in the next generation. And if they'll cut those, what's next? It's institutional self-destruction. www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comMusic and modern languages courses suspended at University of NottinghamIn a statement the institution also says it is "proposing to reduce its nursing offer". 1106
Dr Jared Jeyaretnam ⚛️🧪 @jaredjeya.github.io · 02/11/2025I’ve always thought the problem with quantum computers is that they don’t cost nearly enough money (ideally, at least a million dollars per kg!), and should experience heavy vibrations and crushing G-forces after being calibrated. ⚛️🧪 1325033
Reposted by Dr Jared Jeyaretnam ⚛️🧪Omar Rivasplata @omarrivasplata.bsky.social · 18/10/2025Reminder of the preferred approach when sharing arXiv preprint links 07618
Reposted by Dr Jared Jeyaretnam ⚛️🧪Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 03/10/2025As a theoretical cosmologist, I'm frequently asked "what is the benefit of the work you're doing for people's lives?" Nothing I work on makes money or cures disease. There are a few different answers one can give, at various levels of "convincing" / "actually relevant to why the work is done." 1/🧵 511046256
Reposted by Dr Jared Jeyaretnam ⚛️🧪Tony Padilla #JFT97 Don’t buy the S*n @proftonypadilla.bsky.social · 27/09/2025Dear students, unless UoN commits to rule out compulsory redundancies, I expect my Principles of Dynamics lectures to be affected by @uonucu.bsky.social industrial action next week. I was gonna tell you by email but the uni says we can’t. If you see this, pls let other students know 3112
Dr Jared Jeyaretnam ⚛️🧪 @jaredjeya.github.io · 26/09/2025Just finished the final day of the Nottingham Workshop on Quantum Non-Equilibrium Dynamics!! Lots of great talks, and great discussions too 😄 030
Reposted by Dr Jared Jeyaretnam ⚛️🧪University of Nottingham UCU branch @uonucu.bsky.social · 19/09/2025We have made it clear from the beginning: our industrial action ends as soon as the university agrees to no compulsory redundancies. This is a demand that the university takes on the responsibility and consequences of their poor financial decisions without putting it on us. 113
Reposted by Dr Jared Jeyaretnam ⚛️🧪University of Nottingham UCU branch @uonucu.bsky.social · 19/09/2025After hearing this news, UCU branch representatives reached out to the university again demanding that compulsory redundancies for our members be suspended. They declined to remove this threat. 111
Dr Jared Jeyaretnam ⚛️🧪 @jaredjeya.github.io · 20/09/2025It’s a really dire situation in UK academia. Here at Nottingham, we’re being told to expect 20% cuts across the board. All because the university mismanaged its money: spending millions on a new campus without a plan, that now has to be sold! And now they want £50m more for a new medical building. 130
Dr Jared Jeyaretnam ⚛️🧪 @jaredjeya.github.io · 19/09/2025Check out my brand new handle 😎 By the way, this was literally as easy as uploading a single text file to my website (and making it publicly available). A simple guide: lucacozzuto.medium.com/how-to-use-g...lucacozzuto.medium.comHow to use GitHub to be verified on BlueskyLike many scientists, I joined Buesky since X (former Twitter) is becoming a horrible place. Here you don’t need to pay the platform to be… 000
Reposted by Dr Jared Jeyaretnam ⚛️🧪University of Nottingham UCU branch @uonucu.bsky.social · 18/09/2025If you want to know more about our strike action, you can find it here: www.canva.com/design/DAGzC...canva.com 112
Reposted by Dr Jared Jeyaretnam ⚛️🧪University of Nottingham UCU branch @uonucu.bsky.social · 15/09/2025Strike action is ON!!! Next week will be the first of 4 weeks of striking from our members as we continue to say NO to the compulsory redundancies forced on us by the university for their poor financial choices. #StopTheCuts #SaveHE 34122
Dr Jared Jeyaretnam ⚛️🧪 @jaredjeya.github.io · 19/09/2025Good news. The Royal Society has disgraced itself by keeping one of the most evil people in the world among its ranks. (In case you need reminding, it's estimated his cuts to USAID had ALREADY killed hundreds of thousands of people by July, and will kill 14 million by 2030) 000
Dr Jared Jeyaretnam ⚛️🧪 @jaredjeya.github.io · 10/09/2025The British Isles, according to the New York Times. (I think some of my old colleagues from Leeds might have an aneurysm if they see this!) 230
Reposted by Dr Jared Jeyaretnam ⚛️🧪Dulwich Quantum Computing @dulwichquantum.bsky.social · 13/08/2025"My bold prediction? Scholar gets the axe within 5 years. Google will announce it with 12 months' notice, Bluesky will have a collective meltdown, universities will scramble for alternatives, and research workflows will be in chaos for years." 082