Editing Royal Institution (section)

===Director Greenfield firing===
From 1998 to 8 January 2010, the director of the Royal Institution was [[Susan Greenfield|Baroness Susan Greenfield]], but following a review,<ref>{{cite news |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8402701.stm |title= Science body confirms review |access-date=9 January 2010 |work= BBC News |date=8 December 2009}}</ref> the position was abolished for being "no longer affordable".<ref name="telegraph"/> The Royal Institution had found itself in a financial crisis following a £22 million development programme led by Greenfield, which included refurbishment of the institution's main Albemarle Street building, and the addition of a restaurant and bar with an aim to turn the venue into a "[[Groucho club]] for science". The project ended £3 million in debt.<ref name="telegraph"/><ref>{{cite news |author1=McKie, Robin |author2=Syal, Rajeev |url= https://www.theguardian.com/science/2010/jan/10/greenfield-redundancy-royal-institution |title=Top scientist Susan Greenfield told to quit her job – and her flat |work=The Observer |location= London |date=10 January 2010 |access-date=28 April 2014}}</ref>

Greenfield subsequently announced that she would be suing for discrimination.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8449718.stm |title=Royal Institution former chief suing for discrimination |access-date=9 January 2010 |work=BBC News |date=9 January 2010}}</ref>
The RI's official statement stated it would "continue to deliver its main charitable objectives under the direction of chief executive officer, Chris Rofe and a talented senior team including Professor Quentin Pankhurst, the Director of the Davy-Faraday Research Laboratory, [[Gail Cardew|Dr Gail Cardew]], the Head of Programmes and Professor Frank James, Head of Collections and Heritage."<ref>[http://www.rigb.org/contentControl?action=displayContent&id=00000003906 Press Statement — Baroness Greenfield and the role of Director at the Royal Institution] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100210094816/http://www.rigb.org/contentControl?action=displayContent&id=00000003906 |date=10 February 2010 }}, Royal Institution, UK, 8 January 2010.</ref> Baroness Greenfield later dropped the discrimination case.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/governance/news/content/6560/baroness_greenfield_drops_sex_discrimination_case_against_the_royal_institution |title=Baroness Greenfield drops legal action against the Royal Institution |publisher=Civilsociety.co.uk |access-date=28 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303225535/http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/governance/news/content/6560/baroness_greenfield_drops_sex_discrimination_case_against_the_royal_institution |url-status=dead |archive-date=2016-03-03}}</ref>