A CAMPAIGN has been launched to save a scientific research centre on the island of Cumbrae, which is set to close next year with the loss of 30 jobs.
London University told staff at the University Marine Biology Centre Station in Millport that the long-established facility would be shut down in 2013.
Thousands of students have been stationed at Millport while on field trips, with its closure ending more than 125 years of history that began when marine biologist Sir John Murray set up a floating laboratory at Port Loy in a disused barge.
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