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The Henry Moseley Society Special Event

Date: 
9 Jun 2017 - 1:30pm to 11:00pm
Venue: 
Culham Science Centre
Room: 
Audience: 
Members of the Henry Moseley Society

The Henry Moseley Society Special Event

We are delighted to announce that we will be visiting JET at Culham on June 9th. for our Special Event.
Due to the nature of the experiment, we are restricted in the number of guests we can take (50 only), so we will book places on a first come, first served basis.

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6 April 2017

Congratulations Luke Ceurvorst

Congratulations to Luke Ceurvorst who recently won the best poster prize at the 44th IoP Plasma Physics Conference on channelling results from OMEGA EP.

4 April 2017

Congratulations Subir Sarkar!

Many congratulations to Subir Sarkar who has been awarded the IUPAP-TIFR Homi Bhabha Medal and Prize 2017.

This prize is awarded for distinguished contributions in high energy cosmic ray physics and astro-particle physics.

You can read more here

Isaac Physics Year 12 Problem Solving Event

Date: 
21 Jun 2017 - 9:30am to 1:00pm
Venue: 
Magdalen College School, Oxford
Audience: 
Schools (secondary)

The Ogden Trust Oxford Partnership have teamed up with Isaac Physics and the University of Oxford Physics Department to offer an exciting end of term experience which aims to stretch and challenge Year 12 Physics students. We aim to help students improve their problem solving skills within a scientific context, a key requirement for students who wish to study STEM subjects at university.

For more information contact: 

To register your interest please click here. If you have any further queries please email isaac.physics@physics.ox.ac.uk

57th Cherwell Simon Lecture 2017

Date: 
12 May 2017 - 4:30pm to 5:30pm
Venue: 
martinwood
Room: 
Martin Wood Lecture Theatre
Audience: 
General public (Age 14+)

Professor Dr Immanuel Bloch, Max-Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Garching & Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich will deliver the 57th Cherwell-Simon Lecture.

This is a free event and the general public are welcome. Registration not required. The lecture will be followed by a drinks reception.

Title: Controlling and Exploring Quantum Matter Using Ultracold Atoms in Optical Lattices

For more information contact: 

Ms Olivia Hawkes
Condensed Matter Physics, Clarendon Laboratory, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PU
T: (01865) 272225
olivia.hawkes@physics.ox.ac.uk

2017 Physics Leavers Reception

Date: 
19 May 2017 - 1:00pm to 3:30pm
Venue: 
martinwood
Room: 
Downstairs Foyer (registration)
Audience: 
Year 3 and Year 4 Physics Leavers Only

2017 Leavers Reception - 19 May

This is the opportunity for Year 3 and Year 4 Leavers to enjoy an informal lunch and have a group photo taken.

This event is free and for Physics leavers only.
Leavers would have received an email with the password to be able to book.

To book, please fill in the form and bring the confirmation with you on the day.

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The Sir Martin Wood Prize Lecture

Date: 
4 Jul 2017 - 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Venue: 
martinwood
Room: 
Martin Wood Lecture Theatre
Audience: 
General public (Age 14+)

The Sir Martin Wood Prize is awarded annually by the Millenium Science Forum to a young researcher from a Japanese University Research Institute who has performed outstanding research in the area of condensed matter science. The prize is named after Sir Martin Wood, Founder of Oxford Instruments. We are pleased to report that the 2016 prize-winner, Professor Akihito Ishizaki, from the Institute for Molecular Science Japan will deliver this year's lecture.

For more information contact: 

Ms Olivia Hawkes
Condensed Matter Physics, Clarendon Laboratory, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PU
olivia.hawkes@physics.ox.ac.uk
T: 01865 27222

APPEAL-8 - Misadventures Along the Path to Big Physics Discoveries

Date: 
8 Jul 2017 - 9:00am to 4:00pm
Venue: 
dwb
Audience: 
Teachers of physics

Stories of science are filled with eureka moments—from Archimedes’ bath to Newton’s apple—but the scientific method or procedure of discovery also includes false starts and mistakes that are essential to longer-term success. The scientific method is characterised by the systematic observation, measurement and experiment as well as the formulation, testing and modification of hypotheses – for which critical analysis and thinking form a central part of the process.

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To sign up for the event, please register your details here: https://www2.physics.ox.ac.uk/my-forms/appeal-8-registration

Please email schools.liaison@physics.ox.ac.uk if you have any questions.

Timetable information will be updated here and we will send a finalised copy in the lead up to the event: https://indico.cern.ch/event/613680/page/9634-home

9 March 2017

Centre for Applied Superconductivity open for business

For an idea in physics to have real-world impact, you need an unbroken chain stretching from physics, through materials discovery and development, and right along to industry. Joining up these disparate areas in the field of superconductor research is the aim of a new Centre for Applied Superconductivity (CfAS), a collaborative effort between local industrial companies and Oxford University’s Departments of Materials and Physics.

BPhO lecture: I WANT TO BELIEVE: AN ASTRONOMER’S SEARCH FOR ALIENS

Date: 
27 Apr 2017 - 3:00pm
Venue: 
The Royal Society: 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AG
Audience: 
Schools (secondary)

We are pleased to invite BPhO schools to attend our first open lecture at the Royal Society. Schools may bring up to 10 students from Year 10-12.

FULLY BOOKED!

Talk details

I WANT TO BELIEVE: AN ASTRONOMER’S SEARCH FOR ALIENS

For more information contact: 

Please contact schools.liaison@physics.ox.ac.uk if you have any questions about the event.

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