Public Outreach
7 October 2020
Promoting physics: outreach in lockdown
Physics can be a hard sell. Just like its stablemate, maths, people can be quick to write it off as not for them – but yet is everything and everywhere. It’s fascinating. It’s life and the universe. And, yes, it is also quite hard. Faced with such an uphill battle, how does the Department of Physics outreach team ‘reach out’ to school children and community groups to convince them otherwise? To encourage different voices into the field? What does the team do to achieve its objectives of increasing diversity in STEM for school children and increasing access for disadvantaged students?
Gravity's role in the story of our universe by Dr Katy Clough
The IOP and Oxford University are pleased to present Gravity's Role in the Story of our Universe by Dr Katy Clough.
The event will be an online webinar held via the Zoom platform. Please register here and the joining link will be sent shortly before the talk.
IOP Oxford: Optics for Fusion by Dr Alexandru Boboc
This is an online webinar that will be held on the Zoom platform. Log-in to the livestream from 18:45. The talk starts at 19:00.
Registration prior to the event is essential. Please register via Eventbrite:
Physics Open Days 2020
Open Days 2020 - Physics Open Days
Open Days - Wednesday 1st and Thursday 2nd July 2020
As a result of developments with coronavirus (Covid-19), and in line with Government guidance on social distancing, outreach events are not taking place as planned. This includes our July University-wide Open Days which will now run as virtual open days.
The Quantum Information Society invites you to a Q&A Session with Scott Aaronson
The Quantum Information Society invites you to a Q&A Session With Scott Aaronson
We extend the invitation from Aleksei Malyshev, the president of the Quantum Information Society (University of Oxford)
Perspectives on high-energy-density science and inertial confinement fusion
SPECIAL LECTURE
Marking 80 years of the Frisch-Peierls Memorandum
Brebis Bleaney memorial lecture - POSTPONED
We are sorry to announce that due to the coronavirus outbreak we have decided to postpone this lecture. Apologies.
Bleaney's nuclear lambs and electronic wolves
Professor John Gregg, Department of Physics, University of Oxford
This annual lecture commemorating Professor Brebis Bleaney (1915-2006) was endowed by Bleaney's pupil Professor Michael Baker (1930-2017)
Online: IoP Oxford presents Dr Nick Walkden: MAST Upgrade: Introducing the UK's newest fusion device
We are pleased to be able to offer this talk, streamed live via Zoom.
The Institute of Physics and Oxford University are pleased to present Dr Nick Walkden, a plasma physicist at the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy in South Oxfordshire, specialising in Scrape-off Layer Turbulence.
31 January 2020
Stargazing 2020
Ever wondered how you can measure the speed of light with marshmallows or wanted to find out more about the largest telescope on Earth? The Department of Physics opened its doors for its annual Stargazing event on Saturday 25 January and welcomed some 1,209 keen and curious visitors of all ages.
IoP Oxford presents Dr Felix Flicker: Magnetic Monopoles in Spin Ice
The IOP and Oxford University are pleased to present Dr Felix Flicker. Felix is the Astor Junior Research Fellow of New College, Oxford. His work in theoretical physics concerns the application of geometry and topology to quantum materials.
Join us on an expedition to find the north pole! The last century saw teams of explorers from around the world brave the ices in attempts to reach the north and south poles. These days we are again working to discover the poles -- but this time, the task is to isolate the individual poles of a magnet.
