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Application submitted for Athena Swan Silver Award

Physics has long been a male-dominated subject. To fulfil the department's scientific mission, it is vital that we use the full potential of the population and redress that imbalance. Since 2010, the department has been developing a portfolio of new and existing actions to improve the employment conditions and practice for all staff and students. Good practice benefits everyone, but disproportionately benefits women. These actions, and the critical assessment that led to them, are described in our application for an Athena Swan Silver Award.

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Dr Sam Vinko winner of the 2012 IOP Culham Thesis Prize

The prize is awarded annually to the candidate who has displayed excellence in the execution of the scientific method as witnessed by the award of Doctor of Philosophy in Plasma science from a UK or Irish university. The thesis content should exhibit significant new work and originality, clearly driven by the nominee, be well explained and demonstrate a good understanding of the subject. The prize consists of £500 in cash plus an expenses paid trip to the annual IOP plasma physics conference, where the recipient will be asked to give an invited talk.

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Oxford physicist reaches final of FameLab UK

Oxford Physics researcher Andrew Steele will be competing in the UK final of FameLab on Wednesday evening.

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Physics Department annual newsletter now available

Oxford Physics has produced the first edition of an annual newsletter, aiming to describe the wide range of work that we do in front-line research, teaching, public outreach and school education. We would welcome contributions to future newsletters from undergraduate or postgraduate alumni and previous members of the physics department. Please contact the editor at newsletter [at] physics [dot] ox [dot] ac [dot] uk

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Green light for Clarendon 2 building!

We are very pleased to announce that the Oxford City Council Planning Committee has granted planning permission for the Clarendon Laboratory 2 (CL2) building with a unanimous vote, subject to ratification by the full Council.

The Councillors recognised that this project represents a crucial element in Oxford Physics' plan to upgrade its accommodations and bring its experimental facilities to 21st century standards.

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