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Oxford Symposium on Quantum Materials 2015
An annual interdisciplinary forum to bring together physicists, chemists, materials scientists and theoreticians in and around Oxford to advance the science and promote direct collaboration between groups interested in novel quantum materials and phenomena.
DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION: 17 APRIL 2015
Organized by the Quantum Materials group in the Physics Department.
Please contact Amalia I. Coldea and Paolo G. Radaelli for further information.
To register please use the link to the website below.
11 July 2013
STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellowships 2013
The Science and Technology Facilities Council have announced the 2013 round of Ernest Rutherford Fellowships. These are prestigious 5 year fellowships which may be held in science areas supported by STFC; principally particle physics, astrophysics, planetary physics and accelerator physics. If you are interested in applying for one of these fellowships to be held in the Oxford Physics Department please see http://www2.physics.ox.ac.uk/about-us/fellowship-opportunities for further information.
9 June 2013
Student Richard Passmore wins scholarship from UK Space Agency and ESA
Richard Passmore, a current student within Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics at The University of Oxford, has won a prestigious scholarship to attend summer camp at the International Space University (ISU) Space Studies Program (SSP13).
Physics Event during the Oxford European Alumni Reunion - Madrid, Spain.
Oxford European Reunion
April 26-28
This year the European Reunion will take place in Madrid, Spain.
The Department of Physics is taking part for the first time and has organised complimentary events to the core programme:
Guided Tour of the Royal Observatory
Drinks reception and Canapés
Short lectures
Inaugural Lecture - 'Turning in the Widening Gyre: Accretion Processes in the Universe'
delivered by
Professor Steven Balbus
Savilian Professor of Astronomy
21 February 2013
Stargazing podcast series available now
Have you had a look at 'What's Hot' on the front page of iTunesU? You would have seen that the Stargazing podcast series is listed there.
For a complete list of free podcasts, check here.
8 February 2013
The Steve Rawlings Memorial Fund
Message from Roger Davies, Philip Wetton Professor of Astrophysics, University of Oxford
Dear all,
The 11th January this year marked the first anniversary of Steve Rawlings’ death. It has been a very difficult twelve months – Steve was a much loved colleague and is greatly missed as both a person and a phenomenal astrophysicist.
4 February 2013
New Blogs section
A new section available
A new section with blogs has been made available, and a few new blogs have been started already: Astro, Funding news, OSMOSIS Research Cruise and Alumni are already up.
To visit, go to the top menu at the home page -> MORE -> BLOGS
21 December 2012
Climateprediction.net shortlisted at the Guardian University Awards
The project was one of three shortlisted in the category "Outstanding Research Impact" for the 2013 Guardian University Awards. Climateprediction.net, using volunteer computing to run climate simulations, is one of the world's longest-running public-participation scientific research projects with a number of high-profile research outputs over the past decade, including featuring on the covers of both Nature and Science."
