Students
Open Day of Oxford DTP in Environmental Research
Open Day of the Oxford Doctoral Training Partnership in Environmental Research
The Department of Physics is one of the core departments of the Oxford DTP in Environmental Research, offering a novel training environment across three broad science streams, including a Physical Climate Science stream of high relevance for Physics undergraduates considering graduate research in Climate Physics.
5 November 2013
The Oxford Doctoral Training Partnership in Environmental Research
The Minister for Universities and Science, David Willetts, yesterday announced that the University of Oxford was one of 15 Universities to be awarded part of £100m of new NERC investment in Doctoral Training Partnerships (DTPs).
The Department of Physics is one of the core departments of the Oxford DTP in Environmental Research, offering a novel training environment across three broad science streams, including a Physical Climate Science stream of high relevance for Physics undergraduates considering graduate research in Climate Physics.
The Hintze Lecture Series - 'The role of black holes in galaxy evolution'
The Hintze Lecture Series
Professor Christopher Reynolds, Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland
‘The role of black holes in galaxy evolution’
Tuesday 22nd October 2013 at 5pm
Physics Christmas Carols 2013
The Physics Department Carol Service will be held this year on Friday 20th December at 4:00 pm in the University Church of St Mary the Virgin followed by wine and mince pies in the Church.
'Space lab: Inspiring the next generation of scientists'
Special lecture by Zahaan Bharmal - Google
Introductions by Dr Chris Lintott (Zooniverse/Astrophysics Oxford)
It is advisable that you book for this free event. Please follow this link or contact the Alumni Office.
Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis
The Oxford Climate Research Network and Oxford Martin Programme on Resource Stewardship present a series of talks for students, staff and members of the public, and an opportunity to ask questions, about the latest Assessment of Working Group 1 of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) with contributions from members of the the Department of Physics.
18 September 2013
Oxford students lead first complete supersymmetry searches at ATLAS
University of Oxford graduate students have led the first two papers for Supersymmetry using the full data-set from the ATLAS experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider.
29 August 2013
Physics newsletter 2013
Summer 2013
Our latest Department newsletter is now available to download in PDF format here. Have a look at 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.
16 July 2013
James Binney awarded the 2013 Medal of the Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris
Professor James Binney, Head of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, has been awarded the medal of the Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris. Professor Binney received the medal at the end of June from Professor Laurent Vigroux, Director of the IAP, at a ceremony in the 17th century Observatoire de Paris.
http://www.iap.fr/actualites/avoir/2013/Juillet/JamesBinney_IAP-Medal-Aw...
Astronomy in 2033: What we will (and won’t) know about the Universe
Dr. Chris J. Lintott
Researcher and Citizen Science Project Lead, University of Oxford
Astronomy is undergoing a quiet revolution - new telescopes and new techniques being built and developed right now will change our view of the Universe for good. In this lecture, Sky at Night presenter Chris Lintott will peer into the future and predict what we will - and won't - know in twenty years' time.
