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13 February 2013
Colourful ‘solar glass’ means entire buildings can generate clean power
Cleantech investment specialists MTI Partners has announced the completion of a £2 million investment round in Oxford Photovoltaics Limited (OPV), an Oxford University spin-out Materials/Cleantech company commercializing solid-state dye sensitized solar cells for the Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) sector.
Oxford Climate Research Network Day
On Tuesday 26 February at 2pm in the Sheldonian there will be an open afternoon to showcase the diversity of climate research in Oxford, and give a flavour of the opportunities for research and collaboration across departments. Open to all, including undergraduates thinking about climate research; graduates, post-docs and faculty, to learn about what is going on in other departments; and interested members of the public. This event is organised by the Oxford Climate Research Network (http://www.climate.ox.ac.uk).
Vasile Ersek, ersek@atm.ox.ac.uk
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
14 January 2013
ARTHUR H COOKE MEMORIAL PRIZE 2012
Condensed Matter Physics is delighted to announce that Anne Plochowietz, first year research student, has been awarded the Arthur H Cooke Memorial Prize 2012 for distinguished work by a first year research student.
Well done, Anne!
Hamburg/Paris/Oxford Workshop on Astroparticle Physics with Multiple Messengers
This is the third in a series of workshops on astro-particle physics with multiple messengers and the first to take place in Oxford.
It includes a series of lectures on the topic at the post-graduate level given by members of the collaboration. These lectures are open to all interested.
Presentations of their current research will also be given by PhD students of the collaboration. These, however take place behind closed doors.
The programme is listed below:
Julien Devriendt (jeg@astro.ox.ac.uk)
16 October 2012
DAVID RYAN PRIZE 2012
Condensed Matter Physics is delighted to announce that Miss Katherine Dunn, second year postgraduate student, has been awarded the David Ryan Prize 2012 for the best research presentation by a postgraduate student in their second year at the annual poster session.
Well done, Katherine!
18 September 2012
Nicholas Kurti Prize 2012
Condensed Matter Physics is delighted to announce that Mr Chaw Keong Yong, third year postgraduate student, has been awarded the Nicholas Kurti Prize 2012 for the best presentation and distinguished work by a third year postgraduate student.
28 August 2012
Department of Physics awarded Athena Swan Bronze Award
The Department of Physics has been granted an Athena Swan Bronze Award.
For further details, please see the full Story at www2.physics.ox.ac.uk/athena-swan.
The beliefs underpinning the Athena Swan Charter are:
Information Day - Friday 14th September 2012
Information Day - Friday 14th September 2012
A smaller open day, with tutors available to answer course-specific questions and course literature available for collection but no sample lectures or activities.
There will be an enquiry desk in the Martin Wood Complex from 10.00am to 4.00pm. For directions, please see the Oxford Physics Map
Some other Departments and Colleges will also be open on this day, some of which you do need to book to attend. For more information please see www.admissions.ox.ac.uk/opendays
31 July 2012
Physics newsletter 2012 now available
Summer 2012
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.
