Welcome to the Physics Community!
During these unprecedented times, the School of Physics and Astronomy are exploring new ways to bring our staff and students together as a family. The launch of the 2020-21 academic year will see great changes to the manner in which we interact as a community. The buzz of the lecture theatres, the chatter of the […]
An Interview with DiscoverPhDs
Leicester physicist interviewed by DiscoverPhDs to help future PhD students, written by Harneet Sangha. One of our final year PhD students, Harneet Sangha, was recently interviewed by online platform DiscoverPhDs. DiscoverPhDs work to help prospective students find the right projects, supervisor and university for the next stage of their lives. With an extensive database of […]
Shutdown STEM and Academia
Leicester physicists organise an informative workshop day for postgraduate researchers about the Black Lives Matter movement. Last month, five PhD students in the School of Physics and Astronomy hosted an informative workshop day for their fellow PGRs about the Black Lives Matter movement. Harneet Sangha, Rosanna Tilbrook, Manika Sidhu, Aneesah Kamran and Emily Baldwin organised […]
Fellowship Opportunities in Leicester Physics and Astronomy
The School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Leicester welcomes applicants for the STFC Ernest Rutherford and Royal Society University Research Fellowship schemes. We welcome enquires from internal and external candidates to join our research team in the School of Physics and Astronomy in 2020! STFC Ernest Rutherford STFC apply a quota system […]
The UK Space Sector, COVID-19 and The Midlands
Professor Martin Barstow discussed the latest developments for Space Park Leicester, in this blog post reprinted from Midlands Innovation. The UK Space Sector The Space sector is an important contributor to the UK Economy, delivering approximately £15billion per annum coupled to a strong rate of growth. Its importance is recognised by the UK Government, as […]
Leicester’s Virtual Community during Lockdown
Leicester’s physics PGR cohort attend virtual social events As social distancing becomes a fixed feature in our lives, maintaining social connections virtually becomes more vital than ever. This has been a high priority for the Physics PGR Reps Manika Sidhu, Harneet Sangha and Naomi Rowe-Gurney. In an effort to maintain and expand the social relationships […]
The “Wall of Women” visits the School of Physics
The School of Physics celebrates International Women’s Day International Women’s Day is a day on which the social, cultural, political and economic achievements of women around the world are celebrated. As part of the week long celebrations that took place across our campus, the ‘Leicester Wall of Women’ was sent around the university. Anyone, staff […]
Announcing the 2019 Yearbook
The last twelve months have been an incredibly busy period for the School of Physics and Astronomy, and we have been collecting all our stories and achievements together into an online news blog. Just before Christmas, the Leicester Physics News Team (LPNT) collated this into our first ever Yearbook. When we pull everything together in this […]
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