My first conference ever: personal experiences and what I’ve learned
November 30, 2018
Guest post by Jo Melton, fourth year MSci Physics undergraduate and aspiring science communicator who has previously played a big role in our social media team. With the end of my masters course looming, I realised I couldn’t put off the dreaded job search any longer. Throughout my degree I’ve not really given what I’d …
Student research: Teaching neural networks to identify gravitational lenses
March 5, 2018
The major research project in the fourth year of our MSci degree is a chance for students to get hands-on experience in the frontline physics research our academic staff are working on, i.e. where we don’t know what the answer is going to be when we start! Some projects lead to valuable advances in the …
Punctuation; is Not. an, Option.
September 29, 2017
I put the video together below a few years ago to provide some hints and tips on lab report writing. It was initially targeted at a 1st year audience but students in higher years said that they also found it useful. In addition, a number of students have asked me why the video had seemingly …