Joel captures Mars on closest approach
November 9, 2020
Amazing footage of the rotation of Mars captured by astronomy PhD student Joel Miller and featured on BBC News. Joel (MSci Physics with Astronomy, 2017) has previously featured in this blog for more sporting reasons, but has been finding other ways to keep busy during lockdown by returning to a love of astrophotography. Catching Frisbees …
Physics and Music
July 29, 2020
One of the great benefits of studying at university is realising how so many subjects are interconnected in sometimes surprising ways. Many of our staff and students are interested in exploring e.g. connections between physics and music, or between physics and art. Our physics undergraduates can take up to 10 credits per semester outside the …
A different sort of graduation: #WeAreUon
July 24, 2020
Normally graduation is a much anticipated day in the academic calendar: nibbles, speeches, and photos with students and friends at the Physics reception, followed by pageantry and funny hats at the official ceremony. It’s a chance to celebrate and acknowledge achievement, and it’s also a chance to say goodbye. Of course nothing is ‘normal’ at …
Alumni profile: Abigail Seager, BBC Systems Engineer
November 10, 2019
Featured alumnus: Abigail Seager, MSci Physics (2014) was interviewed earlier this year by WISE, the campaign for greater gender balance in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths) about her career as a Systems Engineer at the BBC. Abigail Seager
Nottingham Physics Graduation 2019
July 18, 2019
A huge congratulations to all of our 2019 graduates who celebrated yesterday under beautiful sunny Nottingham skies. You should be very proud of the end result of your years of hard work. We wish you all happiness and fulfilment in your future plans! Nottingham Physics Graduating Prizewinners, 2019 Salmon Prize (Highest Achieving MSci Graduands): …
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 …
Summer Research: Systems Engineer at BAE Systems
August 31, 2017
An interview with undergraduate Jake Lester, who has been working on a summer internship at BAE Systems. Jake will be shortly returning to Nottingham for his fourth and final year of the MSci programme and will also serve as president of PhysSoc. This is the second post in a continuing series focusing on how our students are …
A New Mindset — Guest post by Andrew Coe
August 4, 2017
I was delighted when Physics World, for the third year running, published a coursework article written for the Politics, Perception, and Philosophy of Physics (PPP) module. In the guest post below, Andrew Coe, the author of this year’s Physics World PPP article, discusses his motivations for writing the piece and why publishing in Physics World was especially …
Studying abroad: Kate and Chris in Brazil
June 2, 2017
If you’re interested in studying abroad during your undergraduate study at the University of Nottingham, there are a number of options available. One particularly exciting opportunity offered each year is for a number of students in the fourth year of our MSci Physics programs to conduct the research for their major research projects under the …
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