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 …
Student Research: Summer internship at Diamond Light Source
July 24, 2017
A guest post from 3rd-year undergraduate Chloe Gowling, who won a prestigious paid summer internship at the Diamond Light Source at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire. (For a glimpse into the inner workings of this vast facility, see Prof Moriarty’s video tour “Anatomy of a Physics Experiment” on Sixty Symbols.) This …
Can you read my mind? New advances in brain imaging
July 20, 2017
The School of Physics and Astronomy has led the way in medical imaging, thanks to the scientific legacy of the late Sir Peter Mansfield. Sir Peter won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2004 for the development of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). Recently, Dr. Matt Brookes and Prof Richard Bowtell from the Sir Peter Mansfield …
Student Research: Crystal Clear Clusters
July 5, 2017
Straight into the deep end! That’s what happened to undergraduate student Shaun Brown. Just a week after finishing his third year, he’s started a summer project working with Alfonso Aragon-Salamanca and me in the astronomy group. And just days after starting his summer project, he joined a group of Nottingham astronomers at the “Crystal Clear Clusters” …
Building on a solid foundation
June 29, 2017
The video below is a fantastic insight into the tenacious mindset that’s required to be a physicist. For anyone interested in studying physics (at any level), it’s a must-see. It was uploaded a few days ago by Hannah Coleman, who has recently (very) successfully completed a Foundation Year here at Nottingham and will be joining …
Student research: discover one student’s project on the forensic analysis of footwear
June 2, 2017
Hands-on student research is an important part of all our degree courses. Whether you want to ponder the equations behind of string theory or learn to operate sophisticated experimental equipment, the third- and fourth-year research projects give you a chance to get in-depth experience in the area of physics that interests you most. For those …
Studying abroad: Kate and Chris in Brazil
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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