If I hadn’t failed my exams, I wouldn’t be a professor of physics
August 17, 2017
It’s that day of the year again — A-level results are released. The very best of luck to all students finding out their grades as I’m writing this. I’m admissions tutor for the School of Physics & Astronomy here at Nottingham and I’ve already received a number of calls from students this morning. It breaks …
What’s so great about Nottingham anyway?
June 29, 2017
It’s that time of year again. The School of Physics & Astronomy (indeed, the entire University of Nottingham) is going to open up about just what makes us tick. We’ve invited prospective applicants for our courses (and their nearest and dearest) to our open days — the first of which is happening tomorrow — so …
TEF Gold
June 22, 2017
Guest post by Prof Michael Merrifield, Head of the School of Physics and Astronomy The publication of the first “Teaching Excellence Framework” (TEF) results provides a new source of information both for staff at universities to think about changes they might make to the way they teach, and for prospective students to compare places …
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