Physics Department News
Research on a new type of exotic binary star, in which a rapidly-spinning white dwarf sweeps powerful beams of particles and radiation over its nearby companion star, causing it to pulse across almost the entire electromagnetic spectrum from the ultraviolet to radio, is published in the journal .
With the aim of encouraging women to work in science, the EPSRC-funded beamline XMaS at the ESRF run a project every year taking female Physics students, aged 16–17 years, to Grenoble to visit the facilities.
On 4th-7th July 16 girls visited the ESRF and participated in the Synchrotron@school programme...
We are very pleased to congratulate Greg Brown for winning the WATE PGR, and Tobias Eriksson and Rachel Procter for being commendees.
Winners receive £500 that can be used to further develop their pedagogic practises...
We are pleased to announce that our Juno Champion status has been successfully renewed by the Institute of Physics. The award is in recognition for the department's efforts to promote gender equality amongst both staff and students, and for good working practices.