Surrey Physics Blog

By Professor Jeremy Allam, University of Surrey You might have seen yesterday’s announcement of the 2018 Nobel Prize for Physics. Here’s my attempt to explain the work of two of the recipients, with a bit more detail than most of the press releases – but hopefully not too much physics jargon. Why were Donna Strickland […]

Our MPhys students in the Physics Department at Surrey all go off for a year–long research placement as part of their undergraduate master’s programme.  They join research groups and get actively involved in the ongoing research projects.  It is very much not an experience of “this is what research is like” but rather “this is research – […]

Today saw our annual MPhys Symposium, in which the students who were away from us for their year-long research placement give a presentation on their work and experiences.  As ever, the talks were all of a really high standard.  Better than many that I see when I go to research conferences.  Our students did us, […]

  Sorry for the slightly poor photo attached to this post.  I’ll explain why it’s the way it is shortly.  So, last night saw one of the regular evening lectures, open to the public, organised here at Surrey on behalf of the Institute of Physics South Central Branch. The speaker was Dr Clare Burrage from […]

Yesterday I did something I’ve only done a handful of times before – I watched my PhD student undergo his viva voce examination.  For him it’s the culmination of nearly three years of work, and is part of the slightly curious system by which PhDs are awarded.  He spent his three years working with me and […]