Blog of the Isotopes

All about nuclear physics - research, news and comment. The author is Prof Paul Stevenson - a researcher in nuclear physics in the UK. Sometimes the posts are a little tangential to nuclear physics.

Thursday, 18 December 2014

REF for Surrey Physics

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As everyone in the UK University world is aware, today is the day that the results of the REF – the "Research Excellence Framework...

Wednesday, 10 December 2014

MPhys student placement prize

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At Surrey, we send our MPhys students away for a year of their studies to perform a research project at an external institution. This i...

Monday, 1 December 2014

Gruesome extracurricular activities

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In the past I've reported on some of the successes of Surrey physics students in their academic endeavours. This time it's th...

Wednesday, 5 November 2014

Clashing events

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I received an email from the Institute of Physics Nuclear Industry Group about an interesting talk they are organising on 20th November ...

Sunday, 2 November 2014

Crossword prize!

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On most weekends I attempt to buy the newspaper (The Independent, or Independent on Sunday) and then attempt to read some of it, and do t...

Friday, 24 October 2014

Visiting Oak Ridge

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My last post was about a visit to UMass, Lowell, to see a student on placement as part of the MPhys research year as a University of Sur...

Wednesday, 22 October 2014

Visiting Lowell

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One of the things that makes our MPhys programmes at Surrey different to other places, is that our students spend a year away from their...

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