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Industrial Placement Student Jack West is a University of Bath Natural Sciences student who will complete his industrial placement year in 2020 with the Displays and Embedded Systems group at SLE.  Jack says “After completing 3 months of my placement, I have learnt a lot of new skills, new physics and have experienced real-world research and development. I apply the scientific principles I’ve learnt at university and have a lot of say in how I approach my project. The role has a lot more independence than I was expecting from a placement position, but my colleagues are always happy to help if I have any questions or need a hand with anything and always encourage me to try out my ideas. It’s exciting to be working on experiments that may actually contribute to the development of new consumer products, such as smartphones, tablets and laptops. The social side of SLE is also very enjoyable as my colleagues are very friendly. SLE runs many social clubs during lunch times such as Japan

Witch job will you choose? The end of October has arrived which means Halloween is upon us! Your time is almost up, we have DEADlines from employers such as  BMW ,  MBDA ,  Tesco  and  Jacobs . These jobs won't survive the night... Make sure you apply before the clock strikes midnight. Don't be frightened.  Apply  if you dare!

This Wednesday sees the visit of  Gradcracker , who will be updating us on their recent interactions with a wide range of employers and sharing their insights into recruitment procedures. We will also learn exactly what they are expecting from applicants and how to make the most of the application process, interviews, assessment centres and other selection activities.    They will answer these frequently asked questions, and more: What do employers really look for in a candidate? What do they like? What don't they like? How should I manage my way through their application process? How should I behave at an interview or during an assessment centre? What jobs and placements are available for me as a physics graduate? What employers do you work with?   So ....... Come along and get a piece of pizza and learn all about the new Gradcracker Career Centre Collect a copy of the Gradcracker Toolkit 2019/20 Interact with Gradcracker speakers after the event Ask any burnin

At this presentation, you’ll hear first-hand from Teach First how you can unlock your talents while unlocking the potential of the next generation. 5.30 - 7.30 pm in Diamond Workroom 1

Scott Vinay, PhD Data Scientist, says: I've started a blog as a place to collect various ideas I have around stats, physics, and machine learning that don't warrant writing a full paper. My first post here is about how we can use ideas from information theory to improve recommended systems so we don't unfairly bias against good reviewers. https://statscott.wordpress.com/2019/10/08/boosting-the-reliability-of-your-rating-system-using-bayesian-entropy/

You don’t have to be passive in your networking. People are usually interested in what other people have to say and the more people you engage with, the more you get to talk about what you’re up to, what your goals are, what your hopes and ambitions are for 2020. Along that journey, you’re almost certainly going to meet someone who can give you a helping hand.  http://zoe-hawkins.com/networking/

How do you choose?  Can I have both? Read  this inspiring article   by Chloe Garland that may help you to decide. Chloë Garland is the founder of   Quarter-Life   and an early careers life coach, helping graduates and young adults work out what they really want and how to get there.

Here are the details of the next IOP public lecture in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Sheffield. Technology has always been used to improve performance in sport. But does it really work? And if it does, when does it become cheating? In this presentation, Steve Haake will take a look at the long history of sports technology, going back to the ancient Greeks and fast forwarding through history to the present day. He will ultimately ask, if sport was to last as long as the Ancient Greek Olympic Games, it would still be taking place in 3036. What will sport look like then? And what will be consider to be cheating? Steve Haake studied Physics at Leeds University before gaining a PhD from Aston University and becoming a lecturer in Mechanical Engineering at Sheffield University. While there, he established sports engineering as a worldwide discipline, going on to lead the largest academic research centre of its kind in the world, now based at Sheffield

Contract Type: Fixed Term (Open Ended Fixed Funding for 36 months) Do you want to work for an Institute which is leading in clinical trials research that impacts clinical practice? Do you want to be part of a successful, highly talented, and multi-disciplinary team? Are you an enthusiastic, driven postgraduate with a major statistical qualification? The Clinical Trials Research Unit (CTRU) is an international leader in the field of clinical trials. The Unit is one of the largest in the UK and conducts national and international randomised and early phase clinical trials in a variety of clinical fields. Our main aim is to support the challenge of changing clinical practice for the better and our past results and current work have already helped to do this. Our results inform the academic development of this specialised field of clinical research on a national and international level. Particularly, we specialise in complex phase III platform trials, efficient phase I/II trials . We w