Information for Postgraduates in the Physics Department

Information for Postgraduates in the Physics Department

Liverpool Research groups:

Condensed Matter

High Energy Physics

Nuclear Physics

Science Communication Unit

Surface Science

Interested in applying to work with us?

Look at applying to do a Ph.D in physics at Liverpool.

Safety

Safety in the Department of Physics

Liverpool University Policy on Health and Safety at Work.

Health

Questions you want answers to? Try looking at Student Health.

Need health insurance while abroad? See Susan Ketels's (DESY) document on the forms you need and how to get them.

Current Ph.D. Students

Names and e-mail addresses

Student-Staff Committee Representatives and Information on Meetings

Condensed Matter: Simon Lee (simon@cmp.liv.ac.uk) and John Bland (j.bland@cmp.liv.ac.uk)

High Energy Physics: Martin Turner (martin@hep.ph.liv.ac.uk) Victoria Wright (vaw@hep.ph.liv.ac.uk)

Nuclear Stucture: Cath Scholey (cs@ns.ph.liv.ac.uk) and Aled Evans (aoe@ns.ph.liv.ac.uk)

Science Communication: Mary Clinton (mec@liv.ac.uk) and Liz Hind (E.C.Hind@liv.ac.uk)

Surface Science: Erik Cox (cox@ssci.liv.ac.uk) and Nicholas Blanchard (nickb@liv.ac.uk)

Meeting on 12/12/00: agenda; minutes.

Postgraduate and other Handbooks

Here is the web version of the Physic's Department's Postgraduate Handbook. It is also available as a pdf file.

The University's Handbook for PG Research Students and their Supervisors contains useful information on the procedures and practices of the University.

A complete account of these procedures and practices can be found in the University's Academic Handbook.

More information on the University's Post Grad "Transferable Skills" courses (including how you can be exempted from some of them) can be found in the Research Training Manual.

Graduate Schools

The Research Councils Graduate School Home Page tells you about the courses EPSRC and PPARC students can attend in their second or third years.

Programme for 2001/2002

0 Monday 17th September 14:00 Chadwick, Small Lect. Theatre Start of Demonstrator training
0 Thursday 27th September 10:00 Chadwick, Large Lect. Theatre First lecture on Object Orientated Programming
0 Thursday 27th September 14:00 Oliver Lodge Lab, room 337 Introduction to Liverpool HEP Experiments
0 Friday 28th September 10:00 Senate Room, Senate House Safety for Research Students
0 Monday 1st October 10:00 Oliver Lodge Lab, room 337 First lecture on Quantum Mechanics
0 Wednesday 3rd October 12:30 Oliver Lodge Lab, tea room Lunch for postgrads and research staff
0 Thursday 4th October 17:30 Stanley Theatre, Guild of Students Wine reception for new postgraduates

Need somewhere to live?

Liverpool University accommodation information including the Liverpool student homes pages.

Information on the Research Councils:

The EPSRC and PPARC web sites contain lots of useful information, including the

Guide to EPSRC Postgraduate Training and the

PPARC information on Postgraduate Training .

National Union of Students

Have a look at the NUS web site for advice on money, housing, health, insurance, tax, fees...

Some information on jobs:

Liverpool RA position.

Cambridge RA position.

New Scientist job adverts.

UK HEP jobs.

Further information

Contact Christos Touramanis, the Director of Research Courses

0 E-Mail:
christos@hep.ph.liv.ac.uk

0 Phone:
+44 151 794 6970

0 Fax:
+44 151 794 3441

0 Postal Address:

Department of Physics,
Oliver Lodge Laboratory,
University of Liverpool,
LIVERPOOL,
L69 7ZE,
United Kingdom.

Getting to the Physics Department

0 First make your way to Liverpool, and then find the University.

0 The Oliver Lodge Laboratory is building 48 on the Campus Map, the Chadwick Laboratory is building 42.