• Tour of the department or wider university
• Interactive demonstrations for small groups
• Seminars (Suitable for a wide range of age groups)

A visit to the university including all of these components might typically last a couple of hours.

Tour of the Department

Tour of the University

Interactions for small groups

Including:-

• liquid nitrogen
• optical, electron and scanning probe microscopy

Seminars

Members of the department give talks on various topics to a wide range of age groups and levels. The seminars can be delivered at the University, or in some instances at local schools or societies. Research done within the department covers the whole Physics spectrum from the smallest (elementary particle physics), through the study of what is around us (condensed matter physics) to the biggest (astrophysics).

Talks that have been given in the past include:

Nanoscience: what's the big deal?
Dr Neil Wilson

Beauty and the synchrotron
Professor Mark Dowsett

Faster than light?
Daniel Scully

Extreme Stellar Explosions
Dr Andrew Levan

Gravitational waves, a new window on the Universe
Professor Tom Marsh

Astronomy at high speed: the Universe on sub-second timescales
Professor Tom Marsh

How to measure the size of a star from your back garden
Dr John Taylor

Hunting for Extra-Solar Planets
Dr Peter Wheatley

Dance of Death in the Stellar Graveyard
Dr Boris Gaensicke