With the academic year approaching, bringing with it a new approach to studying, we’ve put together our top tips for studying online. This Autumn, we … Read more
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We will be open this September!
Head of School, Professor Nigel Mason, tells us more about how the School of Physical Sciences will be open for business in September, and how … Read more
Anna’s Career tips: Employabilty advice in lockdown
Our Employability Officer Anna gives here monthly tips for all students, by stage and subject, looking at how lockdown is changing the job market and … Read more
SPS Donates over £400 to charities thanks to student engagement with surveys
This year SPS pledged to donate £1 to charity for each student in the School who completed either the National Student Survey (NSS) or Kent’s … Read more
SPS academics part of team helping preserve artefacts from the Mary Rose
Dr Donna Arnold tells us more about the exciting work with the Mary Rose Trust that she’s part of to try and develop techniques to … Read more
New mentoring scheme for Physics students due to start university this Autumn
The Ogden Trust, along with Brightside, are launching a brand new 10 week mentoring scheme to help Physics students adapt to life at university. The … Read more
SPS Research group awarded EPSRC Funding of over £500k
EPSRC has awarded a three year grant to enable the Saines group to accelerate their work on magnetic cooling materials. The Saines group, part of … Read more
SPS staff and students battle it out at the Isolation Quiz Night
Quiz Master Anthony Quinlan tells us more about the hugely successful first online SPS staff and student quiz of 2020. The current global situation has … Read more
#KentBookClub: “The Art of Statistics” by Prof. D.J. Spiegelhalter
Dr Gavin Mountjoy gives us his review of his #LockdownLiterature – Professor Spiegelhalter’s “The Art of Statistics”. “The Art of Statistics” is a new non-fiction … Read more
SPS academic recognised as a future research and innovation leader
Dr Jennifer Hiscock, Reader in Supramolecular Chemistry in the School of Physical Sciences, has been awarded a Future Leaders Fellowship as part of UK Research … Read more