Farewell to Robin Long

As many of you know after more than 14 years at Lancaster I am leaving to take up a new position at the University of Manchester on the 7th May.  It has been many enjoyable years at Lancaster and it has been great to watch the Department grow from strength to strength.  I will be sad to leave, but excited for new challenges.  I would be grateful to see any of you that can make it for drinks (and food if you wish) tonight from 5.30 at the Boot and Shoe, Lancaster. Thanks.

Robin Long

 

Physics Away Day

I’ve been asked by the venue for feedback on the last Away Day. If you have any comments on what they did well and what they could have done better please let me know.
Hope you have a great BH weekend!

Grainne Wilkinson

 

Physics Avenue disruption on Tuesday

The backup power generator for Physics and Faraday building is being installed on Tuesday 7th May. There will heavy plant equipment in use and the avenue is likely to be closed. Please be mindful of this and follow any directions to avoid the area whilst the lift is in progress.

Shonah Ion

 

Safety Induction

The next safety induction takes place on 6th June at 2:30pm in B24. Please ensure any new employees attend.

Shonah Ion

 

Vegan Bake Sale

My name is Kris and I’m a second-year Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology student. I am hosting a Vegan Bake Sale and if you are on campus on Monday I would love for you to come and support me, the cake is gorgeous and has been thoroughly tested, you won’t be disappointed!

I am working on a project with Volunteer Eco Students Abroad (VESA) and am set to travel with them to  Fiji, July 15th – August 1st 2019. To find out more about this and why I need to raise money and promise to dye my hair silver if I reach target follow the link below.
https://bit.ly/2DEC1kA

Thank you all for your support!

Kris Dimitrov

 

Compressed Air

Due to an insurance inspection the compressed air will be of for most of the day on Tuesday the 7 may.

Martin Ward

 

ISS Helpdesk Feedback

ISS have a new helpdesk system in place which some of you may have used already.

If you want to give them any feedback on their new service desk software then this is the link: https://helpcentre.lancaster.ac.uk/plugins/servlet/desk/portal/11/create/205

Rob Lewsey

 

QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY LONDON: Reader/Professor in Statistics

Applications are invited for a Reader or Professor in Statistics to lead the School’s Statistics Group.
As part of the University’s collaboration with the Alan Turing Institute, the successful candidate will
have the opportunity to become a member of the Institute of Applied Data Science at QMUL and a
Turing Fellow of the Alan Turing Institute. Further information on Statistics in the School is available
at https://www.qmul.ac.uk/maths/research/statistics/.

As the successful candidate, you will have strong leadership qualities and an interest in pursuing excellence
in teaching and supervising graduate students, as well as having the ability and flexibility to teach across a
range of topics in statistics and its applications at undergraduate and postgraduate level. At Reader level,
you will have an excellent research profile as demonstrated by obtaining research funding, as well as a record
of successful PhD supervision. At Professorial level, you will have a substantial and internationally recognised
research profile, a track record of securing significant research funding, postdoctoral mentoring and PhD supervision,
as well as demonstrable leadership qualities.

We value diversity and we celebrate and thrive on the contributions of all our employees. The School holds a
departmental Bronze Athena SWAN Award and is a registered supporter of the LMS Good Practice scheme.
As part of the School’s commitment to Athena SWAN and the LMS Good Practice principles, we strongly encourage
applications from women and we are committed to advancing women’s careers. We have policies to support staff
returning from long-term absence, flexible arrangements for staff with caring responsibilities and for child-care support
for the attendance of conferences.

The post is full-time permanent starting in September 2019 or as soon as possible thereafter.

Informal enquiries may be made to Professor Boris Khoruzhenko, Head of School at  b.khoruzhenko@qmul.ac.uk, or
Dr Silvia Liverani at s.liverani@qmul.ac.uk

The closing date for applications is Monday 27 May 2019. Interviews will be held on Monday 17 June 2019.

To apply, and for more information, see:  https://webapps2.is.qmul.ac.uk/jobs/job.action?jobID=4174

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LMS Prospects in Mathematics Meeting will be held at Lancaster University, 6-7 September 2019.

LMS Prospects in Mathematics Meetings are annual events for Finalist Mathematics Undergraduates and Masters Students
who are considering apply for a PhD after they have completed their current studies. The meetings feature speakers from a
wide range of mathematical fields across the UK who discuss their current research and what opportunities are available to
prospective PhD students.

Details of speakers and programme on the website (see below).
50 places are available, including overnight accommodation and some funding towards travel costs.

To apply, please email Dr Nadia Mazza (n.mazza@lancaster.ac.uk) headed Prospects 2019 Application with the statement:
“I am on track academically to begin Ph.D. studies in 2020” with evidence of your predicted degree classification.
Application deadline is 19th July 2019. (Late application will be considered at the organisers’ discretion).
The organisers are keen to welcome undergraduate students from across the country and from all diversity groups: the more, the merrier!

Website:  https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/maths/pim2019/
Poster: https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/media/lancaster-university/content-assets/images/maths/conferences/pim2019/PiM2019Poster.pdf

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YORK WORKSHOP  1-5 July 2019:  “Mathematics of interacting QFT models” 

The workshop will be hosted at King’s Manor, which is a lovely historical building right in the city centre.

Rigorous construction of interacting quantum field theory (QFT) models in 4 spacetime dimensions is one of the
biggest challenges of mathematical physics. The aim of this workshop is to bring together experts working on
different aspects of interacting QFT to present recent results and discuss perspectives for future directions.
The main discussion topics will be:

– Axiomatic systems for QFT: progress in constructing interacting models.

– Renormalization: analytic and combinatorial aspects.

– Infrared problem: progress and perspectives.

If you are interested in participation, please contact the organizer: Dr. Kasia Rejzner (kr763@york.ac.uk).

There will be a limited number of contributed talk slots, so if you would like to propose a talk, please send
the title and the abstract to the organizer as soon as possible and before the 1st May 2019.

More information (including the list of speakers) is available at the conference website:
https://www.lqp2.org/node/1548

Grainne Wilkinson

 

IOP Institute of Physics – Lancashire and Cumbria Branch

Lancashire Lecture Programme 2018 – 2019

• 15 May 2019 – Preston – Asteroseismology: A New Keplerian Revolution Prof Don Kurtz (UCLan)
• 12 June 2019 – Lancaster – Infinite Differences: Lessons on Diversity from Women in Physics – Dr Frankie Doddato (Lancaster)

Start Times: 18:00 (refreshments) for 18:30

Venues:

• Preston: Lecture Theatre 2 or 3, Foster Building, University of Central Lancashire
• Lancaster: Cavendish Colloquium Room, Faraday Lecture Theatre Complex, Lancaster University

Chris Bowdery