MPS Weekly Update
29 October 2015
TONIGHT
Sussex Universe lecture series
Thursday 29 October 7pm
Chichester 1 Lecture Theatre
The most recent MPS cake event, in the form of two Rubik’s cubes, was to
mark the end of Dr Miro Chlebik’s term of office as Head of Mathematics and
to say farewell and bon voyage (to the hallowed portals of Sussex House
and the ADQE office) to Matthew Tiernan.
Miro was presented with a glass paperweight, containing ‘a single star in the
dark sky to wish upon’, to thank him for his time in office and, after a heartfelt
speech by Oonagh, Matt was presented with a generous bag of goodies,
part of which will seek continue his cerebral, culinary and sartorial
advancement.
Dr Kathy Romer
Dark energy – is the Universe
playing tricks on us?
www.feelthegraphicx.org/
initiatives/sussexuniverse
Followed by wine and nibbles
– no need to book,
just turn up
And how many men does it take to change a light bulb cut a cake …?!
Cakes kindly produced by Cakes the Difference
Event photos courtesy of Dr Nicos Georgiou
This year’s Careers Fair promises to be a bigger event than ever with over
135 exhibitors covering all sectors and offering all types of opportunity:
graduate roles, summer internships, placements, work experience and
volunteering. The Careers Fair includes major well-known employers such as
L’Oréal, M&S, Boots, Deloitte, Morrisons, BMW (UK), NHS Leadership
Academy, PwC and Southern Water, as well as a wide range of small local
employers and not-for-profit-sector organisations.
Full details of the Fair and who will be there at www.sussex.ac.uk/careersfair
Thursday 29 October 11am-3pm
The Level, Brighton
Feeding the 5000
An event to highlight how much
food is wasted while people are
starving. They will be serving up
5000 lunches out of food that
would otherwise have been
wasted
bhfood.org.uk/event/423feeding-5k
Departmental seminars coming up
Astronomy
MASS
www.maths.sussex.ac.uk/seminar
Thursday 29 October 3pm Pev 3 5C11
Prof Pierre Degond (Imperial College)
Mathematical aspects of collective dynamics and self
organisation
www.sussex.ac.uk/astronomy/
newsandevents/calendar
Friday 30 October 3.30pm Arts A05
Anna Scaife (Manchester)
Detecting magnetic fields in the cosmic web
EPP
ADPE
www.sussex.ac.uk/apde/research/seminars
Monday 2 November 3pm Pev 3 5C11
Radu Ignat (Toulouse)
Pattern formation in micromagnets
Maths PG seminars
www.sussex.ac.uk/maths/research/pgseminars/
forthcomingevents
Friday 6 November 4pm in Pev I 2A11
Farzad Fatehi Chenar (UoS)
Stochastic mathematical models of epidemies (SIS,
SIR) and their entropy
https://epp.phys.sussex.ac.uk/epp/
Seminars_2015_16
Thursday 29 October 1pm in Pev 3 5C11
Dr Enrique Araujo (Imperial College)
Mining for WIMPs: the LUX and LZ dark matter
experiments
The University’s Research Staff Office is coordinating
the second year of the Women in STEMM Mentoring
Circles scheme for female postdoctoral researchers
from STEMM disciplines (Science, Technology,
Engineering, Medicine and Mathematics).
See www.sussex.ac.uk/staff/newsandevents/?id=32723
Mathematics news
Maths conference
4-6 November at UoS
Multi-physics geometric PDEs
using deformable surfaces:
analysis modelling, numerics and application
www.sussex.ac.uk/maths/research/mpgp
Physics & Astronomy news
JMS stores opening hours
Counter Service
Monday-Friday
10am-12pm & 2pm-4pm
Office hours
Monday-Friday
8am-12pm & 2pm-4pm
Gas cylinders
Monday-Friday
8am-12pm & 2pm-4pm
Dry ice – available on request after ordering
Congratulations to Dr Jillian
Scudder (left) who is the
winner of SEPnet’s best
newcomer award and to
Dr Mafalda Dias (right)
who was highly commended in the same category of the
SEPnet 2015 Public Engagement Awards.
SEPnet looks forward to awarding the winners their
prizes at the Public Engagement Awards Ceremony to
be held at Prince Phillip House in central London on 18
November www.sepnet.ac.uk/2015-publicengagement-awards-winners/
The Porters have now moved to
Richmond building. They are
located on the ground floor, just
outside the lecture theatre. This
will also be the collection point for
parcels.
Their extension is 3718.
The postcode is BN1 9QT
UNIVERSITY EVENTS & INFORMATION
The process of recruiting a new Vice-Chancellor to
succeed Michael Farthing has begun. It is very
important that you express your views about the job
description and the person specification for the new
position as it is obviously of extreme importance for
the future not only of the School but also of the
University of Sussex as a whole.
You can find the consultation form here:
www.sussex.ac.uk/vc/consultation/
Please complete your response by midnight on
Wednesday 11 November 2015.
Friday 30 October 11.30am-1pm JMS 1B1
Study Direct – building online quizzes
www.sussex.ac.uk/staff/newsandevents/
eventscalendar?id=32339
Monday 2 November
11am –6pm (two-hour workshops)
Book through Sussex Direct
FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
Reading critically and taking effective notes
www.sussex.ac.uk/staff/newsandevents/
eventscalendar?id=32603
The national pay award is to be
implemented in the November payroll,
backdated to 1 August 2015
www.sussex.ac.uk/staff/
newsandevents/?id=32800
The STEPS Centre is pleased to announce that
applications for its 2016 Summer School (16-27 May)
are now being taken
www.sussex.ac.uk/staff/newsandevents/?
id=32725
Thursday 29 October
1pm-2pm in the Library Training &
Viewing Room
Getting started with using the
Library’s resources
www.sussex.ac.uk/staff/newsandevents/
eventscalendar?id=32009
Thursday 29 October 4.30pm-6pm Chi C1002/3
(adjacent to Lab 1)
Postgraduate Research Student Welcome Social
www.sussex.ac.uk/staff/newsandevents/
eventscalendar?id=32663
Monday 2 November 3pm-4.30pm
Library Training room, second floor
Literature searching using Web of Knowledge and
Scopus
www.sussex.ac.uk/staff/newsandevents/
eventscalendar?id=32737
Friday 6 November 12pm-1pm Pev IB5
Designing engaging and visual presentations
www.sussex.ac.uk/staff/newsandevents/
eventscalendar?id=32337
IT courses
Friday 30 October
10am-12pm IT Services, Shawcross
Word for beginners
www.sussex.ac.uk/staff/newsandevents/
eventscalendar?id=26656
Friday 30 October
2pm-3.15pm IT Services, Shawcross
Excel 2013 – Pivot tables
www.sussex.ac.uk/staff/
newsandevents/eventscalendar?id=32656
Thursday 29 October 6pm-7pm Arts A05
Brighton & Sussex Climb Machu Picchu
(ADVENTUROUS STUDENTS WANTED- have fun
for a good cause)
www.sussex.ac.uk/staff/newsandevents/
eventscalendar?id=32769
Monday 2 November
10am-12.30pm IT Services, Shawcross
Excel 2013 for beginners
www.sussex.ac.uk/staff/
newsandevents/eventscalendar?
id=32638
LOCAL EVENTS
3 November-12 December The Keep, Brighton
Magna Carta exhibition
www.sussex.ac.uk/staff/newsandevents/eventscalendar?id=32460
Saturday 31 October 11am-5pm Friends’ Meeting House, Brighton
Brighton Craft Fair (free admission)
Saturday 31 October 12pm Brighthelm Centre, Brighton
Brighton & Hove Black History Project – exhibition, talk and film (£5 for talk/film)
Saturday 31 October from 3pm
Duke of Wellington, Upper Gloucester Road, Brighton
Apple Day – a day of cider, storytelling, traditional games and food to celebrate Sahmain
Saturday 31 October 8pm Clock Tower, Brighton
Brighton after dark Hallowe’en murder tour (£5)
Sunday 1 November 11.30am-3.30pm Brighton Museum & Art Gallery
Diwali family fun brightonmuseums.org.uk/brighton/whats-on-2/#!diwali-family-fun-2
Tuesday 3 November 5.30pm-6.30pm The Keep
A broken silence? Mass Observation, Armistice Day and everyday life in Britain 1937-1941 –
a talk by Dr Lucy Noake. The talk is free but booking is required.
www.sussex.ac.uk/staff/newsandevents/eventscalendar?id=30120
National Stress Awareness Day 4 November – the Therapy Room at the
Sport Centre offers various massages, see www.xandaro/com/nikiharrington
A little altruism goes a
l o n g way
To anyone who uses the water
cooler on the 3A corridor, if you
notice that the drip tray is
becoming full, please empty it
rather than let it overflow or leave it for someone else
to empty. There are numerous plants outside which
would benefit from some extra H20.
Thank you!
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