MPS Weekly Update
5 May 2016
www.sussex.ac.uk/mps/internal/staff/mps_weekly_update
Wednesday 18 May 10am-4pm
Conference Centre,
Bramber House
MPS away day
www.sussex.ac.uk/mps/
internal/staff/awayday
The deadline for registration is
09.00hrs Tuesday 10 May
The MPS PhD student community gathered on 3 May for the fourth annual
MPS Postgraduate Research Day. The day consisted of short talks from
students on their research, in addition to a poster competition.
Poster prizes, judged by Prof Peter Coles and Prof James Hirschfeld, were
awarded as follows:
Staff development courses
www.sussex.ac.uk/
staffdevelopment/
opportunities/
staffdevelopmentcourses
1st place and ‘people’s choice’: Anna Webb ‘Trapped ion quantum
information processing using long wavelength radiation’
2nd place Philip Townsend: ‘Numerical simulation of flood inundation
from the shallow water equations with added recharge and discharge’
3rd place Alex Pitkin: ‘High order compact finite difference scheme for
option pricing in stochastic volatility models with jumps’
The Sussex Impact Day is returning. This year’s
event takes place on Tuesday 14 June and is
now open for booking.
Group exercise classes at the
Sport Centre (9 May-11 June)
www.sussex.ac.uk/sport/
students/classescourses/
vacgec
Sussex Impact Day is a whole day event for all
researchers, from senior professors to doctoral
students and research support staff, at the
University of Sussex.
It includes panel debates, workshops, practical
sessions, seminars and individual surgeries.
www.sussex.ac.uk/staff/newsandevents/?
id=35401
NSS response rates – final report at 4 May 2016
Mathematics 93% P & A 89%
These splendid final figures ensure £2000 for MPS students to spend within
the School.
If you are emailing mps_all,
please note that this does not
include pgr and pgt students.
The full list of school and
departmental email aliases can
be viewed at
www.sussex.ac.uk/mps/
internal/staff/email_aliases
Departmental seminars coming up
MASS
www.maths.sussex.ac.uk/seminar
Thursday 19 May 2pm Pev 3 5C11
Prof Nina Gantert (Technical University of Munich)
TBA
Thursday 26 May 3pm Pev 3 5C11
Dr Nikos Kavallaris (University of Chester)
On the investigation of a non-local parabolic problem
arising in game theory
Astronomy
www.sussex.ac.uk/astronomy/
newsandevents/calendar
Friday 6 May 2.45pm Arts A05
David Valls-Gabaud (Observatoire de Paris)
The MESSIER satellite: lifting the veil on the ultra-low
surface brightness universe
EPP
epp.phys.sussex.ac.uk/Seminars_2015_16
Thursday 5 May 1pm Pev 3 5C11
Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt
Brilliant noise
TPP
https://epp.phys.sussex.ac.uk/epp/
Seminars_2015_16
Monday 9 May 4pm-5pm Pev 3 5C11
Marina Marinkovic (CERN)
TBA
Sally’s retirement party 28 April
Physics & Astronomy news
Daniel Hajas, Tim Lingard and David Turner were
runners up in the recent StartUp Sussex Awards
www.sussex.ac.uk/internal/bulletin/student/201516/030516/startupsussexwinners
Their initiative ‘Grapheel’ wins further business
consultancy support thanks to the Sussex Innovation
Centre www.sussex.ac.uk/physics/newsandevents?
id=35447
UNIVERSITY EVENTS & INFORMATION
Tuesdays 1.10pm-1.50pm &
Thursdays 12.10pm-12.50pm
Social run
Meet at the Sport Centre reception
www.sussex.ac.uk/staff/newsandevents/
eventscalendar?id=35320&r=56452
Every Thursday 6pm-8pm (until 21 July)
Yellow Wave,
Brighton
Staff beach volleyball
www.sussex.ac.uk/staff/newsandevents/
eventscalendar?id=35333
Monday 9 May 2.30pm-4pm
Library training room, 2nd floor
Literature searching using Web of Knowledge and
Scopus
www.sussex.ac.uk/staff/newsandevents/
eventscalendar?id=34923
Wednesday 11 May 11.30am-12.30pm
Campus tour with Charles Dudley
NB Limited availability –
booking required
www.sussex.ac.uk/staff/newsandevents/
eventscalendar?id=35327
Every Monday 12pm-1pm
(until 25 July)
Sport Centre
Staff social badminton
www.sussex.ac.uk/staff/newsandevents/
eventscalendar?id=35334
Wednesday 11 May 1pm-1.30pm
The Keep
Tour of the Keep archives
NB Limited places – please book
www.sussex.ac.uk/staff/
newsandevents/eventscalendar?
id=33179
Mondays and Wednesdays
12pm-1pm (until 27 July)
Sport Centre
Staff social walks at lunchtime
www.sussex.ac.uk/staff/newsandevents/
eventscalendar?id=35317&r=56483
Every Monday (until 25 July)
7pm-8.30pm
Boulder Brighton, Portslade
Staff climbing sessions
www.sussex.ac.uk/staff/newsandevents/
eventscalendar?id=35331
Thursday 5 May 2pm-3pm
Essex House 133
Technology for doctoral research –
one-to-one support
www.sussex.ac.uk/staff/newsandevents/
eventscalendar?id=34340
Wednesday 11 May 5.30pm-6.30pm The Keep
Early illustrated books of the Royal Pavilion and other
Royal palaces: a talk by Alexandra Loske
£3 payable on the door
www.sussex.ac.uk/staff/newsandevents/
eventscalendar?id=33185
IT course
Tuesday 10 May 9.30am-12.30pm
IT Services, Shawcross
Photoshop CS6 – up and running
www.sussex.ac.uk/staff/newsandevents/
eventscalendar?id=32201
LOCAL EVENTS
Until 30 May
Artists’ Open Houses aoh.org.uk/
Saturday 7 May City Centre to Madeira Drive
Children’s parade
Saturday 7 & Sunday 8 May (+ dates in late May & early June) 11am Rialto Theatre, Dyke Road
The Sentence Snatchers: a terribly twisted yarn (£7.50/concessions £6)
What happens to unfinished sentences? Join the deliciously devious Sentence Snatchers as we
trip, tangle and tongue-twist our way through the fantastical town of Loose End, where the
SynTax is so expensive no one dare speak ... until now! Jam-packed with live music, puppets
and puns!
Saturday 7 May 5.30pm St John the Evangelist, Knoyle Road, Brighton
Festival music at St John’s – choral evensong (retiring collection)
www.brightonstjohn.org.uk/
Saturday 7 May 8pm Clock Tower, Brighton
BAD – Brighton After Dark murder tour (£5)
Sunday 8 May 4pm BOAT (Brighton Open Air Theatre,) Dyke Road, Brighton
BrightonShed presents Frances Hodgson Burnett’s ‘Secret Garden’ (£8/family £22)
www.brightonopenairtheatre.co.uk/
Sunday 22 May 7pm Brighton Dome
The Brighton Festival Chorus will be singing Elgar's ‘The Dream of Gerontius’
www.bfc.org.uk/forthcoming_performances.htm
This is the final MPS weekly update of the academic
year. Onward to long, lazy summer holidays.
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weekly update, please contact Dorothy Lamb
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latest on Wednesday before Thursday
publication.
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social media feeds, our Information
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Back in print in September