1. Working together to promote excellence in Physics GRADnet Update SEPnet Collaboration Board Meeting 8.12.15 Events so far and to come in 2015/16

2. Working together to promote excellence in Physics GRADnet Update SEPnet Collaboration Board Meeting 8.12.15 3 Road shows in 2015 Surrey 8 October - 23 Portsmouth 13 October - 25 QMUL 15 October - 26 InstitutionPGR Nos Herts10 Kent2 Open11 Portsmouth23 QMUL14 RHUL10 Soton0 Surrey12 Sussex2 Total84

3. Working together to promote excellence in Physics GRADnet Update SEPnet Collaboration Board Meeting 8.12.15 Effective Physics Researcher Day 1: 2 November 2015 The Open University, Camden, London Day 2: 4 December 2015 RHUL, Senate House, London InstitutionPGR Nos Herts0 Kent1 Open3 Portsmouth0 QMUL1 RHUL7 Southampton0 Surrey1 Sussex6 Total19

4. Working together to promote excellence in Physics GRADnet Update SEPnet Collaboration Board Meeting 8.12.15 Numerical Modelling and Simulations Workshop: 13-15 December 2015 Old Thorns, Liphook, Hampshire InstitutionPGR Nos QMUL10 RHUL7 Kent4 Southampton1 Surrey9 Total31

5. Working together to promote excellence in Physics GRADnet Update SEPnet Collaboration Board Meeting 8.12.15 Student-led Conference: 10-12 January 2016 University of Kent 58 PGRs and 9 guest speakers Effective Field Theories Realising the Potential of Science Surveys Supersymmetry: From M-theory to the LHC

6. Working together to promote excellence in Physics GRADnet Update SEPnet Collaboration Board Meeting 8.12.15 Student-led Conference: 10-12 January 2016 University of Kent Effective Field Theories in Physics Student lead: Matthew Hull (Ports) Academic lead: Giovanni Sordi (Ports) InstitutionPRG Nos RHUL5 Kent3 Edinburgh1 Oxford2 Portsmouth3 Sussex6 Total20

7. Working together to promote excellence in Physics GRADnet Update SEPnet Collaboration Board Meeting 8.12.15 Student-led Conference: 10-12 January 2016 University of Kent Realising the Potential of Science Surveys Student lead: Michael Wither (Ports) Academic lead: Michael Smith (Kent) InstitutionPGR Nos Kent2 Oxford1 Portsmouth7 Sussex3 Total13

8. Working together to promote excellence in Physics GRADnet Update SEPnet Collaboration Board Meeting 8.12.15 Student-led Conference: 10-12 January 2016 University of Kent Supersymmetry: From M-theory to the LHC Student lead: Maien Binjonaid (Soton) Academic lead: Stefano Moretti (Soton) InstitutionPGR Nos Kings1 QMUL2 RHUL2 Southampton3 Oxford2 Liverpool1 Nottingham2 Sheffield2 Southampton6 Sussex4 Total25

9. Working together to promote excellence in Physics GRADnet Update SEPnet Collaboration Board Meeting 8.12.15 Winter School: Building Your Leadership Potential 8-10 February 2016 Discovery Park, Sandwich, Kent InstitutionPGR Nos Herts2 Kent4 Open3 Portsmouth0 QMUL5 RHUL4 Soton2 Surrey4 Sussex3 Total27

10. Working together to promote excellence in Physics GRADnet Update SEPnet Collaboration Board Meeting 8.12.15 Summer School: Where might my physics take me? 4-7 July 2016 Herstmonceaux Castle, Herstmonceaux, East Sussex Confirmed companies: Met Office NPL Airbus In discussion Tesla engineering CAST …

11. Working together to promote excellence in Physics GRADnet Update SEPnet Collaboration Board Meeting 8.12.15 Up coming Physics residentials Theory of strong correlations NExT PhD workshop Astro / Planetary science?? Propose to run at NPL in July

12. Working together to promote excellence in Physics GRADnet Update SEPnet Collaboration Board Meeting 8.12.15 Communities: Videoconferences LaTeX – 26 October 2015 – 5 Radiation Users – 2 November – Cancelled no attendees Lasers in a Nutshell – 30 November 2015 – 6 Matlab – 4 December 2015 – 6 Python – 7 December 2015 – 11 Working with Workshops – 11 January 2016 Algebraic Computing – 15 January 2016 Stats I – 18 January 2016 Stats II – 22 January 2016

13. Working together to promote excellence in Physics GRADnet Update SEPnet Collaboration Board Meeting 8.12.15 Student-led Learning Modules: Call in October 2015 8 proposals: Portsmouth, QMUL, Sussex Semiconductor Characterisation Techniques: A brief introduction Statistical learning techniques for Physicists Creating and Writing a Research Blog Introduction to Astropy for Astronomers Introduction to many body physics OpenMP/MPI - Parallel code optimisation. Numerical Methods Geometrical methods for physics A Second Course in String Theory

14. Working together to promote excellence in Physics GRADnet Update SEPnet Collaboration Board Meeting 8.12.15 Professional skills still to come Entrepreneurship Extended activity leading to a Dragon’s Den throughout the spring/ summer

15. Working together to promote excellence in Physics GRADnet Update SEPnet Collaboration Board Meeting 8.12.15 Professional skills still to come Writing retreat 23 Jan 2016 - Cancelled Diversity 1 and 2 8 & 15 th March 2016 Opportunities, CV & Interview Connecting Industry and Researchers in Physics ×3

16. Working together to promote excellence in Physics GRADnet Update SEPnet Collaboration Board Meeting 8.12.15 Marketing: Brochure and programme GRADnet Newsletters issued Spring, Summer and Autumn; Winter issue to be circulated in Jan/Feb 2016 Posters E-mails

17. Working together to promote excellence in Physics GRADnet Update SEPnet Collaboration Board Meeting 8.12.15 RoleHertsKentOxfordOUPortsQMULReadingRHULSotonSurreySussexSt Mary'sOtherTotal Staff9160611628420290 111 Student233212021433455154561 350 Other 66 Total3248126324955355748517467 Total VRE Registrations October 2015

18. Working together to promote excellence in Physics GRADnet Update SEPnet Collaboration Board Meeting 8.12.15 Funding new PhDs. SME clubs NPL