School Visits

Our school visits are aimed at providing students with an experience that will enthuse them into considering taking physics at university.

The day usually comprises an introductory talk, a tour of the research facilities and a session in the first year lab. Experiments are chosen to complement the work done at AS level, but also to prepare them for Y13. A treatment of uncertainties is emphasised during the experiments which are demonstrated by physics postgraduate students.

An example school visit

10:00	Arrival
10:15	Welcome and introduction
10.45	Departmental tour led by Student Ambassadors. Facilities include: Astrolab Ultra Low-Temperature Lab Particle Physics Lab Liquid Helium RoomFirst-Year Superlab
11.45	Subject session 1: e.g Galaxies and Supermassive Black Holes
12.45	Lunch on campus (a chance for the students to explore the campus)
1:15	Subject session 2: e.g Detecting Fundamental Particles
14.15	Student Q an A
3:15	Depart