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Radioactivity and the Environment (RATE) Brokerage Event

Dear Colleague,

I have been advised by the NERC that there are a significant number of places left at their Radioactivity and the Environment (RATE) Brokerage Event happening on Monday 8 October in Bristol.

http://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/programmes/rate/events/brokerage.asp

RATE is an £8m programme that aims to fund up to three consortium grants in order to deliver the RATE programme aims and objectives as defined in the Expert Group report (http://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/programmes/rate/events/expert-report.asp).

The high priority science areas are:
– Improved knowledge of biogeochemical coupling including multiphase transport processes;
– Technological innovation for rock mass characterisation at a range of spatial scales;
– Learning from natural radioactive analogues and man-made contaminated environments (natural laboratories) to underpin models and assessments;
– Innovative approaches to ecosystem/food chain radionuclide uptake processes; for key radionuclide’s relevant to waste disposal facilities and contaminated land
– Improved understanding of effects of chronic exposure on plants and animals, and;
– As a cross-cutting theme: enhanced capabilities in model testing, scientific demonstration of robustness, and quantification of uncertainty.

There will be the opportunity of funding for up to twenty studentships tied to the consortium projects. The Announcement of Opportunity for the outline bid stage and the full bid stage will be published on 2 October 2012.

The aim of the brokerage event is to bring the community together to provide the background to the programme and the call, and also act as a networking opportunity for the community to form ideas for proposals to submit to the call.

If you think you have capabilities that may be relevant and would like to attend the event please submit an on-line registration form as soon as possible.

Regards,

Kevin.

Dr K M Smith
Theme Leader for the Energy & Environment Futures Programmes
Programmes Directorate
Science and Technology Facilities Council

kevin.smith@stfc.ac.uk
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New UKSP Nugget: 27. Weighing a filament by its photoionisation shadow

27. Weighing a filament by its photoionisation shadow
by Dave Williams, Deb Baker and Lidia van Driel-Gesztelyi, UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory

Dark matters: AIA measurements of filament absorption reveals its mass.

https://www.uksolphys.org/?p=5342

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UKSP Nuggets are published on a monthly basis highlighting solar physics research in the UK

https://www.uksolphys.org/uksp-nuggets

Iain Hannah and Lyndsay Fletcher

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Solar ALMA Workshop – Preliminary Announcement

Preliminary Announcement
Solar ALMA workshop

14-17 January, 2013

School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, UK

The workshop objective is to bring together the ALMA-minded solar
community to discuss solar observational issues and science with ALMA
and to plan future proposals.

Details are at at www.astro.gla.ac.uk/~eduard/solarALMA/

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STFC – POST Fellowship Placement Scheme 2013

The STFC-POST Fellowship placement scheme is open to all STFC funded PhD students that will be in their 2nd/3rd years of their PhDs across all our supported disciplines. The deadline for applications for the 2013 scheme is 5 November 2012. Further information is available from the STFC website and can be accessed via the link below.

http://www.stfc.ac.uk/News+and+Events/39837.aspx

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Research Fellow in Solar Physics at Queen’s University Belfast

Ref: 12/102255

Closing date: Friday 26 October 2012

Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship position in the area of Solar Physics for up to 2 years in the first instance. The post is located within the Astrophysics Research Centre (ARC) of the School of Mathematics and Physics.

The successful candidate will work on a project within the Solar Group in ARC involving the analysis and interpretation of high spatial and temporal resolution observations of the Sun’s atmosphere. This Group makes extensive use of a wide range of solar and astronomical satellites and ground-based telescopes, with current activities focused on the observations and modelling of oscillatory phenomena and impulsive events in the solar atmosphere. In particular, we constructed the Rapid Oscillations in the Solar Atmosphere (ROSA) imaging system that can observe the solar atmosphere in as many as 7 wavelengths simultaneously, and with a cadence of up to 200 Hz. ROSA is currently at the National Solar Observatory in New Mexico USA. The Group makes extensive use of image reconstruction techniques for the analysis of ground-based solar observations from ROSA and other instruments.
Applicants must have a PhD in the physics of the solar atmosphere either awarded or submitted by the time of taking up the post. Experience is essential in the reduction, analysis and interpretation of observations of the solar atmosphere from satellite-borne or ground-based instruments. Also essential are experience with the IDL computing environment, and a number of high quality refereed publications commensurate with stage of career.

Informal enquiries may be directed to Professor Mihalis Mathioudakis,
email: m.mathioudakis@qub.ac.uk.

Anticipated interview date: week commencing 12 November 2012
Salary scale: £30,122 – £34,895 per annum

Please visit our website for further information and to apply, or contact the Personnel Department, Queen’s University Belfast, BT7 1NN. Telephone (028) 90973044 FAX: (028) 90971040 or e-mail on personnel@qub.ac.uk

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“Solar in Sonoma: Tracing the Connections in Solar Eruptive Events” – Abstract submission deadline extended

The abstract submission deadline for the “Solar in Sonoma – Tracing the Connections in Solar Energetic Events” conference, to be held in Petaluma, CA from November 27th to Dec 2nd has been extended to **Friday 28th of September**.

The abstract submission form can be found at http://hessi.ssl.berkeley.edu/petaluma/abstract_form.shtml.

The workshop is the third in a series of “California Wine Country” conferences, and the format will be a mixture of plenary sessions and cross-connected working groups including:
* Working Group 1: Energy Transfer Throughout a Solar Eruptive Event
* Working Group 2: Global Energetics of an Ensemble of Events
* Working Group 3: Coronal Influences to the Lower Atmosphere/Seismic Waves
* Working Group 4: CME Initiation and Type II Radio Bursts
* Working Group 5: The Release of Energetic Particles in the Low Corona: Shock or Reconnection?
* Working group 6: Flows vs Waves – Does it Matter?
* Working Group 7: Microflares and Nanoflares

A short manifesto for each group can be found at http://hessi.ssl.berkeley.edu/petaluma/workinggroups.shtml

The earlybird registration date for this meeting has passed, however you can still register at http://hessi.ssl.berkeley.edu/petaluma/registration.shtml for a fee of $400. There is no earlybird deadline for students and the fee remains $150.

Please visit the website http://hessi.ssl.berkeley.edu/petaluma/index.shtml for further information.

We hope to see you in Petaluma in December.

Sincerely,

The Local Organizing Committee

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Advanced Fellowship available at Jeremiah Horrocks Institute, University of Central Lancashire

The Jeremiah Horrocks Institute for Astrophysics within the University of Central Lancashire is currently looking to fill a Guild Research Fellowship.

This five-year position will support an outstanding individual who is not far into their academic career. The Fellow should have a PhD, have already shown the ability to conduct world-class research and demonstrate the clear potential to be an international leader in their respective disciplines in the near future. The appointment will be on the Senior Research Fellow scale (Grade I, £39257-£45486) and will have a start-up research fund of £15,000.

The Jeremiah Horrocks Institute (JHI) has a long history of astronomical research. It has its own undergraduate teaching
observatory at Alston Hall, which houses the 24inch Wilfred Hall Telescope and the Multi-Aperture Telescope. The Institute has strong links with the Herschel Space Telescope and the Kepler Space Telescope (with access to guaranteed time on both of these telescopes); the Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes on La Palma, the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope in Hawaii and UCLan are shareholders in the South African Large Telescope (SALT). We also have an excellent ongoing relationship with NASA and host and run the UK data hub for the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). The Institute also hosts a large cluster super-
computer for modelling and simulation work.

Contact name and email address:
Professor Derek Ward-Thompson
DWard-Thompson@uclan.ac.uk

Applicants are strongly encouraged to discuss their application with Professor Ward-Thompson in advance via the contact details listed above.

Targeted research areas: Solar Physics; the Physics of Stars and Star and Planet formation (including exo-planets); observations and simulations of the evolution and interactions of galaxies; and high-redshift galaxies.

The Fellow will be expected to conduct and publish
internationally-leading research related to one of the major
research themes within the Group.

The post is for 5 years, research only, with no teaching.

Applications must be received by midnight on 15th October 2012. Shortlisted candidates are expected to be invited to interview between end-October and mid-November 2012. The Fellowship is available with immediate effect and it is expected that Fellow will start no later than 1st February 2013.

Links:

Further information about Guild Research Fellowships:
www.uclan.ac.uk/guildfellows

How to apply:
www.uclan.ac.uk/research/how_to_apply.php

Information about the current research activities of the JHI:
http://www.star.uclan.ac.uk/

Information about Preston Guild:
www.uclan.ac.uk/information/uclan/preston_guild2012.php

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UCLan Five Year Guild Research Fellowship

The University of Central Lancashire is making a strategically important investment in the future of its academic staff with the introduction of the Guild Research Fellowships.

These five-year positions will support outstanding individuals who are not far into their academic careers. Each Fellow will have a PhD, have already shown the ability to conduct world-class research and will be demonstrating the clear potential to be an international leader in their respective disciplines in the near future. Normally, the appointment will be on the Senior Research Fellow scale (Grade I, £39257-£45486) and will have a start-up research fund of £15,000. Our aim with the Guild Research Fellowships is to grow the next generation of UCLan’s leading academics.

Guild Research Fellowships are being offered in targeted research themes, each of which fits within the strategic research areas of the University and the host academic school. The Jeremiah Horrocks Institute has one fellowship and is seeking suitable researchers in one of the following areas;

Solar physics; the physics of stars and star and planet formation; observations and simulations of the evolution and interactions of galaxies; high-redshift galaxies

More information about the position can be found at the UCLan Guild Fellowship website

www.uclan.ac.uk/guildfellows

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