Congratulations to Dr Gary Verth gaining a prestigious Leverhulme Research Fellowship. He’ll work at the Solar Physics & Space Plasma Research Centre (SP2RC), University of Sheffield. Well done!… continue to the full article

Next event is on 12 – 23 March. Enthusiastic scientist and engineer applicants should apply now.

Decide which competition and zone you fit into best, whether an STFC sponsored one or another, and then fill in the relevant application form. The closing date for applications is Friday 3 February.… continue to the full article

Dear All

The diary has been updated on the STFC home page with new dates for January, February and March 2012. To view the diary, please go to http://www.stfc.ac.uk/

Melanie… continue to the full article

Congratulations from the solar community to all below, well deserved!

Gold Medal (G): Professor John Brown

Chapman Medal: Professor Andrew Fazarkerley

Fowler Award (G): Dr Matthew Owens

Harold Jeffreys Lecturer: Professor Bill Chaplin

Honorary Fellowships: Professor Robert Lin (University of California at Berkeley)

For more information see http://tinyurl.com/6odqd4e.… continue to the full article

A number of vacancies have arisen for outstanding individuals to become members of STFC’s Committees and Panels, as listed below.

Vacancies have arisen, or will be arising, due to the normal rotation of membership on:
• Science Board – 4 vacancies;
• The STFC Advisory Panels – see below for various vacancies;
• The Projects Peer Review Panel (PPRP)– 8 vacancies;
• The Nuclear Physics Grants Panel (NPGP)– 4 to 5 vacancies;
• The Particle Physics Grants Panel (PPGP) – 1 vacancy for Theory and 4 vacancies for Experiment;
• The Industry Partnership Scheme Panel (IPS) – 1 academic vacancy and 1 industrial vacancy;
• Advisory Panel for Science in Society (APSiS) – 1 vacancy for a particle physicist;
• The Education, Training and Careers Committee (ETCC) – 4 vacancies.… continue to the full article

The RAS invites suggestions from Fellows of the RAS who wish to propose (and therefore organise) Specialist Discussion meetings

For information, detailed guidance for meeting organisers may be found at:
http://www.ras.org.uk/events-and-meetings/1747-general-information-about-meetings
Proposals for Astronomy SD meetings should be sent to Professor Martin
Barstow mab@le.ac.uk), and proposals for
Geophysics (including Planetary Science and Solar-Terrestrial Physics)
should be sent to Dr Lyndsay Fletcher (Lyndsay.Fletcher@glasgow.ac.uk).… continue to the full article

The Sun|trek website now has a modern face, iSun|trek (www.suntrek.org/blog). Sun|trek was launched in 2007, and now has over 20,000 users per month worldwide. Sun|trek is an educational website about the Sun and its effect on the Earth’s environment.… continue to the full article

Dear colleagues,

Sadly, Alan Burgess has passed away (please see message from Helen Mason below). If anyone wants more information about the funeral (13 Jan) or would like to contact the family, please contact Helen Mason (H.E.Mason@damtp.cam.ac.uk).

Ineke

It is with great sadness that I inform you of the sudden death of Alan Burgess.… continue to the full article

Staffing changes in Particle and Nuclear Physics Team, Science Programmes Directorate

• Jane McKenzie, Oversight Committee Secretary, will be leaving STFC at the end of the year. We will be advertising for a replacement as soon as possible; in the meantime, any correspondence that would usually go to Jane regarding the Oversight Committees should be sent to Dave Godfrey (dave.godfrey@stfc.ac.uk).… continue to the full article

Colleagues may be interested in the following scheme

STFC Public Engagement Fellowships 2012
For researchers with good communication skills who have demonstrated a track record in public engagement with research or communication work. Applications are invited from STFC funded researchers and users of STFC facilities.… continue to the full article