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STFC AGP Panel Member Nomination

uksp_ch — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 10:18:16 +0000

Call for nominations to STFC’s Astronomy Grants Panel.

STFC is seeking nominations of outstanding individuals to appoint to the Astronomy Grants Panel (AGP). The AGP is responsible for assessing and making recommendations to the STFC Executive on research grant applications covering scientific exploitation of facilities and projects, ‘blue skies’ technology research, theory, modelling, data handling and HPC.

Vacancies have arisen due to normal rotation of membership. The appointment will be from the 1 April 2010 for a period of up to three years.

Nominations are sought from members of the UK research community. In particular we would welcome nominations from those with a strong background in the following areas astronomy observation, theory, solar, planetary studies or relevant instrumentation, technology and data management.

STFC will seek the best members possible for its advisory bodies but also seeks to ensure that membership reflects the diversity within the relevant research communities and encourages equality with regard to gender, race and disability.

If you wish to nominate yourself or a colleague

Nominations should be a maximum of 1 page in length and should set out the nominee’s area(s) of science expertise and current activity, career track record and committee/policy experience. Please ensure that the nominee is aware of and agrees to nomination.

Please send your nomination(s) to Kim.Burchell@stfc.ac.uk by Monday 15 February 2010 at the latest

For any additional information on the nomination process please see:

http://www.stfc.ac.uk/SciProg/Plan/Plandocs/NomsProcessWeb3htm.aspx

Link to NUAP document

uksp_ch — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:54:13 +0000

Dear All,

Thank you to those of you who have already responded to the NUAP questionnaire. Unfortunately if you have tried to make a submission within the last few days you will have noticed that the Web links have been unavailable. This was caused by some maintenance work on the STFC Website. This work has now been completed and the links restored. I apologise for any inconvienience this might have caused and encourage you to provide your inputs before the end of 4th November as detailed in the message below.

Thank you,
Rosemary Young

Dear All,

We emailed you after the presentation to PPAN on 28th September 2009 with a link to the NUAP presentation which was given see: http://www.scitech.ac.uk/resources/pdf/NUAPtoPPAN280909.pdf

PPAN has requested we obtain further feedback from you on a number of issues which we need to take account in our next version of the strategy document. This will be presented at the end of November as input into the prioritization exercise which will be completed by the end of the year.

In order for us to do this in a timely fashion we set a deadline of the end of the day on 4th November 2009 to respond to the questionnaire on http://www.scitech.ac.uk/forms/nuapquestnew.aspx

Thanks for your assistance with these issues,

Best regards
Michele Dougherty and NUAP

Message to UKSP from STFC Near Universe Advisory Panel

uksp_ch — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:00:35 +0000

Dear All,

The NUAP strategy was presented to PPAN yesterday; and the presentation shown can be found at

http://www.scitech.ac.uk/About/Strat/Council/AdCom/nuap.aspx

Please note that this presentation contains images from a people’s Web pages and research in order to demonstrate the breadth of the science area covered by NUAP.

We received positive feedback from PPAN in that it is clear that a great deal of work has been done within our large community to begin to form a clear strategy of where NUAP science wishes to go in the future. However it was also very clear that difficult decisions need to be made by PPAN and STFC in regards to where the limited funding will go. Towards that end PPAN is asking us to poll you, the community, on a number of difficult issues. If we do not respond to these issues then the decisions will be made for us. As soon as we have confirmation of the specific questions from PPAN we will send out another email asking for your response. Thanks for your responses and assistance this far in the process.

Best regards

Michele Dougherty

Chair NUAP

STFC NUAP strategy document submitted

uksp_ch — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:12:37 +0000

From: Rosemary Young (STFC)

NUAP has submitted the strategy document to PPAN, please see http://www.stfc.ac.uk/Resources/PDF/NUAP_PPANReport_210909.pdf

This document has resulted from an iterative consultation process with the community, which will continue in the months and years to come and will lead to the document’s further evolution.

In the short-term, a presentation on this strategy document will be made to PPAN on Monday, 28th September, 2009, after which NUAP plans to continue with its consultation with the community.

For any suggestions/concerns you may have regarding this document please send an email to nuap@stfc.ac.uk

Rosemary Young

STFC Introductory Summer School (University College London, UK) 13-18 Sep 2009

uksp_admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:03:45 +0000

Webpage

2nd Announcement

Registration Deadline – 14 August 2009

This year’s STFC Introductory Summer School in Solar-Terrestrial Physics will be held at University College London during the week of 13-18 September 2009. The school is open to all new students and researchers in the area of solar system physics and the programme includes:

Introduction to MHD Introduction to the solar interior: dynamo theory Emergence and evolution of magnetic flux in the solar atmosphere The solar atmosphere and solar activity Solar wind and the IMF The terrestrial magnetosphere The ionosphere and space weather Observing from space ? an overview Observing from the ground ? an overview Rockets ? a practical session Climate change and solar variability The middle atmosphere. Planetary atmospheres Magnetospheres: throughout the universe Ask the panel ? how to write a successful thesis, careers X-ray and radio emission from solar system objects Extra-solar planets Further details and the registration form can be found at: http://zuserver2.star.ucl.ac.uk/~stfc09/

First Announcement
(Issue May 1, 2009)

* solar and heliospheric physics
* Magnetosphere, ionosphere and atmosphere of the Earth
* Planetary atmospheres and environments, including exoplanets
* A “rockets” afternoon and visit to MSSL satellite facilities

Further details and the registration form can be found at:
http://zuserver2.star.ucl.ac.uk/~stfc09/

Sarah Matthews & Alan Aylward
sam@mssl.ucl.ac.uk, alan@apl.ucl.ac.uk

STFC Advanced Summer School (University of Birmingham, UK) 7-11 Sep 2009

uksp_admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:59:15 +0000

Webpage

Registration Deadline (July 6) Approaching
(Issue June 15, 2009)

“An astrophysical Rosetta Stone: Observational & Theoretical Perspectives of the Sun”

The Sun is a Rosetta stone for astrophysics. Its close proximity affords a unique opportunity to study a star to levels of detail and precision not possible for other stars. The Sun is also an “astrophysical laboratory”, allowing us to test fundamental physics under the exotic conditions found in the solar atmosphere and solar interior. The influences that the Sun has on the terrestrial environment, and the various links from the solar interior to the Earth, are part of a major theme in the STFC Road Map.

The School of Physics & Astronomy at the University of Birmingham will host the annual STFC Advanced Summer School in Solar Physics from Monday 7th to Friday 11th September 2009. The aim of the School is to provide PhD students and PDRAs with a firm grounding in various aspects of solar physics, with talks from subject experts in the UK solar physics community. There will also be an opportunity for attendees to make short presentations on their own work.

Full details may be found on the School web pages, at:
http://octave.ph.bham.ac.uk/ASSSP2009/

Registration details may be found at:
http://octave.ph.bham.ac.uk/ASSSP2009/reg.php

Now open for registration
(Issues May 1 & June 1, 2009)

“An astrophysical Rosetta Stone: Observational & Theoretical Perspectives of the Sun”

Full details may be found on the School web pages, at:
http://octave.ph.bham.ac.uk/ASSSP2009/

Registration details may be found at:
http://octave.ph.bham.ac.uk/ASSSP2009/reg.php