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Applying for PhD Programmes

Posted by David in Natural Sciences on February 22, 2015

After a few months of research and deliberation, I’m happy to say I’ve accepted an offer for a PhD starting in September. Doing a PhD after completing an undergraduate course is becoming increasingly common in steps towards a career in both industry and academia, and generally consists of 3-4 years spent on a very specific […]

Posted in Career, Future, Postgraduate Study | Tagged I Science, Interdisciplinary Science, ISci, natsci, Natural Sciences, PhD, postgraduate study, student blog | 1 Response

One of the highlights at the National Space Centre: a solar panel recovered from the Hubble Space Telescope during a repair mission. Notice the small holes caused by micrometeorites!

Headstart Summer School 2014

Posted by David in Natural Sciences on July 4, 2014

Today marks the end of this year’s Headstart Summer School, where A-Level students descend on the university to get a feel of what it’s like to be a natural sciences or physics student here. As one of the volunteers, I’ve spent the last week building rockets, studying meteorites, identifying bacterial DNA strands and much much […]

Posted in Volunteering | Tagged A-Level, centre of interdisciplinary science, Headstart Summer School, interdisciplinary sciences, ISci, MIRA Technology Park, natsci, Natural Sciences, PhD, Professor Ken Pounds, student blog, The National Space Centre, University of Leicester, x-ray astronomy

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Applying for PhD Programmes

Headstart Summer School 2014

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