Posted by George in Physics on June 18, 2018
Unfortunately, despite my best efforts, I was unsuccessful in getting on any internships for over the summer. This includes the SURE programme in the physics department here at Leicester uni. I thought I had a good chance of getting a place on it, however, it has proven very difficult and ultimately unsuccessful. I am not […]
Posted in Reseach | Tagged Research, summer
Posted by George in Physics on June 2, 2018
Starting 3rd year many of the 4th years told me that 3rd year is horrible, they said the jump from 2nd year to 3rd year was huge. Whilst I do think it is true that there is quite a jump between 2nd and 3rd year, I don’t think it was quite as bad as they […]
Posted in Exams, Studying | Tagged 3rd Year Project, Black Holes, exams, General Relativity, labs, quantum, revision, Wormholes
Posted by George in Physics on April 26, 2018
Over the past month I have been working on my report for my pair project. It is worth 50% of the module’s marks so it a big deal. I found the best way for me to write is to do just an hour and a half every other day or so, this way I was […]
Posted in Studying | Tagged 3rd Year Project, Black Holes, coursework, General Relativity, report, report writing, Wormholes
Posted by George in Physics on April 19, 2018
Elementary Particles was the last speciality elective I took this year (the others I took were Life in the Universe; Active Galaxies and Cosmology). In second year you do a bit of particle physics, lots of people like this bit of the module because it is quite easy. The third year speciality elective has some […]
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Posted by George in Physics on April 8, 2018
In a previous blog I briefly mentioned the advantage of taking breaks during revision, and since I am currently revising for the 6 exams I have in May I thought this would be a good time to elaborate on this. Breaks are an important part of revision, if you don’t take them often enough […]
Posted in Revision | Tagged exam stress, exams, revision
Posted by George in Physics on April 2, 2018
Last week I had my presentation for my pair project about black holes and wormholes (see my previous blogs about this here and here). You present your work to two academic staff, generally one is an expert in the same field of research as you project. I felt nervous when I found out one of […]
Posted in Studying | Tagged 3rd Year Project, Black Holes, coursework, General Relativity, Wormholes
Posted by George in Physics on March 22, 2018
Whether you have a whole bunch of coursework to do, or a ton of revision to get through, I think the library is a great place for it. “What’s the point? I can revise at home?” you may ask. Personally, I find going to the library reduces the number of possible distractions, and separates uni […]
Posted in Studying | Tagged exams, revision
Posted by George in Physics on March 15, 2018
Thought I’d update you on where I’m up to on my project. The project is actually getting quite close to the end. It took a very long time and many attempts, but I finally got the plot for the wormhole to work. Here it is: Me and my pair project partner spend a very long […]
Posted in Reseach, Studying | Tagged 3rd Year Project, Black Holes, coursework, General Relativity, Wormholes
Posted by George in Physics on March 8, 2018
Thought I would just share some of my favourite educational Youtube channels and some examples of the sort of thing they create. So in no particular order: Numberphile Sixty Symbols These are both channels are run by Brady Haran, where he interviews mathematicians and physicists, exploring all corners of their subjects. He’s great at asking […]
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Posted by George in Physics on February 22, 2018
In third year there is quite an unusual module, unlike other modules it does not have a strict syllabus. By this I mean you won’t be just studying one particular part of physics, in fact this module doesn’t even have lectures. The purpose of physics challenge is for students to use all the physics knowledge […]
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