Applications for 2020 are now closed!
About the Physics Experience Week
Every February half term, NUSTEM coordinates a Physics Experience Week for a limited number of students keen in getting a flavour of what it is like to study at university and do academic research. Students will be in contact with academic researchers and postgraduate students from the Department of Mathematics, Physics and Electrical Engineering (MPEE), learning about current research carried in areas like:
- Solar physics
- Smart materials & soft matter
- Weather forecasting
- Sustainable materials
- Fluid dynamics
- Materials Processing Technology
Staff at Northumbria University are often part of multidisciplinary research teams, and the Physics Experience Week will draw from other disciplines such as Engineering, Maths and Geography. By the end of the week you are expected to have completed a research poster to present to your peers, external guests, staff and students at a seminar-style event. You’ll gain skills in research, problem solving and collaborative group work – all while working in an academic setting.
To participate, you must:
- Be over 16 years of age, for health and safety requirements.
- Be entering Year 13 in September 2020 and studying both physics and maths at A-level.
- Be available 10:00 am to 3:00 pm every day from 17 to 21 February 2020.
- Have permission to participate from a parent/guardian and your school.
- Arrange your own travel to and from the university each day (bursaries may be available to cover costs).
Student applications for 2020
Applications for the Physics Experience Week 2020 are now closed!
We will be contacting your referees and inform you of the outcome shortly.
What’s next ?
- After submitting your application, you will get an automated email acknowledging your entry.
- Deadline for applications is the 1st December 2019.
- We will contact your referee during the week of the 2nd of December 2019.
- We will inform you on the outcome of your application, no later than the 13th of December 2019.
- Between the 13th of December 2019 and the 17th of February, successfully applicants will receive additional information about the Physics Experience Week.
Work Experience Week is supported by The Ogden Trust.
2019 edition
In the 2019 edition of the Physics Experience Week we had 13 participants from 9 local school working on 11 different projects.
Here is what one of our participants had to say about their experience:
It was great to meet and work with like-minded people interested in STEM and to gain an insight into the production and presentation of an academic poster as well as participate in some interesting practical activities. I gained first hand knowledge of using academic papers and learned how to reference relevant articles. Studying a topic outside the A-level specification was challenging and rewarding and I especially enjoyed reading about the experiments in the area I was studying – the tactile behaviour of liquids.
Below you can find some of the posters produced this year.
