Student experience
Physics students share what it’s like to study at Manchester.
Society Spotlights: Women in Science and Engineering
Student experience 9 February 2023
This week for our Society Spotlights series, we are joined by the Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Society.
Society Spotlights: Physics Netball
Student experience 1 February 2023
This week on the Department of Physics and Astronomy blog, we’re joined by the Physics Netball Society!
Society Spotlights: Nuclear and Particle Physics Society
Student experience 23 January 2023
This week, the Nuclear and Particle Physics Society (NPPS) joins us on the blog as part of our Society Spotlights series.
Society Spotlights: PhysSoc
Student experience 16 January 2023
Our new blog series, Society Spotlights, will be shedding light on some of the amazing physics-related societies that you can join at The University of Manchester. And who better to kick us off than PhysSoc?
My journey so far: Louisa Mason
Student experience 28 September 2022
This week Louisa Mason joins us on the blog. Louisa is a Master’s student who joined the university in on our Physics with an Integrated Foundation Year course. Louisa told us all about her university experience, the work she’s been doing at Manchester and her lunch with the Lovell telescope.
Louisa Mason talks Teach First: Manchester
Student experience 24 August 2021
Louisa Mason is progressing into her third year of an undergraduate Physics with Astrophysics degree, and she is also a Student Ambassador for the Faculty of Science and Engineering. In this post, Louisa tells us about her experience of a Teach First internship at the end of her second year studies and the importance of inspiring high-school students to engage with STEM subjects.
CUWiP – Women in Physics Conference 2021
Student experience 15 April 2021
In this blog post, second year Physics with Astrophysics undergraduate Louisa Mason discusses her experience of the 2021 CUWiP (Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics) and the inspirational presentations delivered at this year’s event.
International Women’s Day 2021: Clea Dronne
International Women's Day 3 March 2021
Clea Dronne is a physics student in her second year of an undergraduate degree. As she enters the second semester, she notices something new (and it’s not the online learning): “I am finally doing a course being taught by a woman! The first one. That says a lot, I think.”
Teaching Methods: Programming for Physicists
Student experience 19 February 2021
Dr Lloyd Cawthorne discusses his experience of teaching the core undergraduate module PHYS20161: Introduction to Programming for Physicists, and the ways that this course has successfully adapted to current teaching and learning practices.
Online interview days: some advice for this year’s applicants
Student experience 11 November 2020
Our UCAS interviews have moved online this year – we caught up with the Admissions Tutor to ask what you can expect from your interview.