The Scottish Universities Physics Alliance is a strategic alliance of eight Physics Schools with a shared strategy for physics research.

Scotland, UK
Joined May 2011
Additional speaker confirmed! Sarah Bakewell, Head of EDI @PhysicsNews will be there to talk about the member diversity survey, intersectionality, and the new Physics Inclusion Model (replacing Juno). Don't miss it!
SUPA & @IoPScotland invite you to consider diversity and inclusion in Scottish Physics on 8 March in Linlithgow! 🎙️ @ClaraMBarker on "Scattering atoms, ions and perceptions" 🎙️ @S_FrankeArnold on being a parent in academia 🗣️ What can we do better? forms.office.com/e/H3p1JjJhx…
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There's a lot of SUPA news in this edition: info on the Annual Gathering; the International Women's Day event in March; how to keep in touch with us; careers webinars and staff changes. Take a look 👇
The January newsletter is out! Why go out into the remnants of Storm Isha when you can sit back with a cuppa and read all the latest from SUPA and our universities? mailchi.mp/0c3f29a0aca2/supa…
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The January newsletter is out! Why go out into the remnants of Storm Isha when you can sit back with a cuppa and read all the latest from SUPA and our universities? mailchi.mp/0c3f29a0aca2/supa…
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SUPA & @IoPScotland invite you to consider diversity and inclusion in Scottish Physics on 8 March in Linlithgow! 🎙️ @ClaraMBarker on "Scattering atoms, ions and perceptions" 🎙️ @S_FrankeArnold on being a parent in academia 🗣️ What can we do better? forms.office.com/e/H3p1JjJhx…
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We are hiring a permanent #Assistant #Professor in #Physics, with a focus on #Quantum #Science and #Technology (QST) at @HeriotWattUni! Applications from women and other underrepresented groups in Physics are especially encouraged. Please RT! More info: bbqlab.org/openings/faculty/
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Following the REF initial decisions consultation, we're announcing some updates - most importantly that the next REF will be REF 2029. This is in recognition of the complexities for HEIs in preparing for the exercise.
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The Career Development Fellowships are now open for applications. The scheme aims to support talented early-career scientists from underrepresented groups, beginning as a pilot with researchers from Black heritage backgrounds: royalsociety.org/grants-sche… #RSGrants
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Sexism in academia is bad for science and a waste of public funding We just published this paper in Nature Rev. Mater. (2023) today. doi.org/10.1038/s41578-023-0… An open access link is given under this link rdcu.be/dr6Pp
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Congratulations @ukatc! Here's to the next 25! 🥳🥂
It's our anniversary! 🥳 For 25 years the UK ATC has been delivering on its mission to develop some of the most powerful astronomical instruments and telescopes in the world. 📡🛰️🔭 #UKATC25 Find out more 👉 ukatc.stfc.ac.uk/Pages/UK-As…
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This👇 is what ChatGPT ‘thinks’ our research looks like. If you want to find out what it looks like in reality come to my inaugural lecture on Wednesday, 22 November, 5.15pm, School 3, St Salvator’s Quad @univofstandrews, events.st-andrews.ac.uk/even….
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JOB OPPORTUNITY! 📢The new ARC in #Quantum Technology is looking for a full-time Project Manager (fixed term to Aug 2027) to be based @UofGlasgow. Deadline to apply - 7 December gla.ac.uk/explore/jobs/appoi…
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Important new resource for Astronomy & Space Science communicators 👇 @PhysAstroEd @PhysAstroStAnd @UofGPhysAstro @ukatc @AstroRoyalScot @ritatojeiro @AMWeijmans @e_astronomer Please spread the word!
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Do you self-identify as being from a Black heritage including mixed Black background? Will you have your PhD, or less than 2yrs post-doc experience by January 2025? If yes to both, this is the scheme for you! Deadline to apply: 24 January
A new Royal Society scheme to kickstart the independent research careers of researchers from groups underrepresented in UK STEM will open for applications this autumn: #RSGrants royalsociety.org/news/2023/0…
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The IOP Edinburgh Winter Lectures at the Royal Society of Edinburgh start on the 28th of Nov. Dr Amy Bonsor (U. of Cambridge) will give a lecture on "Planet-eating White Dwarfs". Full details of this seasons lectures can be found at: tinyurl.com/ymhf5c3m @IoPScotland
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Latest SUPA newsletter is out! Take a look to find out about some important changes at SUPA as well as news about the Annual Gathering 2024! mailchi.mp/259521b18276/supa…
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📢Inaugural Lecture📢 Prof Victoria Martin, Chair of Collider Physics, will deliver her inaugural lecture: ‘The Higgs Era - a decade of the Higgs boson’. 📅 Thu 30 Nov 🕔 17:15-19:00 📍 Yew Lecture Theatre, Nucleus Building, KB Register by 20 Nov. 🎟️ edin.ac/3tSLiT8
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Happy #DarkMatterDay everybody!
In the build up to #DarkMatterDay, we think about the invisible substance that makes up most of the mass of the Universe and explore STFC's contribution to the search for the unseeable. 🔍⚫ Read more on this great mystery through the following link: medium.com/big-science-at-st…
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Congrats to Prof Alan Miller, former CEO of @physicsscotland and honorary research fellow at @UofGPhysAstro, who has been named as an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Physics. Read more below! gla.ac.uk/news/headline_1013…
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