Quota Studentship 2012
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Portsmouth
Department Name: Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation
Abstract
Doctoral Training Partnerships: a range of postgraduate training is funded by the Research Councils. For information on current funding routes, see the common terminology at https://www.ukri.org/apply-for-funding/how-we-fund-studentships/. Training grants may be to one organisation or to a consortia of research organisations. This portal will show the lead organisation only.
Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
| David Wands (Training Grant Holder) |
Publications
Anderson L
(2014)
The clustering of galaxies in the SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: baryon acoustic oscillations in the Data Releases 10 and 11 Galaxy samples
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Aubourg É
(2015)
Cosmological implications of baryon acoustic oscillation measurements
in Physical Review D
Burden A
(2015)
Reconstruction in Fourier space
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Hardwick R
(2017)
A quantum window onto early inflation
in International Journal of Modern Physics D
Hardwick R
(2016)
Constraining Curvatonic Reheating
Hardwick R
(2016)
Constraining curvatonic reheating
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Hardwick R
(2017)
A Quantum Window Onto Early Inflation
Howlett C
(2015)
L-PICOLA: A parallel code for fast dark matter simulation
in Astronomy and Computing
Howlett C
(2015)
The clustering of the SDSS main galaxy sample - II. Mock galaxy catalogues and a measurement of the growth of structure from redshift space distortions at z = 0.15
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Liske J
(2015)
Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): end of survey report and data release 2
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
| Description | A Visit From Space |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Over 550 primary school children have participated in a half-day of space activities, followed by questions and discussions about ICG research and being a scientist. Overwhelmingly positive feedback from teachers including 'our students not only learned a lot about the galaxies and universe but also improved confidence to want to become scientists and find out more about science'. Two schools sent thank you letters with follow-up questions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013,2014 |
| Description | Cosmology Masterclass |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Since 2012 the Cosmology Masterclass has engaged and inspired over 200 A level students with research at the ICG. The Cosmology Masterclass began as a collaboration with The Portsmouth Grammar School in 2010 and is now held annually on campus, with several additional 'mini-Masterclasses' each year at local colleges. - Feedback from the 2013 event was some of the best the University has received for an A level event. - Over the years 13 students have subsequently joined ICG for summer placements of which four cite their experiences at ICG as helping them to decide to pursue STEM subjects at university. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010,2012,2013,2014 |
| Description | Schools Physicist of the Year Awards |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Schools were asked to nominate year 9 and 12 pupils as their "schools physicist of the year". Award winners were invited to an awards ceremony with their parents and teachers. The event sparked lots of discussion and questions between the students, parents and ICG researchers. One school has requested further activities from the ICG. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Science Tent at the Bestival music festival (Isle of Wight) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Over 1200 people attending the Bestival music festival participated in activities at the ICG stand in the Science Tent No follow-up evaluation was carried out, however from speaking to festival attendees during the event we would expect that the activities changed the views, opinions or behaviours of the audience. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Stargazing Live 2014 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 5500 people attended a BBC Learning Stargazing Live event for which the ICG was the main academic partner. The event was held in Portsmouth due to the success of the previous year's event at the Historic Dockyard. Members of the public participated in a number of activities linked to ICG research, sparking questions and discussion. - there was an increase in traffic to the ICG website two days after the event |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |