h2. Summer Astro Research The Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON) and the Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe (JIVE) are doing a summer research programme for undergraduates if you might be interested, as always, there's "more information over here":http://www.astron.nl/astronomy-group/summer-school/astronjive-international-summer-school   *Have a great New Year and Christmas everyone!* A special thanks to those of you who managed to read all he way to the bottom. ;-) See you in the next decade, Thomas. 2009-12-08T13:25:00+00:00 19 Issue 9 for Tues 08/12/09 h2. Free pizza A group of alumni are coming back to the physics department to talk about the jobs they have got after their degrees. Pizza is going to be kindly provided by the department. So come along to the *seminar room, Friday 11th at 4pm*. "More info":http://physoc.org.uk/event/Free_Pizza_and_BEvERages h2. Patent office The European Patent Office will be on campus on Thursday 10th December to give a presentation on patents, IP and careers within the EPO. They are specifically wishing to target science students with engineering or physics backgrounds. *Thursday 10th December 11am in Building 06 (Nuffield Theatre), Room 1083 (Lecture Theatre C)* "More info":http://www.soton.ac.uk/careers/pgr/events/epolecture122009.html h2. LUCID Becky Parker will be giving a talk called *'LUCID (Langton Ultimate Cosmic-ray Intensity Detector) - putting a CERN detector in space and in schools'* The Langton Star Centre at Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys is working closely with CERN and Surrey Satellite Technology Limited to put a new design of cosmic ray detector into space. This will be linked to an array of school detectors with the aim of giving students the opportunity to be involved in real physics research when they are at school. The wealth of data expected will make use of the facilities of the GridPP. We are hoping that working in this way with CERN technology will enthuse students and encourage them to consider taking physics and engineering further. It will take place at 2:30 in the Physics Seminar Room on Friday 11th December, Tea and cakes afterwards. "more"http://www.phys.soton.ac.uk/colloquia/ "details":http://physoc.org.uk/event/LUCID on the "calendar":http://physoc.org.uk/calendar h2. Thanks This is the last newsletter of the decade. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Ele for the amazing ball last night and everyone else who helped make it happen. Last week was Greg's last newsletter and I would also like to thank him for his tireless efforts in writing the weekly newsletters up until this point. Despite the end of term being only a few days away we still have lots of events for you to go to! h2. Scientific Journalism *Stewart Clark* will be giving a talk on *Wednesday in LTC in the physics building (46) at 4pm*. He is one of the UK’s most widely read astronomy journalists. His career is devoted to presenting the complex world of astronomy to the general public. Stuart holds a first class honours degree and a PhD in astrophysics. He is a former editor of Astronomy Now, the UK’s biggest selling astronomy magazine. Currently he spends most of his time writing books, punctuating this with work for the European Space Agency, New Scientist, BBC Focus and BBC Sky at Night. "More info":http://physoc.org.uk/event/Scientific_Journalism_Stuart_Clark 2009-12-08T13:39:40+00:00 1