School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews

CELEBRATION FOR DR BRUCE SINCLAIR

After four decades of teaching, many of you will know and have been inspired by Dr Bruce Sinclair. To mark Bruce's great achievement of reaching this 40-year milestone, a celebration event of his long-standing service to St Andrews will take place from 10.00am to 6.30pm on Friday 26 June 2026.

Register - https://ow.ly/N2MR50Z6JJl

The programme will include contributions from current and former colleagues, as well as alumni, reflecting on Bruce’s impact on their careers and his many achievements over a distinguished and storied career.

There will also be plenty of opportunity to reconnect with old friends and network with fellow Physics and Astronomy graduates from across the years.

The deadline to register is Sunday 7 June 2026.

🌿 Join us for Litter Pick #3! 🌿

Tomorrow, 12–1pm, we’ll be cleaning the woodland along the multi-user path next to David Russell Apartments as part of the Fife Climate Festival. Come along and help us keep St Andrews’ green spaces clean for wildlife and our community!

Meet up location is the beginning of the Shared Use Path from Buchanan Gardens and next to DRA car park. Three words: ///facing.vowel.discusses

Last week, despite the rain, we managed to collect 12.5 kg of plastic waste from the hedges along the bus station.

Communities Climate Action Network and Fife Climate Hub

Check out the new vending machines, installed by UPDATES cafe at the School.

Congratulations to Sahyadri Krishna for passing his viva on his thesis titled 'The host galaxies of luminous quasars: a spectrum decomposition view.'

Ryan, Zoe and Cameron, from our Planetarium team had recently been at the Guardbridge Primary School and Strathkinness Primary School.

The STFC ERF call is now open. https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/early-independence-ernest-rutherford-fellowships-2026/. Internal deadline is 23rd June 2026.
You can find more information on how to submit at our website, https://astronomy.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/stfc-ernest-rutherford-fellowships/.

Many congratulations to Zoe Harvey for passing her viva on her thesis titled 'The Cool Circumgalactic Medium of Massive Galaxies.'

Dr Henry Legg was on the Radio 4 Today programme this morning to talk about problems with Microsoft Quantum’s latest claims. You can listen to it here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002x5g6, at point 1:20:55.

Today - 03/06/2026 - BBC Sounds News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.