MPLS academics recognised in Queen's Birthday Honours
Congratulations to the MPLS academics whose pioneering work has been recognised in The Queen's Birthday Honours List.
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MPLS award winners announced at Summer Reception
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Sir Andrew Wiles awarded Copley Medal by Royal Society
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The solar-powered observatory bringing astrophysics to rural India
A worldwide network of observatories established by Professor Katherine Blundell from the Department of Physics is helping young people, especially girls, in the developing world to engage with science education.
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We are home to the mathematical, physical, engineering and life sciences at Oxford. Our research is the best of its kind in the country according to the 2014 Research Excellence Framework, which is used to assess university research across the UK.
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Thursday, 29 June 2017, 6.30pm to 8.30pm
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Research income for 2015/16 £135m
1730 academics and researchers
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The MPLS office is at 9 Parks Road, opposite the Museum of Natural History. Staff in the office support and advise our departments and interdisciplinary units. We manage a range of functions including finance, personnel, and skills training for graduate students.