1. Scottish Universities Physics Alliance SUPA Graduate School Avril Manners Director, SUPA Graduate School www.supa.ac.uk

2. Scottish Universities Physics Alliance Graduate School - Metrics

3. Scottish Universities Physics Alliance Graduate School - Metrics

4. Scottish Universities Physics Alliance Graduate School - Guidance

5. Scottish Universities Physics Alliance Graduate School - Remit Technical Courses across themes Astronomy / Space Physics Condensed Matter & Materials Physics Nuclear and Plasma Physics Particle Physics Photonics Physics and Life Sciences Transferable Skills Workshops, Summer Schools, Meetings, Distinguished Visitors  Prize Studentships

6. Scottish Universities Physics Alliance Graduate School - Courses Transferable Skills  SUPA Specialist Provision C++/Object Oriented Programming Shell Scripts Introductory Data Analysis Advanced Data Analysis Entrepreneurial Training Alumni Careers Event

7. Scottish Universities Physics Alliance Graduate School - Courses Flexible approach Video-linked lectures Face – to – face Workshops Summer schools On-line, web based

8. Scottish Universities Physics Alliance Video Conferencing

9. Scottish Universities Physics Alliance My.SUPA (Example of Course Area) Course News Review lecture slides What is next lecture about? Share a question Submit assignment Make a link to a useful article Add a comment Try a quiz Arrange course night out Send an email

10. Scottish Universities Physics Alliance SUPA Minimum Requirements Since 2008, every SUPA PhD student has been required to complete a minimum of… 40 hours of lectures + coursework and assessment of technical studies 20 hours or 4 days of generic skills in the first 2 years of their PhD Note – Some Themes set a higher recommended level

11. Scottish Universities Physics Alliance SUPA Prize Studentships

12. Scottish Universities Physics Alliance Online Application and Selection The following table shows the development of the SUPA Prize Studentship competition over the years: Year 200520062007200820092010 No. of applicants127186231258343282 No. of countries345044555956 No. of awards1091510817

13. Scottish Universities Physics Alliance Graduate School – Leverage Scottish CM-DTC – 50 studentships INSPIRE – KE/PaLS/GS – 12 industrial studentships PaLS Intro Biology School Hot Topics in Photonics SUPA/Durham – Conformal Field Theory, Super Strings and D-branes, Lattice QCD

14. Scottish Universities Physics Alliance Graduate School - Vision The Five Year Vision: Over the next 5 years, the SUPA Graduate School will raise its position as a world leading location for advanced post-graduate training in physics. To achieve our vision, we will 1.increase the total number and access of post graduate students entering Scottish physics departments 2.ensure excellence in education, training and supervision of SUPA PhDs (define and measure SUPA standards; compare with world leading HEIs) 3.increase the impact of Scottish post graduate and post doctoral physicists world-wide 4.realise the true benefits of pooling in seizing the advantages of scale in funding and collaboration

15. Scottish Universities Physics Alliance SUPA International AC Statement ‘UK students need more formal training in their research areas if they are to be competitive with students from the USA and continental Europe’ Issues for SUPA and Scotland The UG / PG divide The SUPA PhD and national standards The Euromasters