News from HOGS

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News from HOGS
Programmatic review Nuclear Physics
Travel Meeting with Wakeham Meeting with Ian
Pearson STFC Nuclear Physics Advisory
Panel Student Travel
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Programmatic review Report prepared for PPAN
concerning the Programmatic Review Report is
available on the web Results of Programmatic
Review are on the web
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Nuclear Physics Travel Coordinated response to
grant outcome re travel for approved
experiments Submitted a proposal to
STFC Outcome discussed earlier
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• Meeting with Wakeham
• July 30th PJN, Brian Fulton, Paddy Regan
• Letter to him highlighted
• International excellence
• Low funding of nuclear physics
• Applicability and industry demand for
  students/postdocs
• Additional Evidence submitted
• Low funding compared to other countries
• Evidence of KE etc.
• Meeting lasted 1.5 hours. We were well received.
• Wakehams first report will be on 19th September
  2008

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Meeting with Ian Pearson August 26th PJN,
Guenther Rosner, Bill Gelletly Meeting followed
a letter to him Points raised Need for UK to be
part of FAIR Government will sign up if
recommended to do so by STFC Need for additional
investment in Nuclear Physics based on its
international academic excellence and the need of
the nation for nuclear physicists He said he
would await Wakeham Meeting lasted 1 hour
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STFC Nuclear Physics Advisory Panel Call for
nominations closes 30th September 2008 The
panels are tasked to Draft and maintain a
roadmap describing current and future research
opportunities in their areas, for presentation
and approval by PPAN Consult and interact with
the community to ensure its views are canvassed
and there is an appropriate and effective route
for communication with STFC on strategic
programmatic issuesMake an independent
presentation to PPAN on the relevant panel area
in years in which an STFC Programmatic Review
takes place, thereby providing community input to
the programmatic review processRespond to other
specific requests from PPAN for advice as the
need arises
Once this panel is set up, consider the role of
HOGS, NPF, annual town meeting as input route to
it
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Student travel In the STFC DTG award just
announced an element has been included for the
overseas fieldwork allowance This DTG covers
students starting in 2008 and 2009 The allowance
is 5.74k per student for their 3.5 year
studentship This is based on the average spend
on Particle Physics Experiments in the past few
years I intend to collate information from the
Nuclear Physics groups and get an assurance from
STFC that they will increase this if there is
demand based on the students experimental
programme Most of the responses I have so far
suggest that the actual cost in previous years is
10-12k per studentship