On Thursday September 23rd, the Physics department were delighted to welcome Alexandra Mitchell, a current PhD student studying gravitational waves, as a visiting speaker.
Students from years ten to thirteen listened attentively, as she described gravitational waves, where they come from and her role detecting them. This includes building the most sensitive seismometer in the world. Alex also spoke about how many potential careers are available to those with a Physics degree, including everything from particle researcher to careers in finance and even medical physics. As a department we were delighted to be able to hear from such an excellent role model for our budding Physicists.
Mr Martin (Teacher of Physics)