Information for New Staff and Students
Contact
Personal Details and Online Personnel Directories
See this webpage for a list and search function of the members of the School of Physics, providing contact details and access to individual personnel webpages. The list can be filtered using the pull down lists near the top of the page. The names are in alphabetical order and searchable using the Find command of your browser.
Please add or update your details for this page and for emergency details like contact numbers, by obtaining a School of Physics Personal Details form from the Main Office. Return the form to the office to have it entered into the school database. Emergency details are kept strictly confidential. Your office phone number will also be added to the School phone directory. Please notify the Main Office via the online Help Desk if any of your details have changed.
There is also a searchable University phone directory for staff. Please add your contact details to the directory (You'll need your Unikey account).
Support and Admin contacts
- See here for the School of Physics support staff contacts.
- The Physics Student Support Office is generally the first point of contact for students, and the Main Office the contact for staff. Please submit enquiries to the Main Office via the Online Help Desk.
- For university human resources information and contacts see the SydneyPeople site.
Teaching Contacts
Committees and Research Groups
Physics research groups
See the School of Physics research groups site for details.
Email lists and Exploders
The University of Sydney and the School of Physics uses email 'exploders' to direct email messages to relevant groups. See the page about email exploders for information. In the interests of reducing spam, this page is available only locally.
School Committees
See the list of School of Physics Committees.
Science Foundation for Physics
The Science Foundation website.
Australian Societies
A list of links to physics-related Australian societies is given on the External Links page.
Meetings and Events
General meetings and events that may interest you are listed on the Physics Calender and on the site listing Meetings.
A few meetings of general interest follow:
The School of Physics Colloquium
This is on 3pm Mondays in the Slade lecture theatre. The colloquia are 45 minute talks on a topic of general interest to academic staff of the School; cake is provided. All research students are encouraged to attend and will be advised by email of the week's topic and presenter. See the Physics Colloquia site for details, schedule and previous colloquia.
Research Bites
Research Bites are 20-30 minute presentations at 11am Thursdays during teatime, in the tearoom. They are relatively informal, and provide an entertaining overview of interesting research or pursuits. See the Research Bites website for the schedule.
Teatime
11am every weekday is the popular time for morning tea. Biscuits provided by the Science Foundation are offered in the tearoom at this time.
Group Meetings and Special Events
Research groups also hold their own informal meetings, discussion groups or seminars on items of more particular interest. Emails are usually circulated within the research group exploder regarding when these are held.
Social events are held throughout the year, including the annual School of Physics End of Year party each December. The school invites all staff, postgraduate and Honours students, and it is normally held at the Grandstand (nearby). Emails are circulated with details of this party, and any special events.
Media Communication
For tips on School of Physics Media policy see this open access pdf.