With record revenue and growth in each of the last 3 years, the UK’s aerospace industry urgently needs well qualified graduates to spearhead its continued growth. That is why UK government and 9 major aerospace employers are jointly funding 500 MSc tuition fee bursaries, each worth up to £9.5k. In the words of Rt Hon Vince Cable, Secretary […]
21 January 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE UKSEDS National Student Space Conference 2014 1-2 March 2014, University of Leicester 2nd Media Announcement The 26th Annual UKSEDS National Student Space Conference will be held on the weekend of 1-2 March 2014, and hosted by Leicester AstRoSoc at the University of Leicester. UKSEDS are pleased to announce registration […]
The Globe at Night programme is an international citizen-science campaign to raise public awareness of the impact of light pollution by inviting citizen scientists to measure their night-sky brightness and submit their observations from a computer or smart phone. The programme is coordinated by Dr. Connie Walker from the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO). Light pollution threatens not […]
“IRSA, a part-funded ERDF project at the University of Leicester, was set up to enable the development of 12 month MPhil research projects with East Midlands companies, where the student receives a stipend of £15K. We currently have a position available from the department of Physics and Astronomy to perform research associated with X-Ray Modelling, […]
16 December 2013 For Immediate Release UKSEDS National Student Space Conference 2014 1-2 March 2014, University of Leicester 1st Media Announcement The 26th Annual UKSEDS National Student Space Conference will be held on the weekend of 1-2 March 2014, and hosted by Leicester AstRoSoc at the University of Leicester. The conference will bring together students, […]
UKSEDS members come from and reach out all over the globe! We’re proud to share the latest success story from Angaraj Duara, an international student at the University of Leicester, and active member of Leicester AstRoSoc. We hope you’ll find it as inspirational as we did. “I joined the University of Leicester last year as […]
Sheffield SEDS (ShefSEDS) space enthusiasts have started a regular “light-hearted space caper for all outer space enthusiasts”. Listen to the first installment here. Galaxy Zest 13.10.13 – The Mars One Programme by Galaxy Zest on Mixcloud In the first part of the show, the Galaxy Zest presenters discuss the Mars One […]
The Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) and the SGAC Near Earth Object (NEO) Project Group in collaboration with the Minor Planet Center (MPC) are excited to offer you the opportunity to name an asteroid! Entering is easy: Send them your entry in 50 words or fewer on what you would name an asteroid and why. Two competitions will run, one for entrants under […]
On Tuesday 10th – Thursday 12th September 2013, ex-committee members Damian Rumble and Maggie Lieu represented UKSEDS at The European Planetary Science Congress 2013 (EPSC 2013) held at UCL, London. The event spanned a whole week of space related talks – everything from planetary modelling to astrobiology, and saw appearances from MarsOne and Virgin galactic. […]
Delft Aerospace Rocket Engineering (DARE) is a student organisation linked to the TU Delft in the Netherlands that has existed for a little over ten years now. They design, develop, build and launch their own rockets with the goal to get students more interested in rocket science. Over the years they have worked on a […]
For nine weeks our Secretary, Ryan Laird, attended the International Space University (ISU) Space Studies Programme (SSP). Ryan shares his experiences with UKSEDS and explains how YOU can get involved. “The Space Studies Programme (SSP) is an intense nine-week course for postgraduate students and professionals of all disciplines. The curriculum covers the principal space-related fields, […]
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