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If you are interested in finding out about the benefits, and myths, of doing a PhD, join us for:
- A short introduction by Airguide programme lead, Professor David Richardson
- 'PhD myth-busting' by Edinburgh Fringe performer, and Senior Research Fellow, Dr Matthew Partridge
- Beer and pizza
- A chance to ask any questions and meet some current PhD students
- The option to watch a live fibre draw in the Zepler Cleanrooms (email r.whitehead@soton.ac.uk)
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Airguide (
www.airguide.soton.ac.uk) is a £6m EPSRC-funded research programme at the cutting edge of optical fibre technology in areas such as interconnection, lasers, data transmission, and sensing and metrology.
The programme offers a range of fully-funded (plus generous stipend for UK students) PhDs, and is actively seeking graduate and masters level students with a background in physics, maths, chemistry, engineering or computing science, and an interest in pushing the boundaries of possibility.
Since it's kick off in November 2017, the Airguide programme has broken world records in hollow-core fibre data transmission, nominated for best student paper in Rome, and featured on a BBC4 science documentary. The programme's influential Advisory Board members includes Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist for Google, Vint Cerf.