I survived my first week as a Ph.D. student! Naturally this calls for celebration, with an astronomy inspired bottle of wine and a starry blouse...

The 2017 Explorathon in St Andrews was hosted by The Byre Theatre (along with a few other buildings about the town) and was well attended by both researchers and the public!

Despite being stood at The Byre entrance all night counting attendance (repetitive strain from t...

A few weeks before the beginning of my Ph.D., I attended the STFC astronomy summer school where I got the chance to meet many other incoming Ph.D. students from around the UK.

As well as being a great opportunity to meet other Ph.D. students, the school also involved pl...

This summer, between my Masters degree ending and Ph.D starting, I was very lucky to be able to get involved in the 73rd SUSSP (Scottish Universities Summer Schools in Physics) which took place in St Andrews.

In return for a small quantity of local knowledge,...