Please note, this year's lectures will be in-person at the Cavendish Laboratory from 6pm to 7pm, with an Isaac Physics session from 5pm.

Cambridge Physics Centre: Online Lecture Programme 2022/23

Supported by the Cavendish Laboratory, the Institute of Physics and the Department of Engineering.

Aims

This lecture series is open to all, but aimed at those in years 12 and 13.  It exists to enthuse, stimulate and challenge students and their teachers across the whole broad spectrum of physics-related topics.  It is a live event at the Cavendish Laboratory, directions to the lectures and parking for the evening can be found here.

An interactive Isaac Physics problem solving session starts at 5pm, lectures start at 6pm and finish by 7pm. There is no need to book these lectures, you can just turn up on the day. 

If you wish to be informed of future lectures, please use our CPC Mailing List Sign-up form.

Feedback can be given here.

Recordings of this year's lectures are available here.

2022	Lecture Title	Lecturer	Poster
Thursday 13th October	James Webb Space Telescope: A New Eye on the Distant Universe	Dr Emma Curtis-Lake, Centre for Astrophysics Research, University of Hertfordshire	CPC Oct 22
Tuesday 15th November	Superconductors and their Applications	Prof John Durrell,  Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge	CPC Nov 22
Tuesday 13th December	Materials for Quantum Technologies?	Dr Hannah Stern, Winton Programme for the Physics of Sustainability, University of Cambridge	CPC Dec 22
2023
Tuesday 24th January	Dark Energy	Dr Matt Bothwell, Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge	CPC Jan 23
Tuesday 21st February	How Wings Work	Prof Holger Babinsky, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge	CPC Feb 23
Thursday 23rd March	Fusion: solution to the energy crisis?	Prof Roddy Vann, Department of Physics, University of York	CPC March 23

Recordings of past lectures can be viewed here.