UCL Institute of Ophthalmology Postgraduate Students & Alumni

01/12/2017

Please complete this 2min survey about your Student Experience at IoO :)

25/08/2017

Bake sale - common room- please come and grab a piece of cake!

24/08/2017

Bake and Cake Sale in the Institute Common Room, Friday 25th August at 10.30am .

If anyone would like to donate cakes to sell, they’re welcome!

19/06/2017

International Lunch - Join us in the common room at 12.30! :) £5 donation

16/06/2017

Don't forget to register your interest for the International Lunch - Monday, 19th June

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/international-lunch-tickets-35232856422

13/06/2017

The SoCo committee is starting a new initiative, the International Lunch, open to all students and staff members of IoO.
The launch event is happening on Monday, the 19th of June, and there is a suggested donation of £5 that will go towards a charity.
Hope for Children is a charity that improves children’s access to education & healthcare and empowers families across the globe. They support diverse ophthalmic projects spanning from an eye care programme in rural areas of Sri Lanka to braille educational materials at the HOACHIDT Centre for the Blind in Tanzania.

Please register your interest until the 16th of June!

If you feel like cooking and helping this cause, please send an email to Rita ([email protected])

Hope to see you all next Monday :)

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/international-lunch-tickets-35232856422

The SoCo committee is starting a new initiative, the International Lunch, open to all students and staff members of IoO. The launch event is happening on Monday, the 19th of June, and there is a suggested donation of £5 that will go towards a charity. Hope for Children is a charity that improves c...

08/06/2017

Dear all
Just a reminder about the pick Me Up Thursday social lunch today in the BoV room from 12.30-1.30pm
Hope to see you there!

30/05/2017

We are delighted to announce that the UCL SenSyT (Sensory Systems, Technologies and Therapies) Symposium 2017 will take place on the 26th June 2017 at the Institute of Ophthalmology, London. The symposium is free to attend and lunch will be provided.

To register, please submit an abstract of up to 250 words with your registration here: https://www.sensytsymposium.co.uk. Attendance-only delegates are also welcome, however due to limited space we will prioritize presenters, so please register your interest in advance.

There will be a prize for Best Talk at £400, a prize for Best Poster at £250, and runner-up poster will receive £150. We will cover the costs of poster printing for the first 10 posters received.

17/05/2017

Dear postgraduate research and MRes students,

We are excited to announce the date for the annual Student Poster Evening.

This event will be held on 14th June, from 4.30pm, in the Common Room.

You are ALL invited to present a poster at this event and the first 10 entries will have their posters printed FOR FREE by the Education Office.

This date should give you all plenty of time to prepare and for those of you who are attending ARVO this year, please feel free to use your poster from there.

This event is held solely for the benefit of our postgraduate research students and is designed to help you practice your presentation skills, share ideas, and perhaps look beyond your own disciplines. There will be no supervisors or P*s present, besides the Graduate Tutors who will judge the posters and present the prizes (1st prize, 2nd prize, and 3rd prize).

The event will be held in the Common Room as usual and will be followed by drinks and pizzas. Posters will need to be set up by 2.30pm on the day. This year the judges will review the posters before the start of the event and, once the judging starts at 5pm, you will have 3 minutes to explain your research to them. Prizes will be awarded at 6pm.

TO PRESENT A POSTER: Please email me by no later than 31st May, if you wish to enter your poster and present it at this event.

TO ATTEND: If you do not wish to present, but you would like to attend, please email me by 7th June, to confirm your attendance (so we order enough pizza!)

kind regards

Pia

17/05/2017

Cheltenham Science Festival are looking for researchers at any stage in their career to bring and deliver hands on activities in Cheltenham Town Centre, and on the Cheltenham Science Festival. The activities should be interactive, and aimed at a wide age range. There is no electricity available at the locations so activities need to be fairly low tech. Activities in the town centre will take place from 12-4pm on Saturday 10th, and 12-3pm on Sunday 11th June. Activities on the Festival site will run from 10am to 5pm on both Saturday 10th & Sunday 11th June. The Festival have funding available for travel expenses, and to contribute towards materials/other expenses where applicable. If you are interested in getting involved or would like more information, please contact Hana Ayoob at [email protected] or on 01242 537291.

More information about Cheltenham Science Festival:

Cheltenham Science Festival is an annual celebration of science, engineering and the arts. A rare opportunity for the public to come face-to-face with over 300 world-class scientists, engineers and thinkers, the Festival annually issues more than 43,000 tickets, whilst free interactive zones and activities attract over 27,000 visits. The Festival promises a mix of serious debate, live experiments and surprising discoveries. This year’s Guest Directors Dallas Campbell and Ellen Stofan (former NASA Chief Scientist) are joined by an exciting line-up of top speakers including comedians Dara Ó Briain and Jon Culshaw, musicians Evelyn Glennie and Will Gregory, and writer Lionel Shriver. Alice Roberts, Jim Al-Khalili, Adam Rutherford, Richard Dawkins, Michael Moseley, Roger Penrose and Marcus du Sautoy are some of the 200+ speakers who will discuss subjects from trailblazing tech to the truth behind fake news.

Take a look at the full programme here: www.cheltenhamfestivals.com/science

6 -11 June 2017. The world’s greatest scientists, imaginative thinkers, science bloggers and genius comedians help us answer some big questions at Cheltenham Science Festival.

14/05/2017

Dear PhD students,

Having teaching experience is very valuable when it comes to applying for other jobs when we finish the PhD. From the StARS team we are aware that, unfortunately, we do not have any teaching opportunities here at the Institute of Ophthalmology.

We would like to know how the PhD students based here at the IoO feel about this and how many people would be interested in teaching. We are planning to pass this information to the faculty level to see how they can help in providing us with teaching opportunities.

Could you please fill in this short survey (1 min) so we gather all our opinions and make a strong case?
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf_Knp6jp1kN7xY0a10FiyEwkZOKXVrA-dwzRxkde0SYjTsVg/viewform?c=0&w=1

Thank you very much
Best wishes,

Ana Rita Pinho
Carla Sanchez

On behalf of the IoO StARS

17/03/2017

Postdoctoral research and careers day - 14th of July

Students welcome!

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ucl-school-of-pharmacy-postdoctoral-research-career-day-tickets-32408276026