Physics Programme Committee - RUG

18/09/2017

Do you care about the quality of your course programme? Do you want good education for yourself and your fellow students? Then join the Program Committee (Applied) Physics (Dutch: opleidingscommissie)! The PC evaluates courses in various ways such as questionnaires and talking to students. Together with a group of teachers they talk about improving the courses if they prove to be too vague or have badly formulated exams.

The PC takes up a few hours of your time per month, during which you will have meetings and talk to students. You will be compensated for this time. The group of people you'll work with are from all different years, so each study year has their own PC member.

If you are interested in a nice experience next to your study that doesn't take up much time, you can join the Programme Committee by sending your CV and a motivational letter to [email protected] before the 2nd of October!

11/03/2017

Thanks to all those that came yesterday and voted for their Physics teacher of the year and congratulations to Gerco Onderwater! We had some interesting talks and some interesting questions too!

02/03/2017

Ocasys is the official study guide for the Science and Engineering department, however it's not really up to date. Fill in the questionnaire and let the Education Support and Innovation know what you would want from an improved Ocasys.

23/11/2016

Dear Students,

We as the PC would like to remind you that you can vote on the teacher of the year with a simple online link. We take this moment to appreciate the hard work the teachers do. So if you have not voted yet on paper, you can so via these links

Please use the links below to vote. You need to log in with your RuG email and vote for 3 teachers

Current 2nd year students --> https://goo.gl/forms/guQlkaqRojjK8SsB2

Current 3rd year students --> https://goo.gl/forms/ykGLwzCCjrNG8lFE2

Current M1 students --> https://goo.gl/forms/oHH745VCdjoHWHGo2

Current M2 students --> https://goo.gl/forms/vbHPIKYr4P897fvJ2

Remember, If you already voted on paper you don't have to vote again. Please vote before Sunday the 27th

With kind regards from all of the PC,

Paul

27/10/2016

Dear students,

From now on, all the evaluations of the courses will be done online. To find the evaluations, you can check the 'Evaluations' Tab on your nestor page ( https://signon.rug.nl/nidp/saml2/sso?id=8&sid=0&option=credential&sid=0 )

We as PC stress the importance of the evaluations. They are vital for the assessment of the quality of education. Please fill them in as soon as you can. It takes about 5 minutes to complete!

With kind regards,

On behalf of the Program Committee,

Paul

12/10/2016

Dear students,

Don't forget that the deadline for period 1b is this Sunday the 16th. Go to ProgressWWW (https://progresswww.nl/rug/) and sign up now!

With kind regards,

On behalf of the Program Committee,
Paul

ProgRESS WWW: programma voor inschrijvingen en tentamenresultaten

05/10/2016

2016 Nobel Laureate Ben Feringa was raised on a farm and was attracted to chemistry by its endless opportunities for creativity.

01/10/2016

Dear (Applied) Physics students,

We will be organising the PAF(Physics Astronomy Feedback) this week. Do you want to discuss your opinions about the courses so far, you can do so this week:

For the 1st years: Wednesday the 5th around 12:40
For the 2nd years: Monday the 3rd around: 12:35
Masters: Friday the 7th around 12:35

If you can’t make it to the lecture, you can send an email to [email protected]

With kind regards,

On behalf of the Program Committee,

Paul

24/09/2016

We would like to remind you that can still apply for a position in the PC! Send your CV and short motivation to [email protected] before the 30th. For more details check out the post below.

On behalf of the Program Committee,

Paul

17/09/2016

Dear (Applied) Physics student,

For the coming year there are a few vacancies for student members in the Programme Committee (Applied) Physics. Do you want to contribute to the quality and the curriculum of your study? Are you an enthusiastic student and can you miss a few hours a month to add your contribution to improving the (Applied) Physics study programme? Apply for the position now!

You will be representing your fellow students in the PC. You can send your CV and a motivation to our email address at [email protected]. The deadline is on the 30th of September.

The PC meets about once every month to discuss the possibilities to improve the study and give advice to the faculty board. This can be about the quality of the courses and how we can improve them. Of course there is a financial compensation for members of the PC.

With kind regards,

On behalf of the Program Committee,

Paul

06/06/2015

Dear (Applied) Physics student,

For the coming year there is a vacancy for the position of student member of the Programme Committee (Applied) Physics. We are primarily looking for someone who will be a Master student next year (after the summer). However, particularly enthusiastic bachelor students are welcome to apply. Do you want to contribute to the quality and the curriculum of your study? Can you miss a few hours a month to add your contribution to improving the (Applied) Physics study programme? Then read on to find out more!

To make sure that our Physics study stays qualitatively good and aims to become even better, it is very important that students are involved in the planning and evaluation of the courses. This can be done by the students who become members of the Programme Committee (PC).

This PC meets about once every month to discuss the possibilities to improve the study and give advice to the faculty board. An example of the topics that are discussed in these meetings are: problems with running courses, improvement of past courses, course evaluations and the curriculum.

Examples of subjects that are being discussed at the moment are the way courses are evaluated and the problems and future possibilities of the study (Applied) Physics. For these changes and developments we need your vision and opinion as a student!

The Programme Committee consists of six students and six teachers. The students are appointed annually at the start of the college year. For now this means that we are looking for new, enthusiastic students.

Do you want to represent your fellow Physics students in the PC? Sign up ultimately on Sunday the 14th of June by sending an e-mail to the address at the end of this message. You will then be invited to an application interview. Alternatively you can find us via the 'Organizations' tab in Nestor.

Of course there is a financial compensation for the people that take place in the PC.

For more information you can send an e-mail or contact the PC through Nestor or FaceBook as mentioned.

With kind regards,

On behalf of the Programme Committee,

Arsalan Torke Ghashghaee
[email protected]

02/03/2015

It's Monday again, and the first one of the year with a new holder of the Physics Teacher of the Year title. Prof. Rob Timmermans has been a deserving winner! Many congratulations to him!

The candidates all provided entertaining talks during a wonderful afternoon and demonstrated exactly why each had been nominated in their category.

Prof. Timmermans will have his name etched on the trophy and will surely look to defend it next year!