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Career and Employment Opportunities

• jobs.ac.uk
  Jobs in science, research, academic and administrative employment in the UK & abroad, plus career tools and advice.
• SolarNews
  Direct link to employment opportunities from the Solar News newsletter
• Vitae
  A national organisation championing the personal, professional and career development of doctoral researchers and research staff in higher education institutions and research institutes.

Glasgow University: Research

• Universitas 21
  Universitas 21 is an international association of research-based universities committed to working together to enhance their status and capabilities.
• International Research Universities Network
  An international network of broad-based research universities

Glasgow University: Students

• Glasgow University Students' Representative Council
  Representing students on virtually every University Committee
• Undergraduate Course Catalogue
  From the Senate Office

Higher Education

• The Higher Education Academy: Physical Sciences Centre
  Enhancing the student experience in Chemistry, Physics, Astronomy and Forensic Science within the university sector
• Addison-Wesley Series in Educational Innovation
  A collection of instructor and student resources inspired by education research
• Practice and Evidence of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
  This journal offers an opportunity for those involved in University learning and teaching to disseminate their practice.
• ALT - the Association for Learning Technology
  ALT is a professional and scholarly association which seeks to bring together all those with an interest in the use of learning technology.

IDL

• IDL Programming Tips
  Invaluable IDL programming tips from Fanning Consulting

International Year of Astronomy 2009

• Celebrating the 1919 Eclipse at Prìncipe
  In May 1919, Sir Arthur Eddington and the Royal Astronomical Society launched an historic expedition to observe a total solar eclipse and experimentally test Albert Einstein's new theory of gravity.

Learned Societies

• Royal Astronomical Society
  The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS), founded in 1820, encourages and promotes the study of astronomy, solar-system science, geophysics and closely related branches of science.
• The Royal Society of Edinburgh
  Scotland's National Academy
• The Royal Institution of Great Britain
  An independent charity dedicated to connecting people with the world of science.

News

• New Scientist
  Science news and science jobs
• Sky & Telescope
  Magazine of Astronomy

Outreach

• Pembrokeshire Physics
  The website features a wide variety of space science and particle physics research, together with activities designed to be suitable for use in schools.
• Astronomy Picture of the Day
  Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
• The Nine Planets Solar System Tour
  An Excellent Multimedia Tour of the Solar System: one star, eight planets, and more - by Bill Arnett
• Lord Kelvin Online
  Online Lord Kelvin resources

Software

• TOPCAT
  An interactive graphical viewer and editor for tabular data: "Does what you want with tables"!

Solar Physics: Miscellaneous

• Solar cycle 24 and Spaceweather
  A good web site to get up-to date information about solar activity
• SpaceWeather.com
  News and information about the Sun-Earth environment

Solar Physics: Research

• ADS Abstract Service
  The SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System Abstract Service provides a gateway to the online Astronomy and Physics literature.
• UK Solar Physics
  A repository of information for the UK solar physics community
• Joint Organization for Solar Observations
  A convention of solar physicists working together on a voluntary basis

Student resources

• Funding Postgraduate Study Abroad
  Initial pointers to sources of funding for postgraduate study and research outside UK at Masters, PhD or postdoctoral level.
• Funding from the German Academic Exchange Service
  Has various funding schemes, e.g. a one-year grant to study at Master's level in Germany
• UK Council for International Student Affairs
  UKCISA promotes and protects the needs of international students in the UK.
• ASTRON/JIVE Summer Student Programme
  Enables astronomy students (graduate or advanced under-graduate) to spend the summer (10 to 12 weeks) at the Dwingeloo Observatory, conducting astronomical research.

Teaching: Astrophysics

• An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics, 2e
  Companion Website for An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics with online resources.
• The Astrophysics Spectator
  This web site is devoted to our current understanding of and research in astronomy and astrophysics.

Undergraduate: research

• astrobites
  the astro-ph reader's digest.
• Reinvention: a Journal of Undergraduate Research
  online, peer-reviewed journal, dedicated to the publication of high-quality undergraduate student research.