HetSys News
HetSys Students Attend Isaac Newton Institute Workshop on Science Communication and Industry Engagement
Three HetSys students, George Simmons, Luca Gasparro, and Rumesh Sudhaharan, recently took part in a major national training event at the Isaac Newton Institute (INI) in Cambridge. The workshop, jointly delivered by INI and the Gateway to Research programme, focused on strengthening essential professional skills for early鈥慶areer researchers, including science communication, research ethics, and industry engagement.
The week鈥憀ong workshop forms part of a growing national effort to support PhD researchers in developing the broader competencies needed for collaborative, responsible, and impactful research careers.
HetSys Celebrates the End of Term 1 with Cross鈥慍ohort Quiz Night
To mark the end of Term 1 in December 2025, the HetSys Centre for Doctoral Training hosted a lively End鈥憃f鈥慣erm Quiz Night, bringing together students from all 5 cohorts for an evening of connection, friendly competition, and celebration.
IMX Colloquium: Modelling Materials Failure with Scientific Machine Learning
On 24 November 2025, the IMX Institute of Materials hosted an IMX Colloquium delivered by Professor James Kermode, focusing on cutting-edge approaches to modelling materials failure across atomistic and electronic structure scales using scientific machine learning.