[Astro] [CAPT] FW: tea in postgraduate common room Monday 26th 10:45

[Alfonso Aragon-salamanca (staff)]

Dear CAPT PhD students,

You should all have received the message below from Ella/Rik Hill. It would be good if CAPT students participated in reasonable numbers - it is a good think to keep in touch with students from other research areas in Physics.

Best wishes,

Alfonso


Alfonso Aragón-Salamanca
Professor of Astronomy

School of Physics and Astronomy
University of Nottingham
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University Park
Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK

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From: Ella Batchelor (staff)
Sent: 15 January 2026 08:31
Cc: Richard Hill (staff) <richard.hill at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:richard.hill at nottingham.ac.uk>>
Subject: FW: tea in postgraduate common room Monday 26th 10:45

Dear postgraduate researchers
tl;dr : Please come for a cup of tea (coffee/whatever) on Monday 26th January at 10:45, in the postgraduate common room, C10, main building. The more the better, from all research groups (including those in SPMIC and CAPT!).

You may or may not know about the tradition of postgrads meeting for a cup of tea (or coffee or juice!) in the postgraduate common room every morning (10:45-11:15) and afternoon (3:45-4:15).
In the past (cue Dvorak's New World Symphony in the Hovis advert...) a large number of postgraduates used to get together for a drink at these times. It was a great way to meet up and chat with fellow postgrads from all over the School, from the various different research groups, and a natural place to organise social or sporting events. As well as adding to the sense of community, it also spawned some neat research ideas spanning different groups (and was a place to get the low down on the bits of kit you needed but never thought existed.)
The tradition never recovered after covid unfortunately (although I know many of you continue to use the space for lunch).
Chris Morley is still there most days though, valiantly continuing to serve tea and coffee, morning and afternoon.
I know that many of you have expressed a desire for more opportunities to meet and talk with other postgraduates on a social level, both within and outside your research group.
I have a proposition for you: in an attempt to get a critical mass of people together to restart the 'tea club' (for want of a better phrase), I would like to invite you to come along to the postgraduate common room (C10, main building) on Monday 26th January at 10:45. The more people who come the better. 40p for a cup of tea, bring your own mug! (If you don't have cash, Chris operates an informal tab.)

Obviously, my hope is that many of you will continue to drop into the PG common room to 'go to tea' regularly after that. (I'll put out another call in a few weeks for the benefit of those not able to make it on Monday 26th.)

Cheers
Richard
(PG director/tutor)



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