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Brian Tanner talks about how he was able to recruit more students to the department by persuading the University to change its resource model, boosting Astronomy, appointing key people and persuading other eminent figures to stay on board.
From his arrival in the Physics department in 1973, Brian Tanner talks about its development since then.
Brian talks about the changing attitudes to working with industry, from initial hostility and the perception of academics 'moonlighting' to actually building industrial links into the Research Excellence Framework.
In this interview Brian talks about greater student interest in Astronomy and X-Ray science, the broadening of the department's activities in Materials and Condensed Metaphysics, and the merger of the Physics and Applied Physics departments in 1993.
Brian Tanner talks about the creation of NetPark in Sedgefield.
From his arrival in 1973, Brian Tanner talks about how his field of research has changed over time.
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