The Strathclyde liquid crystal reading group

ABSTRACT In this article we give an overview of the Strathclyde Liquid Crystal Reading Group, a new student-led initiative organised by PhD students, and aimed at PhD students and early-stage post-docs, researching in the field of Liquid Crystals. In this article we begin by covering the premise behind the reading group, what we hope to achieve, and describe the structure of the meetings. We then give a detailed summary of the first two meetings of the reading group, touch on some future plans, and finally discuss how successful the reading group has been thus far.