STFC Introductory Astronomy Summer School

STFC Summer School

Scientific Programme

All lectures will take place in Room 257 of the Kelvin Building, home of the School of Physics and Astronomy

Lecture slides and video files from the lectures are available here (password required).


Sunday 28th Aug
1930 - 2130 Welcome reception (venue to be confirmed)
Monday 29th Aug
0900 - 0930 Introduction to Summer School
0930 - 1030 Detection and Characterisation of Exoplanets
Prof Don Pollacco, Queens University Belfast
1030 - 1100 Tea/Coffee
1100 - 1200 Solar System Exploration
Prof Monica Grady, Open University
1200 - 1400 Lunch
1400 - 1500 The Gamma-Ray Universe
Prof Paul O'Brien, Leicester University
1500 - 1530 Tea/Coffee
1530 - 1630 Virtual Astronomy
Dr Norman Gray, University of Glasgow
Tuesday 30th Aug
0900 - 1000 Astronomical Data Analysis
Prof Alan Heavens, University of Edinburgh
1000 - 1100 Observational Cosmology
Dr Catherine Heymans, University of Edinburgh
1100 - 1130 Tea/Coffee
1130 - 1230 Gravitational Wave Astronomy
Prof Sheila Rowan, University of Glasgow
1230 - 1400 Lunch
1400 - 1500 Galaxy Formation and Evolution
Prof Carlton Baugh, University of Durham
1500 - 1530 Tea/Coffee
1530 - 1630 Cosmological N-Body Simulations
Dr Frazer Pearce, University of Nottingham
Wednesday 31st Aug
0900 - 1000 The Radio Universe
Dr Ben Stappers, University of Manchester
1000 - 1100 The GAIA Mission
Dr Nic Walton, University of Cambridge
1100 - 1130 Tea/Coffee
1130 - 1230 Careers / KT Session
1230 - 1400 Lunch
1400 - 1800 Group Excursion
Thursday 1st Sep
0900 - 1000 Star Formation and Evolution
Dr Jennifer Hatchell, University of Exeter
1000 - 1100 The Herschel Mission
Dr Dave Clements, Imperial College
1100 - 1130 Tea/Coffee
1130 - 1230 The Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation
Prof Andrew Jaffe, Imperial College
1230 - 1400 Lunch
1400 - 1500 Solar and Solar-Terrestrial Physics
Prof Louise Harra, MSSL
1500 - 1530 Tea/Coffee
1530 - 1630 Astroparticle Physics
Prof Alan Watson, University of Leeds
1930 - 2230 School Dinner
Friday 2nd Sep
0930 - 1030 Public Engagement
1030 - 1100 Tea/Coffee
1100 - 1200 The James Webb Space Telescope
Prof Gillian Wright, UK ATC
1200 - 1400 Lunch
1400 - 1530 Lab Tours / Museum Visit

A summary timetable for the Summer School is also available here