The 2026 STFC HEP Summer School
from
Sunday, 6 September 2026 (09:00)
to
Friday, 18 September 2026 (17:00)
Monday, 31 August 2026
Tuesday, 1 September 2026
Wednesday, 2 September 2026
Thursday, 3 September 2026
Friday, 4 September 2026
Saturday, 5 September 2026
Sunday, 6 September 2026
14:00
Arrival
Arrival
14:00 - 17:30
17:30
Reception Drinks
Reception Drinks
17:30 - 18:30
Room: Dining hall
18:30
Dinner
Dinner
18:30 - 19:30
Room: Dining hall
Monday, 7 September 2026
09:00
Introduction
-
Yanyan Gao
(
University of Edinburgh
)
William Barter
(
University of Edinburgh
)
Introduction
Yanyan Gao
(
University of Edinburgh
)
William Barter
(
University of Edinburgh
)
09:00 - 09:10
09:10
QFT
09:10 - 10:50
Room: Lecture Theatre - PH8
Contributions
09:10
QFT (I)
10:00
QFT (2)
10:50
Coffee/Tea Break
Coffee/Tea Break
10:50 - 11:20
11:20
QED/QCD
11:20 - 12:10
Room: Lecture Theatre PH8
Contributions
11:20
QED/QCD (1)
12:10
Lunch break
Lunch break
12:10 - 13:00
13:00
Self or Group Study
13:00 - 15:00
15:00
Tutorial: Tutorial (Preschool problems)
Tutorial (Preschool problems)
15:00 - 16:00
16:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
16:00 - 16:30
Room: Lecture Theatre PH8
16:30
QFT: QFT
QFT
16:30 - 17:20
Room: Lecture Theatre - PH8
Contributions
16:30
QFT (3)
17:30
QED/QCD
17:30 - 18:20
Room: Lecture Theatre PH8
Contributions
17:30
QED/QCD (2)
18:30
Dinner
Dinner
18:30 - 19:30
Room: Dining hall
Tuesday, 8 September 2026
09:00
QED/QCD
09:00 - 10:50
Room: Lecture Theatre PH8
Contributions
09:00
QED/QCD (3)
10:00
QED/QCD. (4)
10:50
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:50 - 11:20
Room: Lecture Theatre PH8
11:20
QFT
11:20 - 12:10
Room: Lecture Theatre - PH8
Contributions
11:20
QFT (4)
12:10
Lunch
Lunch
12:10 - 13:00
13:00
Self or Group Study
13:00 - 15:30
15:30
Tutorial
15:30 - 17:00
17:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
17:00 - 17:30
Room: Lecture Theatre PH8
17:30
QFT
17:30 - 18:30
Room: Lecture Theatre - PH8
18:30
Dinner
Dinner
18:30 - 19:30
19:30
Poster Session: Poster Session (Group 1)
Poster Session (Group 1)
19:30 - 20:30
Wednesday, 9 September 2026
09:00
QFT
09:00 - 10:00
Room: Lecture Theatre - PH8
10:00
QED/QCD
10:00 - 10:50
Room: Lecture Theatre PH8
10:50
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:50 - 11:20
Room: Lecture Theatre PH8
11:20
QED/QCD
11:20 - 12:10
Room: Lecture Theatre PH8
Contributions
11:20
QED/QCD (6)
12:10
Lunch break
Lunch break
12:10 - 13:00
13:00
Self or Group Study
13:00 - 15:30
15:30
Tutorial
15:30 - 17:00
17:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
17:00 - 17:30
Room: Lecture Theatre PH8
17:30
Seminar on Outreach/EDI
-
kate shaw
(
University of Sussex
)
Seminar on Outreach/EDI
kate shaw
(
University of Sussex
)
17:30 - 18:20
18:30
Dinner
Dinner
18:30 - 19:30
Thursday, 10 September 2026
09:00
QED/QCD
09:00 - 10:50
Room: Lecture Theatre PH8
Contributions
09:00
QED/QCD (7)
10:00
QED/QCD (8)
10:50
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:50 - 11:20
Room: Lecture Theatre PH8
11:20
QFT
11:20 - 12:10
Room: Lecture Theatre - PH8
Contributions
11:20
QFT (8)
12:10
Lunch
Lunch
12:10 - 13:00
13:00
Self or Group Study
13:00 - 15:00
15:00
QCD (extra)
QCD (extra)
15:00 - 15:40
Room: Ph8
15:45
Tutorial
15:45 - 17:00
17:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
17:00 - 17:30
Room: Lecture Theatre PH8
17:30
DM and Cosmology
17:30 - 18:20
Contributions
17:30
SM (1)
18:30
Dinner
Dinner
18:30 - 19:30
19:45
Poster Session: Poster Session (Group 2)
Poster Session (Group 2)
19:45 - 20:45
Friday, 11 September 2026
09:00
DM and Cosmology (1)
DM and Cosmology (1)
09:00 - 09:50
10:00
DM and Cosmology (2)
DM and Cosmology (2)
10:00 - 10:50
10:50
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:50 - 11:20
Room: Lecture Theatre PH8
11:20
QFT (10)
QFT (10)
11:20 - 12:10
12:10
Lunch break
Lunch break
12:10 - 13:00
13:00
Self or Group Study
13:00 - 15:30
15:30
Tutorial
15:30 - 16:30
16:30
Coffee break
Coffee break
16:30 - 17:00
Room: Lecture Theatre PH8
17:00
DM and Cosmology (3)
DM and Cosmology (3)
17:00 - 17:50
18:30
Dinner
Dinner
18:30 - 19:30
Saturday, 12 September 2026
Sunday, 13 September 2026
Monday, 14 September 2026
09:00
Collider Phenomenology (1)
Collider Phenomenology (1)
09:00 - 09:50
10:00
Collider Phenomenology (2)
Collider Phenomenology (2)
10:00 - 10:50
10:50
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:50 - 11:20
Room: Lecture Theatre PH8
11:20
Collider Phenomenology (3)
Collider Phenomenology (3)
11:20 - 12:10
12:10
Lunch break
Lunch break
12:10 - 13:00
13:00
Self or Group Study
13:00 - 15:30
15:30
Tutorial
15:30 - 17:00
17:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
17:00 - 17:30
Room: Lecture Theatre PH8
17:30
SM (1)
SM (1)
17:30 - 18:20
18:30
Dinner
Dinner
18:30 - 19:30
19:45
Poster Session: Poster Session (Group 3)
Poster Session (Group 3)
19:45 - 20:45
Tuesday, 15 September 2026
09:00
SM(2)
SM(2)
09:00 - 09:50
10:00
SM(3)
SM(3)
10:00 - 10:50
10:50
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:50 - 11:20
Room: Lecture Theatre PH8
11:20
Neutrino (1)
Neutrino (1)
11:20 - 12:10
12:10
Lunch break
Lunch break
12:10 - 13:00
13:00
Self or Group Study
13:00 - 15:30
Contributions
13:00
Collider Phenomenology (2)
15:30
Tutorial
15:30 - 16:30
16:30
Coffee break
Coffee break
16:30 - 17:00
Room: Lecture Theatre PH8
17:00
SM(4)
SM(4)
17:00 - 17:50
18:30
Dinner
Dinner
18:30 - 19:30
Wednesday, 16 September 2026
09:00
Neutrino (2+3)
Neutrino (2+3)
09:00 - 10:40
10:40
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:40 - 11:10
Room: Lecture Theatre PH8
11:10
Collider Phenomenology (4)
Collider Phenomenology (4)
11:10 - 12:00
12:00
Lunch break
Lunch break
12:00 - 13:00
13:00
Self or Group Study
13:00 - 15:30
15:30
Tutorial
15:30 - 17:00
17:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
17:00 - 17:30
Room: Lecture Theatre PH8
17:30
Neutrino
17:30 - 18:30
18:30
Dinner
Dinner
18:30 - 19:30
19:45
Poster Session: Poster Session (Group 4)
Poster Session (Group 4)
19:45 - 20:45
Thursday, 17 September 2026
10:50
Coffee break and School PHOTO
Coffee break and School PHOTO
10:50 - 11:20
Room: Lecture Theatre PH8
12:10
Lunch break
Lunch break
12:10 - 13:00
13:00
Self or Group Study
13:00 - 15:00
15:00
Tutorial
15:00 - 16:00
16:10
Career discussion session
Career discussion session
16:10 - 17:10
This event will be run largely as a Q&A session, chaired by Prof Sudan Paramesvaran (Bristol) 5 panel members: * Dr Julia Allen (Edinburgh, Energy Systems Modeller at Green Cat Hydrogen Ltd., previously ATLAS) * Prof. Victoria Martin (Edinburgh, ATLAS) * Dr Greig Cowan (Edinburgh, AI & Data Science Innovation, Natwest, previously LHCb) * Dr Phillip Litchfield (Glasgow, neutrinos) * Dr Clarence Wret (Imperial College London, neutrinos)
17:10
Coffee break
Coffee break
17:10 - 17:30
Room: Lecture Theatre PH8
19:00
School Banquet
School Banquet
19:00 - 22:00
Friday, 18 September 2026
10:00
Neutrino: Neutrino
Neutrino
10:00 - 10:50
10:50
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:50 - 11:20
Room: Lecture Theatre PH8
11:20
Dark Matter and Cosmology
11:20 - 12:10
Room: Lecture Theatre PH8
Contributions
11:20
DM and Cosmology (3)
12:10
Lunch
Lunch
12:10 - 13:00