BUSSTEPP 2025

54th British Universities Summer School in Theoretical Elementary Particle Physics

26th August - 6th September 2025

BUSSTEPP is a long-established summer school for Ph.D. students in theoretical particle physics who have completed a year of graduate studies. Having built a very strong international reputation for more than 50 years, it has been supported by STFC or its predecessor to provide a comprehensive and in-depth overview of research in elementary particle physics.

Main programme

Each topic has 4 one-hour lectures, dedicated study time and a one-hour tutorial session.

• Phenomenology
  Christoph Englert (University of Glasgow)
  
  
• Cosmology
  David Marsh (Kings College London
  
  
• AdS/CFT
  Carlos Nunez (Swansea University)
  
  
• Beyond the Standard Model
  Laura Covi (University of Göttingen)
  
  
• Lattice Field Theory
  Matt Wingate (University of Cambridge)
  
  
• Modern QFT for Real-World Gravity
  Scott Melville (Queen Mary University of London)
  
  
• Advanced Quantum Field Theory
  Peter Millington (University of Manchester)
  
  
• String Theory
  Thomas van Riet (K. U. Leuven)

Extra topics

These are single sessions of one hour each.

• Lessons from the String Swampland
  Susha Parameswaran (University of Liverpool)
  
  
• Quantum Simulators of Early Universe Cosmology
  Silke Weinfurtner (University of Nottingham)
  
  
• Imposter Syndrome Session
  Meghan Gray (University of Nottingham)
  
  
• Outreach Session
  Emma Chapman (University of Nottingham)
  
  
• Careers Session
  Experiences in industry and academia from former STFC funded students
  
  

Organisers

Tasos Avgoustidis, Clare Burrage, Oliver Gould, Anne Green, Tony Padilla