BUSSTEPP 2025

26 Aug 2025, 09:00 → 6 Sept 2025, 17:00 Europe/London

University of Nottingham

54th British Universities Summer Sschool 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.

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Main programme

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

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

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Previous BUSSTEPPs

• BUSTEPP 2024 at the University of Sheffield
• BUSTEPP 2023 at the University of Liverpool
• BUSTEPP 2022 at Imperial College London
• BUSTEPP 2021 at Queen Mary University of London
• ...
• BUSTEPP 1986 at Durham University

Tuesday 26 August

09:00 → 10:00 Lecture: Advanced Quantum Field Theory

10:00 → 10:30 Coffee

10:30 → 11:30 Lecture: Lattice Field Theory

11:30 → 12:30 Lecture: Advanced Quantum Field Theory

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:00 Lecture: Lattice Field Theory

15:00 → 16:30 Coffee and study time

16:30 → 17:30 Tutorials

Wednesday 27 August

09:00 → 10:00 Lecture: Lattice Field Theory

10:00 → 10:30 Coffee

10:30 → 11:30 Lecture: Advanced Quantum Field Theory

11:30 → 12:30 Lecture: Lattice Field Theory

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:00 Lecture: Advanced Quantum Field Theory

15:00 → 16:30 Coffee and study time

16:30 → 17:30 Tutorials

Thursday 28 August

09:00 → 10:00 Student talks: Session 1

10:00 → 10:30 Coffee

10:30 → 11:30 Lecture: AdS/CFT

11:30 → 12:30 Lecture: Beyond the Standard Model

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:00 Lecture: AdS/CFT

15:00 → 16:30 Coffee and study time

16:30 → 17:30 Tutorials

Friday 29 August

09:00 → 10:00 Lecture: AdS/CFT

10:00 → 10:30 Coffee

10:30 → 11:30 Lecture: Beyond the Standard Model

11:30 → 12:30 Student talks: Session 2

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:00 Lecture: AdS/CFT

15:00 → 16:30 Coffee and study time

16:30 → 17:30 Tutorials

Saturday 30 August

09:00 → 10:00 Lecture: Beyond the Standard Model

10:00 → 10:30 Coffee

10:30 → 11:30 Student talks: Session 3

11:30 → 12:30 Lecture: Beyond the Standard Model

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:00 Tutorials

Monday 1 September

09:00 → 10:00 Lecture: Cosmology

10:00 → 10:30 Coffee

10:30 → 11:30 Student talks: Session 4

11:30 → 12:30 Extra topics: Imposter Syndrome

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:00 Lecture: Cosmology

15:00 → 16:30 Coffee and career session

16:30 → 17:30 Tutorials

Tuesday 2 September

09:00 → 10:00 Lecture: Phenomenology

10:00 → 10:30 Coffee

10:30 → 11:30 Lecture: Cosmology

11:30 → 12:30 Lecture: Phenomenology

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:00 Lecture: Cosmology

15:00 → 16:30 Coffee and study time

16:30 → 17:30 Tutorials

Wednesday 3 September

09:00 → 10:00 Lecture: Phenomenology

10:00 → 10:30 Coffee

10:30 → 11:30 Student talks: Session 5

11:30 → 12:30 Lecture: Phenomenology

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:00 Extra topics: Quantum Simulators of Early Universe Cosmology

15:00 → 16:30 Coffee and study time

16:30 → 17:30 Tutorials

Thursday 4 September

09:00 → 10:00 Lecture: String Theory

10:00 → 10:30 Coffee

10:30 → 11:30 Lecture: Modern QFT for Real-World Gravity

11:30 → 12:30 Lecture: String Theory

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:00 Extra topics: Lessons from the String Swampland

15:00 → 16:30 Coffee and study time

16:30 → 17:30 Tutorials

Friday 5 September

09:00 → 10:00 Lecture: String Theory

10:00 → 10:30 Coffee

10:30 → 11:30 Extra topics: Outreach

11:30 → 12:30 Lecture: Modern QFT for Real-World Gravity

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:00 Lecture: String Theory

15:00 → 16:30 Coffee and study time

16:30 → 17:30 Tutorials

Saturday 6 September

09:00 → 10:00 Lecture: Modern QFT for Real-World Gravity

10:00 → 10:30 Coffee

10:30 → 11:30 Lecture: Modern QFT for Real-World Gravity

11:30 → 12:30 Tutorials