STFC Summer School - Introductory Course in Solar and Solar-terrestrial Physics


31 August - 05 September 2025

SERENE, School of Engineering, University of Birmingham


Programme


31 Aug 2025
Time Title Presenter Location
3 - 6 PM Arrival TBA
6 - 10 PM Icebreaker TBA

1 Sep 2025
Time Title Presenter Location
9:15 - 10:15 AM Introduction to Plasma Physics Oliver Allanson (Birmingham) TBA
10:45 - 11:45 AM Introduction to the Solar Atmosphere Lyndsay Fletcher (Glasgow) TBA
1:30 - 4:30 PM Programming & Computing skills Warrick Ball, University of Birmingham Advanced Research Computing Team TBA

2 Sep 2025
Time Title Presenter Location
9:15 - 10:15 AM Introduction to MHD Anthony Yeates (Durham)
10:45 - 11:45 AM EDI and Mental Health During Your PhD Sheila Kanani (Lancaster) TBA
1:30 - 2:30 PM MHD Waves and Instabilities Andrew Hillier (Exeter) TBA
3 - 4 PM Magnetic Reconnection Imogen Gingell (Southampton) TBA

3 Sep 2025
Time Title Presenter Location
9:15 - 10:15 AM The Ionosphere, Thermosphere, and Mesosphere Ben Reid (Birmingham) TBA
10:45 - 11:45 AM The Magnetosphere John Coxon (Northumbria) TBA
1:30 - 2:30 PM Solar Interior and Helioseismology Yvonne Elsworth (Birmingham) TBA

4 Sep 2025
Time Title Presenter Location
10:45 - 11:45 AM Impacts of Space Weather Sean Elvidge (Birmingham) TBA
1:30 - 2:30 PM CMEs, the Solar Wind and the Heliosphere Huw Morgan (Aberystwyth) TBA
3 - 4 PM The Solar-Terrestrial Interaction Julia Stawarz (Northumbria) TBA

5 Sep 2025
Time Title Presenter Location
9:15 - 10:15 AM Careers Ravindra Desai (Warwick) + A N Other(s) TBC TBA
10:45 - 11:45 AM Planetary Plasma Environments Beatriz Sanchez-Cano (Leicester) TBA
1:30 - 2:30 PM Outreach Michaela Mooney (Leicester) TBA

Programme TBC.