Next event: 13, 14, 15 and 16 March 2012
The 2011 series of Masterclasses at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory took place on 16, 17 and 18 March 2011. This was the 14th year we have run this event and further details can be found below about this and previous Masterclasses.
This year we welcomed 33 schools from all over southern England with around 540 participants. These included:
Midhurst Rother College, Wycombe High School, Shooters Hill Post-16 Campus, Bishop Wordsworth's School, Nower Hill School, Tormead School, New Hall School, Burford School, D'Overbroeck's College, Portsmouth Grammar School, John O'Gaunt College, Royal Grammar School, Dauntsey's School, Bradfield College, Desborough College, Kingdown School, SI r William Borlase's Grammar School, Emmbrook School, The Bulmershe School, The Cherwell School, Blessed George Napier RC School, Hampshire Collegiate School, Cokethorpe School, Park House School, Preston Manor High School, Cranleigh School, Cirencester College, St Columba's School, Pate's Grammar School, Bloxham School, The Harvey Grammar School, Tring School.
The programme, along with a number of photographs from the 2010 Masterclasses are available.
Risk assessment form (PDF - 98kB - link opens in a new window) for schools (2010).
Photographs from previous events (link opens in a new window) are also available.
Lectures from the 2010 Masterclasses will appear here after the event
- A Very Brief Guide to Accelerators - Dr Glenn Patrick (ppt)
- Fundamentals of Particle Physics - Dr Stefania Ricciardi (ppt)
- Introducing ISIS - Dr Martyn Bull
- Introducing Diamond - Dr David Pricel
- The Large Hadron Collider - Dr Kristian Harder (pdf)
- Applications of Particle Accelerators - Dr Rob Edgecock (ppt)
Exercises / demonstrations from our previous Masterclasses
Details of some of the computer exercises and demonstrations can be found below:
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Further information
General information
These events are primarily intended for those students taking modules which include particle physics at 'A' or 'AS' level, but are also open to any physics student or teacher interested in studying or teaching the subject. The Masterclasses will consist of a mixture of talks given by researchers in the Particle Physics Department, hands-on practical sessions and visits to experimental facilities.
History
The very first Masterclass at RAL was held in 1998 when we entertained 114 students from ten different schools. Our popularity increased and in the year 2000 we attracted over 200 students and separate Masterclasses had to be organised over two days to cope with the numbers! This demand continued in 2001 with attendance having to be restricted to 245 students from 19 schools. Since 2002, we have adopted a three day format and routinely entertain 500 students each year.
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Contacts
For general, please information contact:
For bookings, please contact:
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Jo Lewis
Tel: +44 (0)1235 445 789
Fax: +44 (0)1235 446 665
One of a set of Masterclasses (link opens in a new window) organised by the High Energy Particle Physics Group of the Institute of Physics throughout the UK.
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