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    <div class="moz-forward-container">In case anyone fancies running a
      summer school next year...<br>
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            <td>STFC Summer School Funding opportunity 2025</td>
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            <th valign="BASELINE" nowrap="nowrap" align="RIGHT">Date: </th>
            <td>Wed, 3 Jul 2024 12:15:29 +0000</td>
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            <th valign="BASELINE" nowrap="nowrap" align="RIGHT">From: </th>
            <td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:studentships@stfc.ac.uk">studentships@stfc.ac.uk</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:studentships@stfc.ac.uk"><studentships@stfc.ac.uk></a></td>
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            <th valign="BASELINE" nowrap="nowrap" align="RIGHT">To: </th>
            <td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:studentships@stfc.ac.uk">studentships@stfc.ac.uk</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:studentships@stfc.ac.uk"><studentships@stfc.ac.uk></a></td>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dear
            Heads of Department,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The
            2025 opportunity to apply for funding to host an STFC Summer
            school is now open and live on the UKRI funding funder.
            Please see the link below:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/funding-for-short-courses-and-summer-schools-in-2025/" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/funding-for-short-courses-and-summer-schools-in-2025/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">STFC’s
            Education, Training and Careers Committee (ETCC) conducted a
            review of the summer schools in 2019 and recommended
            supporting the following fundamental schools from the core
            budget:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="square">
          <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">UK
              Research and Innovation (UKRI) Introductory Course in
              Astronomy for New Research Students<o:p></o:p></span></li>
          <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">British
              Universities Summer School in Theoretical Elementary
              Particle Physics (BUSSTEPP)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
          <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">STFC
              Introductory Course in Solar and Solar-terrestrial Physics<o:p></o:p></span></li>
          <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">UK
              Nuclear Physics Summer School
              <o:p></o:p></span></li>
          <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">STFC
              High Energy Physics (HEP) Summer School.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Recent
            feedback from students and members of the STFC community has
            supported a request for schools (in addition to the above)
            in the areas of
            <b>planetary science</b> and <b>advanced astronomy</b>.
            STFC would like to reiterate that bids for courses in these
            areas are most welcome, in addition to other innovative
            courses within the STFC remit.
            <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Your
            short course, summer school or online training resource
            must:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <ol style="margin-top:0cm" type="1" start="1">
          <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">be
              aimed primarily at
              <b>STFC-funded</b> PhD students<o:p></o:p></span></li>
          <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">cover
              core research activity supported by the STFC studentships
              programme<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The
            STFC studentships programme covers:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="square">
          <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">astronomy<o:p></o:p></span></li>
          <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">solar
              and planetary science<o:p></o:p></span></li>
          <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">particle
              astrophysics<o:p></o:p></span></li>
          <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">cosmology<o:p></o:p></span></li>
          <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">particle
              physics<o:p></o:p></span></li>
          <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">accelerator
              science<o:p></o:p></span></li>
          <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">nuclear
              physics<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Should
            you have any questions about the opportunity or assessment
            process, please contact us at
            <a href="studentships@stfc.ac.uk" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">studentships@stfc.ac.uk</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Kind
            regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Sian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Mrs
            Sian Giles-Titcombe<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Programme
            Manager in Education, Training and Careers Team<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Polaris
            House, North Star Avenue, Swindon, SN2 1SZ<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Advance
              notice of leave: 31<sup>st</sup> July, 8<sup>th</sup>
              August 2024, 5<sup>th</sup> September until 16<sup>th</sup>
              September, 14<sup>th</sup> October 2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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              Please note I work Monday to Thursday, and do not work on
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