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<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, 21 May 2025 at 13:58<br>
<b>To: </b>studentships@stfc.ac.uk <studentships@stfc.ac.uk><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Registration is now open for the XV NExT PhD Workshop: Future Horizons in Particle Physics and Cosmology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dear Head of Department,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please circulate this email to STFC funded students with an interest in theory, experiment and phenomenology within particle physics, astrophysics and cosmology.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Registration is now open for the XV NExT PhD Workshop: Future Horizons in Particle Physics and Cosmology to be held from 14th - 17th July 2025 at the Cosener's House, Abingdon:
<a href="https://indico.global/event/14054/">https://indico.global/event/14054/</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The NExT PhD workshop is the Summer School of the NExT Institute, targeting UK PhD students working in theory, experiment and phenomenology within particle physics, astrophysics and cosmology.
In addition to PhD students from the NExT Institute nodes, it is also open to those from all other UK institutions. The programme includes five lecture series on current topics in high energy physics, with an emphasis on cutting edge developments, as well
as networking and panel events discussing careers inside and outside of academia, and dedicated sessions for student talks and poster presentations.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Lectures:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Phenomenology of String/M-Theories</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Bobby Acharya, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy/King’s College London</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Beyond WIMPs – Exploring Novel Dark Matter Candidates</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Juri Smirnov, University of Liverpool (UKRI Future Leaders Fellow)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Probing Fundamental Physics with Quantum Sensors</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Richard Howl, Royal Holloway University of London</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Neutrino Experiments – Past, Present and Future</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Nicola McConkey, Queen Mary University of London (STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellow)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Precision Monte Carlo for the Large Hadron Collider</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Jonas Lindert, University of Sussex (former STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellow)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">PhD participation and fees:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Accommodation, tuition and catering are free of charge for STFC and self-funded PhD students. We also have similar support for a limited number of other PhD students from the NExT Institute nodes.
The total number of participants is limited to 38, with precedence given to those in year 1, so please try to register promptly to ensure your participation. Due to the limited capacity, registration will be moderated.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Organisers:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Nikolas Kauer (co-chair, Royal Holloway University of London, i.e. RHUL)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Stephen West (co-chair, RHUL)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ulla Blumenschein (Director of NExT PhD school, Queen Mary University of London)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Neda Darvishi (RHUL)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Jacob Linacre (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Richard Howl (RHUL)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sponsored by STFC and SEPnet</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Kind regards,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Mrs Sian Giles-Titcombe</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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