10th Oxford School on Neutron Scattering, 4-14 September, 2007

11th Oxford School on Neutron Scattering

31 August - 12 September 2009

Mansfield College, University of Oxford

An ideal introduction to the theory, techniques and
applications of neutron scattering

Registration has closed.

You will be notified if you have been allocated a place by 26 June 2009.

News

12 June 2009

School lecturers have now been confirmed. We hope you enjoy our selections. The draft programme for the 2009 school is also available. Accomodation for the school will be at Mansfield College, University of Oxford.

28 May 2009

An IT failure has resulted in the destruction of all the registration records for the Oxford Neutron School before the selection procedure could take place.

As a result, we have had to re-open registration, and we require all students to re-register.

The new deadlines are as follows:

Registration deadline: 17 June 2009
Selection results issued by: 26 June 2009

We would like to apologise to all students who have registered for this very regrettable inconvenience.

Please can you circulate this message to ensure that as many as possible have the chance to resubmit their applications.

3 February 2009
School dates for the 11th Oxford School on Neutron Scattering have been chosen: 31 August - 12 September. Further details of the programme and lecturers are yet to be announced. We will have 50 residential places for students available.

In the meantime, check out photos from the 2007 neutron school on our Facebook group (Oxford Neutron School). You need to have a Facebook profile which is very simple to make.

Alberto's reading list gives some starting materials to study and lecture notes and tutorial questions from 2007 are available in case you are bored one day.

About the School

The Oxford School on Neutron Scattering is intended primarily for scientists who are new to the field of neutron scattering. Lectures and tutorials covering all aspects of the theory and practice of neutron diffraction and spectroscopy will be given by international experts. Students will gain a comprehensive grounding in modern techniques and applications at both steady state and pulsed neutron sources and have the opportunity to hear about the latest research being carried out with the technique.

Programme

The 2009 school programme consists of lectures, tutorials and problem classes taking place each weekday with occasional evening lectures. In addition, students make short presentations to the school about their current research projects.

There will also be an opportunity to visit the nearby ISIS Pulsed Neutron and Muon Source.

Topics covered during the school include:

Neutron sources
Neutron instrumentation
Neutron scattering theory
Diffraction
Spectroscopy
Small angle scattering
Reflectometry
Polarised neutrons
Engineering
Neutrons & X-rays

Lecturers

Professor Gerry Lander (Grenoble, France)
Professor Andrew Boothroyd (University of Oxford, UK)
Professor Colin Carlile (University of Lund, Lund, Sweden)
Professor Andrew Harrison (Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France)
Dr Ken Anderson (Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France)
Dr Ross Stewart (ISIS, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK)
Dr Sean Langridge (ISIS, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK)
Dr Andrew Wildes (Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France)
Professor Alberto Albinati (University of Milan, Italy)
Professor Alan Soper (ISIS, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK)
Professor Jeff Penfold (ISIS, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK)
Professor Michael Preuss (University of Manchester, UK)
Dr Bernhard Frick (Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France)
Professor Paul Attfield (University of Edinburgh, UK)
Dr Katia Pappas (Technical University Delft, Delft, The Netherlands)
Professor Bill Stirling (ESRF, Grenoble, France)
Professor Des McMorrow (University College London, London, UK)
Professor Jayne Lawrence (King's College London, London, UK)

Accommodation

Accommodation will be provided in single rooms in Mansfield College, University of Oxford from Monday 31 August 2009 to Saturday 12 September 2009. Breakfast and evening meals will be provided for each day of the school.

Students will be expected to arrive on Monday 31 August and depart on Saturday 12 September.

Lectures and tutorials take place within the University of Oxford.

School fees

50 places are available for students attending the school. The cost per student for the Oxford School on Neutron Scattering will be around £425 (€ 480) - final cost to be confirmed for 2009. We regret that bursaries are not available from the school since we use money from our supporting partners to reduce the total cost per student for all students.

You may be able to attract sponsorship or contributions to the school fees from learned societies or government science agencies in your home country.

Social programme

A lively social programme is planned including a drinks reception and gala dinner and quiz evening. There will be opportunities for punting on the Oxford rivers, visiting historic places and exploring the city.

Further information

If you cannot find the information you need about the School on theses pages, please drop us an email at osns@stfc.ac.uk and we will try to answer your questions.