Focusing on the fundamental, conceptual, instrumental and applied aspects of surface science, this one week Summer School will provide advanced interdisciplinary and transferable skills development for research students. This includes training in theoretical concepts, presentation skills, instrumentation, and the streamlining of research ideas into the preparation of a basic research proposal. "Hands on" training sessions will also promote the consideration of theoretical techniques by experimentalists, and vice versa. Internationally renowned speakers from the UK and overseas will deliver lectures and run small group tutorials, workshops, and problems classes in their specialist areas. Students will be encouraged to "see beyond" their specialist sub-field and thereby appreciate the intensely cross-disciplinary nature of surface science and nanoscience, as well as encouraged to consider the wider ethical and societal implications of their research.

Organizing committee for the SSSS'05 Nottingham
Professor Philip Moriarty, Physics, Nottingham
Dr. Martin McCoustra, Chemistry, Nottingham
Professor Clive Roberts, Pharmacy, Nottingham
Dr. Georg Held, Chemistry, Cambridge
Dr. Frances Jones, Chemistry, UCL
Professor Nicholas Harrison, Chemistry, ICL and Computational Materials Science, CCLRC Daresbury Laboratory

Overview (in PDF format) Timetable (in PDF format) Keynote lecture Low dimensional surface structures Professor Franz Himpsel, University of Wisconsin Debate Sponsored by the Institute of Nanotechnology Nanotechnology: Radical New Science or Plus Ça Change? Click here for details Press Release Workshop Developing Research Proposals Helpful information on writing research proposals: How not to kill a grant application? Writing a research plan Career Paths for Surface Science PhDs A presentation and Q&A session led by Prof. Peter Feibelman, author of A PhD Is Not Enough. "Hands-on" training All participants are required to fill an online form to select training sessions. Maps and Directions Travel by air Travel within the UK A map of the University Park campus