# Nov 2003 

JKS

# HEP Summer School 2003 -- Questionnaire Summary

31 responses received.

  ---------------------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
  Number of lectures     30-32        20-29        Less than 20 Blank
  attended                                                      

  Responses              23           7            0            1
  ---------------------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------

Averages given (with std.dev.).

## Lecture courses

+----------------------------+----------+----------+--------+--------+
|                            | Evans    | Wittig   | Signer | K      |
|                            |          |          |        | raemer |
+----------------------------+----------+----------+--------+--------+
| Level of lectures          | 4.9 +/   | 5.7 +/   | 5.5 +/ | 5.3 +/ |
|                            | 1.3      | 1.1      | 0.3    | 0.5    |
| 1=Too easy; 9=Too hard     |          |          |        |        |
+----------------------------+----------+----------+--------+--------+
| Content                    | 5.6      | 6.1 +/   | 7.3 +/ | 6.1 +/ |
|                            | +/1.0    | 1.3      | 1.0    | 1.3    |
| 1=Boring; 9=Fascinating    |          |          |        |        |
+----------------------------+----------+----------+--------+--------+
| Delivery                   | 6.7 +/   | 6.9 +/   | 8.1 +/ | 5.6 +/ |
|                            | 1.9      | 1.4      | 0.8    | 2.1    |
| 1=Poor; 9=Excellent        |          |          |        |        |
+----------------------------+----------+----------+--------+--------+
| Problems                   | 6.2 +/   | 6.4 +/   | 6.4 +/ | 5.6 +/ |
|                            | 1.8      | 1.2      | 1.4    | 1.8    |
| 1=Useless; 9=Very useful   |          |          |        |        |
+----------------------------+----------+----------+--------+--------+
| Pre-school problems        | Did not  | Did not  |        |        |
|                            | do -- 12 | do -- 12 |        |        |
| 1=Useless; 9=Very useful;  |          |          |        |        |
| 0=Did not do               | Rest:    | Rest:    |        |        |
|                            | 4.7      | 5.2      |        |        |
+----------------------------+----------+----------+--------+--------+

## Tutorials and Tutors Student Seminars

+--------------------+--------+---+--------------------------+-----------+
| Number             | 5.2    |   | Others' seminars         | 6.2       |
|                    |        |   |                          |           |
| 1=Too few; 9=Too   |        |   | 1=Boring; 9=Very         |           |
| many               |        |   | interesting              |           |
+--------------------+--------+---+--------------------------+-----------+
| Length             | 5.3    |   | Preparing & giving own   | 6.1       |
|                    |        |   |                          |           |
| 1=Too short; 9=Too |        |   | 1=Not very useful;       |           |
| long               |        |   | 9=Very useful            |           |
+--------------------+--------+---+--------------------------+-----------+
| Usefulness         | 6.2    |   |                          |           |
|                    |        |   |                          |           |
| 1=Useless; 9=Very  |        |   |                          |           |
| useful             |        |   |                          |           |
+--------------------+--------+---+--------------------------+-----------+
| Experimentalist    | 6.5    |   |                          |           |
| tutors             |        |   |                          |           |
|                    |        |   |                          |           |
| 1=Useless; 9=Very  |        |   |                          |           |
| useful             |        |   |                          |           |
+--------------------+--------+---+--------------------------+-----------+

+-------------------------------------------------+--------------------+
| About how many hours of HEP postgraduate        | \>130 ('lots'): 5  |
| lectures did you have before coming to the      |                    |
| school?                                         | 70-120: 14         |
|                                                 |                    |
|                                                 | 30-60: 10          |
|                                                 |                    |
|                                                 | \< 30: 2           |
+-------------------------------------------------+--------------------+

Summary of comments.

22 of the responses had comments. I have attempted to group comments of
a similar nature together where possible. The numbers in brackets
indicate the number of students who made a comment on the particular
issue.

Comments on academic aspects of the School (e.g. lectures, topics,
tutorials, problems, guest lectures, timetable, books, work space,
seminar room 1, etc.)

**Lectures:**

Very good / useful -- learnt a lot (7)

Started at too low a level -- should be prerequisites (1)

Assumed high level of previous knowledge (1)

QED - revision of course already done (6)

QFT - revision of course already done (2)

SM - revision of course already done (2)

Phenomenology -- revision of course already done (1)

Fewer derivations (algebra) -- more 'understanding' (3)

Greater emphasis on experimental topics / aspects (2)

More varied subjects (1)

More B physics and CP -- relevant to lots of current students (2)

More neutrino physics (1)

Spiral bound lecture notes would be useful -- current binding makes it
difficult to

annotate the notes (1)

Notes very useful (1)

## Timetable 

Less private study -- more tutorial time (3)

Days too long (8)

Not enough time to digest lecture material (2)

Not enough time to do problems / too many problems (5)

Too much time taken by student seminars -- have parallel sessions? (1)

Prefer later start (10:00am) (1)

No Saturday lectures (2)

Tutors / Tutorials:

Useful (3)

Problems -- less algebra -- more 'understanding' (5)

Hall / dining room inconvenient for tutorials (people walking through)
(2)

Would like theorist / tutor available during private study time (1)

**Seminar room 1**

Dislike clipboards -- request desks (5)

Chairs uncomfortable (8)

**White board/ OHP:**

Hard to see board (1)

## Student seminars 

Not very interesting to others (1)

Predominantly hardware sessions not interesting. (1)

Guest lectures

Great idea - refreshing change (2)

Enjoyed NLC lecture (1)

Pointless / takes time from private study (2)

OK (1)

**Books**:

Books not always useful for solving problems. (1)

**General**

Would like additional optional classworks (on e.g. Higgs, CP, etc.) on
some days,

instead of tutorials, for those who had finished problems (1)

Comments on domestic arrangements and facilities of the School (e.g.
meal times, food, accommodation, service, travel, etc.)

Accom.

Good / very good / excellent (17)

Were rooms allocated on 'first come first served' basis? Some early
applicants in

double rooms and some late applicants in single rooms. (1)

**Food**

Good / very good / excellent (20)

Quality degraded over the fortnight (1)

No food available after dinner (1)

Tea always ran out at breaks (1)

**Meal times**

Good (1)

**Cosener's staff**

Service good (friendy & helpful) (15)

**Travel/transport**

Good (9)

Told that only parking available would cost £3.50 per day -- inaccurate.
(1)

Computing facilities:

## Any other comments

Shame about disruptive element (1)

Would like more organised 'fun' things in the evenings (1)

Would like organised activity at the weekend (3)

Overall very good (3)