Summer School Questionnaire 2002 - Fermilab



Nov 2004

JKS

HEP Summer School 2004 – Questionnaire Summary

31 responses received from 57 students.

Averages given (with std.dev.).

Summary of comments.

I have attempted to summarise the comments. The numbers in brackets indicate the number of students who made a similar comment to the one listed.

|Lecture courses |Evans |Philipsen |Davidson |Moretti |

| |(QED) |(QFT) |(SM) |(Phenom.) |

|Number of lectures attended 8 |27 |24 |20 |21 |

|7 |2 |3 |1 |4 |

|6 |1 |2 |5 |2 |

|5 |1 |2 |3 |2 |

| 200 3 |

| |100-200: 10 |

|I think these data are unreliable as some students will have counted advanced undergrad. courses and MSc|20-40: 10 |

|courses, and others won’t. |< 20: 3 |

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

Lectures:

Topics good / interesting (4)

First week topics done before (2)

QFT difficult (1)

QED/QFT excellent (1)

Second week topics done before (1)

Second week lectures poor / confusing (2)

Phenomenology interesting (1)

SM course assumed too much prior knowledge (1)

Level just right (1)

Well-delivered (1)

Hoping to have LHC experiment specific lectures (1)

Provide brief outline of lecture courses to students before school (1)

Lack of CP violation / B physics (1)

More experimental topics – too much theory (1)

Notes useful (1)

Not useful to my research in any way whatsoever (1)

Timetable

Would like break between two morning lectures (2)

Intensive – but OK / good (4)

Too intensive / too difficult / second week fatigue (3)

Break before dinner good (2)

Would like more discussion sessions (1)

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

Too much time taken by student seminars (1)

Dinner later & talks before dinner (1)

Good structure – especially group study (1)

Tutors / Tutorials:

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

Would like pre-school problems to be covered in tutorials (1)

Problems & tutorials very useful (1)

Number of problems manageable (1)

Tutorial rotation good (1)

Some tutorial problems poor (1)

Make tutorial groups according to prior knowledge (1)

Rooms/Facilities

Ringbinder would be more useful than clipboard (1)

Lack of work space for private study (especially when weather poor) (5)

Lack of left-handed tables (1)

Student seminars

Often ran late (2)

Guest lectures

Good / Interesting (4). NuFact talk good / interesting (3). E-science talk boring (1).

Books:

Plenty to borrow/share (2). More Aitchison & Hey and Halzen & Martin (1).

Useful to bring Halzen & Martin to the school (1).

General

Good - well structured / arranged /organised (4)

Preparation before school essential (1)

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

General

Good / Very good / Perfect / Excellent (16)

Too many spiders (2)

Accom. / Facilities

Good / very good / excellent (4)

Lack of laundry facilities on-site (4)

Prefer single room (1). Shared room too small (1)

Would like Guardian / Independent newspapers (2). More board games in lounge (1)

Very cold (1)

Food

Good / very good / excellent (16)

Chinese & Indian nights – no alternatives provided (1)

Vegetarian meals could be improved (1). Vegetarian meals good (1)

Meal times

Good (2)

Cosener’s staff

Service good (friendy & helpful) (12)

Travel/transport

Good (5)

Computing facilities:

Would like 2 ports in shared rooms (1). Problems with wireless LAN (1)

Any other comments

Enjoyed / benefited from school (4)

Prefer school to be earlier / before LTA (1)

Effective way to learn (1)

Provide map of the area to students (1)

PPARC money could be spent on better things (1)

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