The town of Ambleside and Lake Windermere, viewed during the excursion at the 2003 school.

Following the success of the first Linear Collider Physics School (2003) in Ambleside, which is located in the heart of the English lake district, the University of Lancaster will host the second Linear Collider Physics School also in Ambleside on 14-19 September 2006. With programme topics ranging from Higgs and supersymmetry to accelerators and the relation of Large Hadron Collider physics, the school is aimed at graduate students and postdocs who are working on the International Linear Collider.

"The first school was a success, and we wanted to organise another one," said Andre Sopczak, a physicist at the University at Lancaster and member of the school's programme committee. "The goal is to bring students and postdocs together who are working on all aspects of the linear collider and to understand the physics motivations of the project. The school is designed to be attractive to both accelerator and detector students and postdocs, who are working on linear collider physics."

With space for 40 students, the programme committee will accept applicants from all regions of the world. The school will consist of plenary lectures with time allowed for discussions with other participants. GDE members Brian Foster, Francois Richard and Nick Walker are among the 15 lecturers from institutions around the world. Students and postdocs may register for the school online by 15 July and applications for studentships should be made to the local organising committee by contacting Andre Sopczak.

-- Elizabeth Clements