Short courses
Information on the School of Physics & Astronomy short courses.
Enhance your knowledge, skills and employability with these short online courses.
AstroTech: The Science and Technology behind Astronomical Discovery
This is an entry-level course where you’ll learn more about the science and technology behind astronomical discovery.
How do stars burn and how do black holes form? Where do the elements come from and how is the expanding universe accelerating? These are just some of the questions addressed by modern astronomy discoveries. But how were these discoveries made?
The Discovery of the Higgs Boson
In this course students will find out more about the Higgs Boson and particle physics.
Topics include: theories on matter and light; QED to QCD and the weak force; the Brout-Englert-Higgs mechanism; and the Standard Model.
Astrobiology and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life
This introductory course is for anyone with an interest in understanding the fascinating field of astrobiology.
Professor Charles Cockell, Director of the UK Centre for Astrobiology outlines the conditions that are required for a planet to be habitable, and explores how we can search for and detect life on other planets.