Accelerator & Particle Physics Education at A-Level (APPEAL) 2025

On Saturday, 28 June 2025, JAI and the University of Oxford, in collaboration with CERN, organised a one-day school to give A-level teachers an opportunity to learn about particle accelerators and their applications in particle therapy, as part of the Accelerator & Particle Physics Education at A-Level (APPEAL) series of teacher training sessions. Particle accelerators, invented and used for pure research in fundamental physics, have become important instruments in medicine, for both diagnosis and treatment of ailments such as cancer. The school addressed questions that often fascinate students, such as “How does a particle accelerator work?” and "What are the applications of particle accelerators in our daily lives?". The school included lectures on particle therapy and a hands-on MasterClass session on particle therapy, as well as a presentation on admission to undergraduate studies in physics. Further information is available here.

The APPEAL cohort 2025