[en] At this post-conference school invited lectures on 'Topical themes in heavy-ion scattering' were delivered. The following topics were discussed; 1) the measurement of magnetic moments of nuclear states of high angular momentum; 2) nuclei at very high angular momentum; 3) multi-step direct reaction analysis of deep inelastic spectra in nuclear reactions: 4) experiments relating to quantum electrodynamics of strong field and 5) the role of deep inelastic processes in nuclear physics