31 August 2010
Press Releases
Press articles on the Cockcroft Institute and activities at the Daresbury Science and Innovation Centre
2008
- Select Committee Report
Select Committee Report on STFC (30 April 2008) - Select Committee Announcement
Innovation, Universities, Science & Skills Select Committee Announcement (30 April 2008) - Statement by STFC
Second Response to the House of Commons' Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee report (30 April 2008)
(08/02/08)
STFC Announcement
" Council confirmed its commitment to the development of the Daresbury and Harwell Science and Innovation Campuses. It is expected that major inward investment in both campuses will be announced shortly and the Council has submitted plans for further capital development on both sites from the Large Facilities Capital Fund. At Harwell, the Joint Venture Company is expected to be set up in the next few months. At Daresbury the Council is committed to the development of more partnership ventures such as the Cockcroft Institute. Further decisions on the future of the Daresbury campus will be informed by the findings of the McKillop review. "
- News from Council - January 2008
Report from the STFC strategy meeting held on 28th & 29th - STFC Council meeting , 28-29 January 2008
STFC funding for university research grants in physics will remain broadly level for the next year, it was confirmed this week - STFC Council meeting, 28-29 January 2008
STFC reaffirms its commitment to the development of the Daresbury Science and Innovation Campus
2007
- NWDA Press Release - Cockcroft Institute cited in Australian Synchrotron Facility's product bid (May 2007)
- CERN Courier: New director's vision for CI (March 2007)
- News: NW Institutes - "heavyweights in the academic stakes" (March 2007)
2006 / 2005
- The Sir John Cockcroft Chair of Physics and Inaugural Director of the Cockcroft Institute (November 2006)
- The Prime Minister on the Cockcroft Institute (November 2006)
- N8 and the Cockcroft Institute (October 2006)
- Official opening of the Cockcroft Institute (September 2006)
- First beam at the ERLP (August 2006)
- £2M investment in ERLP (August 2006)
- PPARC (December 2005)
- Manchester Evening News (August 2005)
- Symmetry magazine (May 2005)
Other related press articles
- Interactions (February 2007) New Accelerator Technique Doubles Particle Energy in Just One Meter
- Physics News Update (August 2005) Photonic Crystal Accelerator
