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December 1, 2014

CI GradFest 2014

[caption id="attachment_1733" align="alignright" width="300"] CI GradFest 2014[/caption] The Cockcroft Institute held it's annual GradFest on November 27th where many of the Cockcroft Institute's PhD students presented their work to each other and the rest of the institute.The talks spanned activities…
Scientists Go Industry
November 21, 2014

Career paths for next generation researchers

  [caption id="attachment_1374" align="alignright" width="575"] Scientists Go Industry[/caption] Scientists Go Industry workshop The brainchild of the early stage researcher fellows from the LA³NET project, the Scientists Go Industry workshop was designed to explore the career options for post-doctoral level researchers.…
Cryo-Ops Group
November 18, 2014

Cryo-Ops 2014 6th International Workshop on Cryogenic Operations

From discovering Higgs Bosons at the LHC or providing ultralow temperature environment for the experiments with ISIS neutrons, one of the key technologies that must be employed reliably is CRYOGENICS. A major fraction of the construction and operational budget, particularly…
October 15, 2014

Particle Accelerator Engineering Network Meeting

  Lancaster recently played a lead role in the kick-off meeting for a new engineering network linking the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET), Institute of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) and the Institute of Physics (IoP). The group brings together all…
July 14, 2014

Accelerator Experts go to School

A week-long oPAC advanced School on Accelerator Optimization took place from 7th to 11th July 2014. The event was hosted by Royal Holloway University of London (UK) and was joined by around 80 delegates from across Europe. The School covered accelerator optimization through beam…
June 12, 2014

Training the trainers: complementary skills workshop at the Cockcroft

During the delivery of European projects DITANET, LA3NET and oPAC which were all coordinated from the Cockcroft Institute a novel complementary skills training programme was developed by Prof. Carsten Welsch. Training in transferable skills that complement the technical research activities…
June 11, 2014

First EnEfficient RF Sources Workshop

The first EnEfficient RF Sources workshop took place at the Cockcroft Institute on the 3-4th June. Over 40 delegates took part in the 2 day workshop including 18 speakers presenting the state of the art (and beyond) of RF sources…
April 3, 2014

The Daresbury Laboratory Particle Physics Masterclass 2014

Daresbury Laboratory held its Particle Physics Masterclass over 3 days at the end March, with a record-breaking attendance of more than 330 students and 20 teachers from schools as far away as Conway and Wakefield. The event was organised and…