The Cockcroft Institute | External Events

July 14, 2026

Liverpool puts Sustainability at the Heart of Innovation

Liverpool has placed itself at the forefront of efforts to make major scientific facilities, advanced technologies and research careers more sustainable. The Innovations for a Sustainable Tomorrow symposium, held at The Spine on 10 July 2026, brought together leading scientists, policy experts,…

July 13, 2026

2026 Central Laser Facility Training Programme Hosted at Queen’s University Belfast

The annual training programme organised by the Central Laser Facility (CLF) provides new PhD students with hands-on experience in laser-plasma experimental techniques. This year the programme took place in March 2026, hosted by Queen’s University Belfast at the TARANIS laser…

July 8, 2026

CI member brings “Hollywood Physics” to Germany’s KIMIKO Festival

CI expert Professor Carsten P Welsch from the University of Liverpool was invited by CERN to contribute to this year’s KIMIKO Festival in Aachen, Germany, as part of the CERN Science Hub at the festival’s Science & Tech program. KIMIKO…

July 3, 2026

CI expert contributes to high-level European debate on the future of doctoral training

Professor Carsten P. Welsch, CI member and Head of Accelerator Science at the University of Liverpool, joined senior European research leaders in Brussels last week for a high-level discussion on the future of doctoral education and the added value of…

July 1, 2026

5 M€ iRIS project launched at FCC Week 2026

As FCC Week 2026 came to a close, the Future Circular Collider (FCC) community left Helsinki with renewed momentum and a strong sense of shared purpose. The week brought together 656 participants from across the world for a wide-ranging program…

June 29, 2026

Cockcroft Institute makes a strong contribution to IPAC’26

Several members of the Cockcroft Institute (CI) have recently attended the International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC’26) in Deauville, France. For a week each year the accelerator community gathers to discuss the latest developments in accelerator science and technology from around…

May 27, 2026

GAEC Hosts Major International SAPPHIRE Workshop to Boost Cancer Treatment Capacity in Africa

The Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC), through its Radiological and Medical Sciences Research Institute (RAMSRI), has successfully hosted a high-level international training workshop under the Supra-African Physics Partnership for Health Innovation and Radiotherapy Expansion (SAPPHIRE) Project. The week-long workshop, held…

May 13, 2026

European Experts Gather in Darmstadt to Shape New Doctoral Network on AI for Particle Accelerators

Researchers, accelerator experts, and industrial stakeholders from across Europe gathered at Technische Universität Darmstadt on 7–8 May 2026 for the ARTIFACT-DN Workshop, a strategic meeting dedicated to preparing a competitive proposal for a new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network (MSCA-DN) under…

May 12, 2026

Members of Cockcroft Institute join PACRI annual meeting in Lisbon

The PACRI (Plasma Accelerator systems for Compact Research Infrastructures) project held its first annual meeting at the Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) in Lisbon, Portugal from 24th to 26th March. With more than €10 million funding from the European Union and…