External Events - The Cockcroft Institute

October 7, 2026

Faraday Cup Award celebrates two decades of world-class beam diagnostics research at the Cockcroft Institute

The international Beam Gas Curtain (BGC) collaboration between the University of Liverpool, CERN and GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research has received the prestigious Faraday Cup Award for the development of a pioneering beam diagnostic for CERN’s Large Hadron…

October 2, 2026

Cockcroft Institute Researchers Showcase Advanced Accelerator Research at Channeling 2026

Researchers from the Cockcroft Institute (CI) made a strong contribution to the 11th International Conference on Charged & Neutral Particles Channeling Phenomena (Channeling 2026), held in Brindisi, Italy, from 20–25 September 2026. Organised by the Italian National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN)and theEuropean Organization for…

September 23, 2026

CI expertise highlighted at IBIC 2026

The 15th International Beam Instrumentation Conference (IBIC 2026) was held in Whistler, Canada this year. Dedicated to exploring the physics and engineering challenges of beam diagnostic and measurement techniques for particle accelerators worldwide it attracted almost 170 delegates from all over…

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…