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December 4, 2023

Media Training offered to EuPRAXIA-DN Fellows

Throughout their careers, researchers are expected to promote and advertise their research using professional media techniques. However, most researchers never receive any form of professional media training throughout their careers. A media training week, hosted by experts from Carbon Digital,…
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December 1, 2023

Joint LIV.INNO and EuPRAXIA-DN researcher training hosted in Liverpool

Cutting-edge postgraduate researcher training schemes guarantee international competitiveness of the researchers trained and provide them with the necessary skills for a future career as researcher in either the academic sector or in industry. Professor Carsten P Welsch, Head of Liverpool's…
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November 29, 2023

Cockcroft Institute attends National Particle Accelerator Open Day

The National Particle Accelerator Open Day took place at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) in Oxfordshire on Monday 30th October. It was organised by ISIS Neutron and Muon Source with support from Diamond Light Source, the IoP, IET and STFC and…
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November 27, 2023

Liverpool expert invited by EU to share best practice in PGR training

Each year the European Commission organizes a briefing day for coordinators of new networks funded within the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA). The main objective of these events is to provide a briefing on the key management and procedural aspects of…
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October 23, 2023

LIV.INNO data science CDT welcomes new cohort of PhD students

A kick off meeting for the new cohort of LIV.INNO students who started their PhDs at the beginning of October has taken place in Liverpool. It was the first chance for the eleven students who started in 2023 and their…
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October 16, 2023

CI student wins early-career engineer poster competition

The particle accelerator engineering network held an early-career engineering poster competition during this year’s Particle Accelerator Engineering Network (PAEN) annual meeting. The competition was open to graduate engineers and engineering students either in industry, national laboratories or universities, and open…
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October 13, 2023

PsiQuantum opens R&D facility at Daresbury Laboratory to develop quantum computing

Silicon Valley start-up PsiQuantum received £9 million UK government funding to open its first advanced research and development (R&D) facility outside of the US at the Science and Technology Facilities Council’s (STFC) Daresbury Laboratory. The Secretary of State for Science,…
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October 11, 2023

9th Particle Accelerator Engineering Network annual meeting held at RAL

The 9th Particle Accelerator Engineering Network (PAEN) annual meeting took place at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) on the 6th October 2023. The network was jointly created by the IET, IMechE, IoP and STFC and is hosted by the IET…
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August 15, 2023

Vacuum Symposium attracts visitors from across the UK

The 12th UK Vacuum symposium was held on 13th and 14th June 2023 at Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, UK drawing nearly 100 visitors. The UK’s premier vacuum technology event is now in its 12th year attracting both academia and industry, highlighting…
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