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July 18, 2022

Daresbury Laboratory celebrates 60 years of inspirational science

As Daresbury Laboratory celebrates 60 years at the cutting edge of science and innovation, it looks towards a future of milestone breakthroughs, inspiration and job creation, benefitting our economy and society. Since 1962, Daresbury Laboratory has pushed the boundaries of…
July 15, 2022

The Star Wars universe takes over Lymm Festival 2022

On 29 June 2022, the Star Wars universe came to Lymm Festival, a local summer festival, bringing families and friends together in a variety of organised events. In this sold-out evening event, Prof Carsten Welsch, Head of the Liverpool Physics…
June 27, 2022

Ernest Rutherford Fellowships 2022/23 – Call now open

Opportunities for research fellowships in accelerator science & technology Cockcroft Institute EoI Deadline: 31st July 2022 STFC has recently launched a call for the next round of Ernest Rutherford Fellowships. It aims to support future scientific leaders to establish a…
June 20, 2022

Registration now open for the IOP PABG Annual Conference

The IOP Particle Accelerators and Beams Group (PABG) invite the community to a new, in person only, two-day Annual Conference, to take place on July 25 and 26, at the University of Liverpool. This will be the UK’s premier national event in…
June 9, 2022

Particle accelerator text book made open access

“The Science and Technology of Particle Accelerators", an introductory text book written by Rob Appleby, Graeme Burt, James Clarke and Hywel Owen who are all members of the Cockcroft Institute has been made open access. Reflecting the value of the…
June 6, 2022

New data science CDT officially launched

More than 100 experts joined the kick-off meeting of the new STFC Centre for Doctoral Training for Innovation in Data Intensive Science (LIV.INNO) on Tuesday, 24 May 2022. The event was chaired by Prof Carsten Welsch, LIV.INNO Director and Head…
May 16, 2022

PhDs successfully completed at the Cockcroft Institute

The last few months have seen a number of PhD students from the Cockcroft Institute completing their thesis and taking a step forward in their research careers. Dr Jacob Kelly, affiliated to the University of Manchester, earned his doctorate on…