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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…
May 7, 2026

Rob Appleby appointed Associate Vice President for Students

We are pleased to announce that CI expert Professor Rob Appleby has been appointed Associate Vice President for Students at the University of Manchester. In his new role, Rob will provide academic leadership for the entire student journey, including admissions,…
May 4, 2026

RL4AA’26 Workshop hosted in Liverpool

Participants at the RL4AA'26 workshop The fourth edition of the Reinforcement Learning for Autonomous Accelerators (RL4AA’26) workshop was held in Liverpool from 30th March to 1st April 2026 as a LIV.INNO workshop. The workshop also received sponsorship from the Cockcroft Institute and Radiasoft.…
May 1, 2026

PhD successes from Liverpool’s QUASAR Group

The University of Liverpool's QUASAR Group, based at the Cockcroft Institute, is delighted to celebrate the successful completion of three doctoral theses by Ondrej Sedlacek, Oliver Stringer and Catherine Swain. Their work spans cutting-edge accelerator diagnostics, contributing to major international facilities including CERN’s Large Hadron…
April 27, 2026

EuPRAXIA Gains Momentum at High-Level Brussels Event

Leading representatives from European institutions - from the European Commission to the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) - together with stakeholders from research, industry, and funding agencies gathered on 23 April in Brussels, at the Foundation University, for…
the team retrieving irradiated radiochromic film (from left to right: Kristina Small, Brad Wilson, Fabio D’Andrea, Nick Henshaw, James Jones)
March 10, 2026

VHEE user experiments at CLARA

CLARA at Daresbury Laboratory has now achieved 250 MeV beam energy, unlocking a new phase of Very High Energy Electron (VHEE) research that could help shape the future of cancer treatment. These powerful electron beams can reach deepseated tumours while keeping radiation…