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March 3, 2015

And the Oscar goes to…

Particle accelerators are a key technology for many different research areas: they enable scientific discoveries through ‘particle smashers’ such as the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, new ways to beat cancer through ion beam cancer therapy, and are the basis…
February 18, 2015

VIP tour of CERN

Lancaster's Vice-Chancellor, Mark E. Smith, was given a VIP tour of CERN last December, in order to see some of the exciting research being done by Lancaster and Cockcroft staff at CERN. The visit included a tour of CMS (Compact…
February 4, 2015

PhD Vacancies at the Cockcroft Institute

The Cockcroft Institute is delighted to announce several PhD project opportunities for start in October 2015. Candidates have the possibility to work on experimental or theoretical topics in one or several of the following fields: Development of innovative beam diagnostic…
AWAKE-UK
January 29, 2015

AWAKE-UK Collaboration met at the Cockcroft Institute

The annual meeting of the AWAKE-UK collaboration was hosted by Prof. Carsten Welsch at the Cockcroft Institute on Wednesday, 28 January 2015. Prof. Matthew Wing from UCL, spokesman of the collaboration, opened the meeting with an update on the status…
December 9, 2014

The EU Project TEAM Training Day

[caption id="attachment_1740" align="alignright" width="300"] Rob Ashworth and Samina Faisal presenting[/caption] The EU Project TEAM from the QUASAR Group at the University of Liverpool, based at the Cockcroft Institute, organized a full day training event on European-funded project administration for institutions…
December 1, 2014

CI GradFest 2014

[caption id="attachment_1733" align="alignright" width="300"] CI GradFest 2014[/caption] The Cockcroft Institute held it's annual GradFest on November 27th where many of the Cockcroft Institute's PhD students presented their work to each other and the rest of the institute.The talks spanned activities…
Scientists Go Industry
November 21, 2014

Career paths for next generation researchers

  [caption id="attachment_1374" align="alignright" width="575"] Scientists Go Industry[/caption] Scientists Go Industry workshop The brainchild of the early stage researcher fellows from the LA³NET project, the Scientists Go Industry workshop was designed to explore the career options for post-doctoral level researchers.…
Cryo-Ops Group
November 18, 2014

Cryo-Ops 2014 6th International Workshop on Cryogenic Operations

From discovering Higgs Bosons at the LHC or providing ultralow temperature environment for the experiments with ISIS neutrons, one of the key technologies that must be employed reliably is CRYOGENICS. A major fraction of the construction and operational budget, particularly…
October 15, 2014

Particle Accelerator Engineering Network Meeting

  Lancaster recently played a lead role in the kick-off meeting for a new engineering network linking the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET), Institute of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) and the Institute of Physics (IoP). The group brings together all…