This year, we’re welcoming seven students from across the UK to the Cockcroft Institute (CI) at Daresbury Laboratory for a seven-week summer placement. Before getting started on their projects, the…
The University of Liverpool’s Department of Physics hosted its Annual Work Experience Week for A-Level students from 29 June – 3 July. This event, designed for students from Widening Participation partnered schools…
Our particle accelerator escape room “Acceler8Escape” was one of the exciting workshops delivered at the Passion4Learning Science Extravaganza hosted at Daresbury National Laboratory on 9th July 2026. A total of…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…