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December 9, 2014

The EU Project TEAM Training Day

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

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…

Scientists Go Industry
November 21, 2014

Career paths for next generation researchers

  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…

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.…

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…

October 7, 2014

Combining Lasers and Accelerators to Train the next Generation of Researchers

The LA³NET consortium held an Advanced School on Laser Applications at Accelerators between 29 September and 3 October 2014. The event was hosted by the Spanish Pulsed Lasers Centre (CLPU) in Salamanca,…

September 27, 2014

Powering Cutting Edge Research

“What are the practical benefits of particle accelerators? Look out for a brand new brochure, due out this September, which will help accelerator scientists explain the benefits of their work to…

September 24, 2014

Challenges and Trends in Charged Particle Beam Diagnostics

Almost 50 participants gathered at the Technical University of  Vienna between 7 – 9 May 2014 to participate to the 3rd oPAC Topic Workshop on Beam Diagnostics. The workshop was…

Swapan leaving
July 24, 2014

Farewell to CI Inaugural Director, Professor Swapan Chattopadhyay

Colleagues from near and far gathered in the Walton Rooms at the Cockcroft Institute (CI) on the afternoon of 15th July to wish Swapan Chattopadhyay a fond farewell at the…