National Particle Accelerator Open Day
The Cockcroft Institute hosted the 2021 National particle accelerator open day virtually on Wednesday, 3rd February 2021.The aim of the event was to ensure we get the opportunity to speak to undergraduate students about accelerators despite the lockdown. The open day had an exciting programme of events including talks and lab virtual tours plus the opportunity for students to talk to UK universities, laboratories and industry at virtual recruitment stands to find out how you can find studentship and employment opportunities in this exciting field. This year the tours were done in a virtual environment with two tours offered one of the Diamond light source, the UK’s flagship synchrotron light source, and one of the Elekta factory, a world-leading producer of radiotherapy machines. Talks on graduate…