Accelerator workshops

Our Accelerator Experience Days give secondary school children the unique opportunity to mingle with real scientists, getting their hands dirty by building their own accelerators and doing experiments on electromagnetism, highlighting the key and most important areas of accelerator science in a fun and attractive way.

Selection of past events:

Accelerator Experience Days, Cockcroft Institute, UK, January 2017

Accelerator Experience Days, Cockcroft Institute, UK, June 2016

Selection of press coverage:

BCA Academy Focus, Youngsters to discover NW is a powerhouse for accelerator science, Sept 2017

BBC Radio Manchester, Interview with Prof Carsten Welsch and Lina Hoummi, April 1st 2017

More stories about our outreach and communication activities can be found on our press coverage page.