EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Nuclear Fusion Power
We co-deliver the EPSRC-funded fusion power CDT – a collaboration between the universities of York, Durham, Liverpool, Manchester, Oxford and Sheffield, who together with non-academic partners train cohorts of PhD students in plasma physics, materials science, advanced instrumentation and related technologies.
The CDT hosts a two week Fusion Industry School, which provides industry professionals with an overview of the current progress and challenges through an interactive programme of lectures from world-leading experts in fusion science and technology.
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Skills and Training Underpinning a Renaissance in Nuclear (SATURN)
We co-deliver the EPSRC-funded SATURN CDT – a partnership between the universities of Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Lancaster, Sheffield and Strathclyde, who train PhD students in environmental and geological sciences, nuclear forensics, detector technology, risk and reliability analysis, fracture mechanics, nuclear materials and new reactor technologies in collaboration with industry partners including Rolls Royce, NNL, Jacobs, Sellafield, AWE and UKAEA.
The CDT also offers a bespoke taught program, leadership courses and hands-on opportunities including operating a nuclear reactor at the National Tsing-Hua University in Taiwan or McMaster University in Canada.
Nuclear sector CPD programmes
We have a long standing partnership with NNL that delivers a CPD programme in Science and Technology Leadership to early to mid-career engineers and scientists who are working in industry, equipping them with the tools they need to succeed in the next phase of their career.
Over 30 delegates from ten nuclear sector organisations have benefitted from the leadership programme which also forms a key element for staff progression within NNL.