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Coronavirus tests developed at Culham Science Centre
Winnie Wu, Chief Operating Officer, Genefirst Sense Biodetection Veros COVID-19 test Two life science organisations based at Culham Science Centre, Oxfordshire, have developed tests that could be critical in the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Sense Biodetection has announced an accelerated programme to launch a simple disposable test that uses a nasal swab to ...
Congratulations to Culham Science Centre Nursery & Preschool for third consecutive outstanding Ofsted rating
Congratulations to Culham Science Centre Nursery & Preschool for receiving its third consecutive Ofsted Outstanding rating and becoming one of the only settings in Oxfordshire to retain the highest award under tougher Ofsted guidelines introduced last year. The Ofsted inspector described the setting as “a brilliant place for children to start their education” and “a ...
Oxbotica leverages Culham Science Centre for development of autonomous vehicle software
Europe’s leading self-driving vehicle software company is the first business to move into Culham Science Centre’s connected and autonomous vehicle (CAV) building, Pit Lane, as it looks to scale-up the release of its software for use across multiple industries. The company has signed a 10-year lease for one of Pit Lane’s bespoke workspaces with offices ...
Culham to be global fusion hub in £184M transformation
Culham Science Centre is set to become a key part of the global quest for clean energy after the Government announced an £184 million investment to upgrade the site. Building on UKAEA’s experience in running the UK fusion programme and hosting JET, with this new funding from the Department of Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy ...
Open evenings at OAS training facility
Find out more about our new apprenticeship programme and our employer partner vacancies at one of our free to attend open evenings. Hear from our tutors and existing apprentices, take a tour of our brand-new training centre and watch demonstrations of the cutting-edge technology in action. Get a head start in a hi-tech engineering career, ...
Funding boost announced at opening of self-driving test facility
Culham Science Centre (Oxfordshire) has officially opened its world-leading facility for the testing of connected and autonomous vehicles (CAV) and has revealed a further £780,000 of funding secured by OxLEP via the government’s Local Growth Fund to expand its vehicle test capabilities across site. The opening event saw leading representatives from Oxfordshire’s emerging cluster of ...
Business Event – CAV@CSC – 3 October 2019
Pit Lane Facility, Culham Science Centre This event marks the opening of the new Pit Lane development at Culham Science Centre, it will also celebrate the work of the emerging cluster of connected and autonomous vehicle companies found within easy reach of our site. The Business Event will be held on Thursday 3rd October 2019 ...
New bus service for Culham Science Centre
A dedicated bus service has been launched to help employees, apprentices and other site users travel between Abingdon and Culham Science Centre from 9 September 2019. The new bus service coincides with the completion of Phase 2 of Oxfordshire Advanced Skills (OAS) at Culham Science Centre – purpose-built to train up to 350 apprentices per ...
Prime Minister hails ‘world-leading’ fusion research at Culham Science Centre
The visit marked a Government announcement on plans to develop a new fast-track visa route for the brightest and best scientists to continue to move to the UK after EU Exit. During his visit, the Prime Minister was shown the work UKAEA is doing to harness the huge potential of nuclear fusion as a low-carbon ...
