Long Term Objectives
In line with the mission statement
for Daresbury SIC, the campus will look to develop along five key
themes:
- Location of international-scale large scientific facilities
(e.g. Fourth Generation Light Source) through public or private
investment
- Establishment of further national scientific research
institutes along the lines of the
Cockcroft Institute
- On-going development of multi-user accommodation
for science and technology-focused SMEs and strategic units of
multi-national corporations
- Provision of high quality buildings for multi-national
corporations to establish key activities
- Establishment of training and resource centres for core science
and technology skills
Alongside these, support facilities will be developed to deliver
a high quality working environment. These
are likely to include, amongst other things, a conference centre,
restaurants, retail facilities, a hotel and sports facilities.
It is expected that the workforce would grow from the 700 people
currently based here to over 5000 people in the next 10-15 years.
In this way it will provide a wide variety of high skills jobs and
training opportunities in science and technology for the Northwest
region, and for the UK as a whole.
Through the physical co-location of scientists, innovators
and entrepreneurs, it will become a major driving force in
delivering the government's objective of enhanced business
innovation and commercial success from science.
Through all of this Daresbury Science & Innovation Campus
will be a knowledge centre recognised not only nationally, but also
internationally.
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