Cern membership ‘boosts’ UK economy, says UKRI

£183 million in revenue and 1,000 staff trained under nuclear physics partnership

The UK has benefitted broadly from its partnership in Cern, the European organisation for nuclear research, according to new findings from UK Research and Innovation, the country’s national funding agency.

In addition to being a boon to the country’s science research, Cern membership has allowed the UK to reap other benefits, such as job training for more than 1,000 people and visits to Cern facilities by nearly 2,300 UK school groups, according to the UKRI-commissioned study, published on 6 August.