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Employment Opportunities at The UK ATC

The UK ATC is a progressive employer, offering an excellent range of benefits including: guaranteed pay progression to good performers, a strong commitment to staff development, flexible working arrangements, a choice of pension schemes, support with childcare, an excellent healthcare package, 24/7 employee care programme, excellent maternity leave provision, generous holiday entitlement, interest free car loan and travel season ticket schemes, a subsidised staff restaurant and a comprehensive physiotherapy service.

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STFC: Investing In The Future 2010-15

Impact through inspiration and innovation

The Science and Technology Facilities Council today announced a five-year £2.4 billion investment strategy in world-leading multi-disciplinary science and technology, designed to deliver maximum scientific, societal, international and economic benefit for the United Kingdom in the current tougher financial environment.

Statement by the Director UK ATC on the STFC Press Release of Dec 16th 2009

"We welcome STFC’s continued support of the UK ATC in these difficult times and we are especially pleased to see that that our highest priority programme, the European Extremely Large Telescope for ESO, is given strong support in the future programme."

Professor Ian Robson
Director UK ATC

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