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SUMMARY:ING's plans for the William Herschel Telescope - Marc Balcells (Di
 rector\, ING)
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CONTACT:Dr Jonathan Gair
DESCRIPTION:STFC has directed ING to explore organisational models for the
  coming decade.  As part of this exercise\, and in order to prepare for op
 timal science output\, ING will plan an instrument suite and an operationa
 l model for the WHT that are tailored to the primary scientific strengths 
 and needs of its user communities.  In the context set by current 8-10m te
 lescopes and the ETSRC rationalisation recommendations\, and with the E-EL
 T on the horizon\, we plan to develop WHT instrumentation for those scienc
 e fields where 4m telescopes outperform and complement its larger cousins 
 - wide field astronomy.  The ING also plans to continue welcoming visiting
  instruments\, to offer a platform for technology demonstrators\, and to m
 aintain the level of service to users that has made ING a successful astro
 nomical facility. Visits to departments\, and a workshop (March 22nd\, RAS
 ) are planned as opportunities to facilitate user feedback on those plans.
LOCATION:Sackler Lecture Theatre\, IoA
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