There are four divisions within Diamond:
The Chief Executive's Office incorporates the Communications, Industrial Liaison and Health & Safety Groups, as well as other specialist expertise in providing support to the Chief Executive.
Finance and Corporate Services incorporates the business support functions including Commercial, HR, Finance, Procurement, IT and administrative support for Diamond's site and business services.
Science Division is responsible for the design, construction and operation of the Diamond beamlines. There is extensive consultation with the research councils and the wider scientific community to ensure that the beamlines meet their needs for synchrotron light. The Science Directors are also responsible for developing world-class in-house research and development programmes to attract the best scientists and to ensure that the research instruments remain top-class.
The main responsibility of the Technical Division is generating the X-rays used by the beamlines. The Technical Division is also responsible for the buildings: the experimental hall and the office block plus any other laboratories, assembly and test buildings required.
Diamond is located on the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, in the heart of the rolling Oxfordshire countryside. Adjacent to Diamond is the STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, a world-class government-funded institution that provides leading-edge, large scale facilities to researchers from around the globe, including the world's most intense neutron source, ISIS Neutron and Muon Source and the Central Laser Facility (CLF).
Diamond Light Source shares the Harwell Campus with several other major scientific institutions, including the Research Complex at Harwell, the Medical Research Council and many more. In recent years, this dynamic site has become a growing centre for high-tech industries. Harwell Campus has also recently been recognised by the Government as a world-leading location for Life Sciences.
Diamond is situated 8 miles from the historic city of Oxford, home of the oldest English-speaking universities in the world. Diamond is 45 minutes from London by train using nearby Didcot Parkway station, and close to major arterial routes providing a gateway to the Midlands, the South and the West of England. Further afield, the region also plays a pivotal role in international publishing, bio-technology, brewing and car manufacture.
