Keeping Your Computers Up to Date A quick heads up to any of you running Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS. It goes end of life in a weeks time so just check what version your running and update it if it’s 16.04. Preferably update it to 20.04 but if not at least to 18.04. Feel…
Some Students back next week As you will have seen in the messages coming out from the University and our own Faculty Dean, some UG students will be returning next week to complete essential practical work. This will mean more people on campus generally and in the Physics building. Our teaching lab sizes are…
Ask the Expert with Brooke Simmons – LUniverse Online Online Microsoft Teams Friday 26 February 2021 1:30pm to 4:15pm Q&A with an expert in physics! LUniverse Planetarium Catching Quantum Tornados – Nanoscale Real-Time Detection of Quantum Vortices at Millikelvin Temperatures Online via MS Teams Friday 26 February 2021 3:00pm to 4:00pm Condensed…
PS Staff Reward and Recognition This is just a reminder that the deadline for submission of PS staff reward and recognition cases is Friday 26th February. There is also a further opportunity in May to submit cases and the deadline is Friday 28th May. The link detailing all the information you need is here:…
Smoke Sensor Tests The smoke sensors in the lab areas of the building will be tested next week, 15th – 18th February. This will be a silent test – the evacuation alarm will not be activated by these tests. The sensor test involves using a closed cup around the sensor and the release of…
RCM Staff Change The Department’s Recruitment, Conversion and Marketing Coordinator, Helen McAlley, has now left to start her maternity leave. Gemma Miller has returned to the department to cover Helen’s role. Gemma Miller Message from Alan Stokes As some of you may already know, after 12 and a half years I will be retiring…
Space and Planetary Physics seminar Thursday 28 January 2021 2:00pm to 3:00pm Observations of decaying and decay-less kink oscillations in the solar corona Speaker: Tim Duckenfield (University of Warwick) Wayne Gould Experimental Particle Physics seminar Friday 29 January 2021 11:00am to 12:00pm Recent results from the NA62 experiments at CERN SPS Speaker: Angela…
New Lockdown requirements All those who are accessing or planning to access the building for essential activities during this current national lockdown must review their risk assessments in light of the increased risk of infection due to the highly transmissible virus currently in circulation. It is strongly suspected that the new strain is more…
New Lockdown requirements All those who are accessing or planning to access the building for essential activities during this current national lockdown must review their risk assessments in light of the increased risk of infection due to the highly transmissible virus currently in circulation. It is strongly suspected that the new strain is more…
Accident causing magnet A cleaner was injured on shards of metal stuck to a magnet whilst removing the rubbish bag from the bins outside A02. This was very avoidable incident and shouldn’t have happened. Dispose of all waste appropriately. If in doubt contact your line manager or supervisor. Shonah Ion Lab shut…