Lifting equipment store clear out A524, the lifting equipment store near the back door will be cleared out next week. Anything other than Departmental equipment will be disposed of. Shonah Ion   The Inclusion in Physics group presents “Should I do a PhD?” A PhD journey from Physics to Art by Giannandrea Inchingolo Tuesday,…

  Risk assessment forms A reminder to all those who produce risk assessments that we need to use the current document template from the University Safety Office. From the staff intranet A to Z listing – Health and safety – Risk Assessment – scroll down to ‘5 step’ risk assessment form. If everyone has the…

  Soldering Focus There is a focus across campus on the safety issues associated with soldering. If you didn’t receive a request for information from me previously and do indeed solder please let me know. I have had responses from the ULT labs and  workshops. The issues are the lead content and also the fumes…

Manual Handling Any member of staff starting a new project please consider any manual handling issues. Please see Phelton Stephenson, Alan Stokes and Martin Ward for advice. Martin Ward Safety Induction The first safety induction of 2020 will take place on Thursday 9th of January at 2pm in B24. Please ensure any new staff attend.…

  Important changes to the Library Digitisation Service The Library Digitisation Service provides links to accessible, CLA licence-compliant digitised readings for use on Moodle. Improvements to the service The scans are currently stored on a University server but in 2020 we are joining the Copyright Licensing Agency’s collaborative web-based service, the Digital Content Store (DCS)…

  Change to evening cleaning in the building We have a proposal from Facilities to move our cleaning from day shifts to evening shifts. Cleaners would start at 4pm and finish around 9:30pm. I have asked for more details on this. Cleaning of labs would still be by invitation only, staff have to arrange directly…

  Fire Door Interface Inspections Facilities have informed us that Fire door interface inspections will take place in The Physics Building on the 4th of December 2019 from 9am. Every month the University is required to test the interface between the fire alarm system and door control systems in all buildings with access control and/or…

  Condensed Matter Seminar Physics C36 Friday 6 December 2019 3:00pm to 4:00pm Superconducting boron-doped nanocrystalline diamond: Fluctuations, frustration, and dimensionality Speaker: Georgina M. Klemencic Sergey Kafanov   Safety Induction The next safety Induction will be on Friday 6th December at 2pm in B24, the usual duration is approximately 1 hour. Please ensure any new…

  Safety Induction The next safety Induction will be on Friday 6th December at 2pm in B24, the usual duration is approximately 1 hour. Please ensure any new members of staff attend. Shonah Ion   Emergency light testing We have been informed by Facilities that emergency light testing in the Physics building will take place…

  The Northern Chords Ensemble The Northern Chords Ensemble (piano trio) will perform in the Great Hall on Thursday 28 November, playing music by Beethoven, Poulenc and Mendelssohn. For details and advance booking see https://www.lancasterarts.org/whats-on/event/northern-chords-ensemble-piano-trio/ Peter McClintock   Recruiting the Best Training Staff that are involved with recruitment are reminded that attending Recruiting the Best…