Physics Away Day

The next Physics Away Day will take place on Thursday 27th September in Green Lane Conference Centre. The main theme will be ‘Coping efficiently with growth’. An agenda will be circulated in due course.

Attendance is mandatory for academic staff. All other staff are welcome to attend if they wish but please could anyone attending confirm your attendance to me, (with any dietary requirements), by COP 13th September.

Grainne Wilkinson

 

Gender Pay Gap Update

At Lancaster University, the mean gender pay gap is 27.7% and the median gender pay gap is 26.5%.
A Gender Pay Gap Open Meeting was held at the end of July where here staff could find out more information about the data and next steps for the Gender Pay Gap Task Group. More information about the data, gender pay gap reporting, and the Gender Pay Gap Task Group is available on the EDI webpages.

View presentation   Listen to audio from the meeting  View Gender Pay Gap Data

Amanda Ross

 

Departmental Committee Meetings

Our departmental committee meetings have been arranged for the 2018/19 academic year. Please visit the webpage(s) for the committees that you attend, (http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/physics/information/staff/committees-and-meetings/) for the details.

If ics files are compatible with your calendar the dates on the committee webpages contain hyperlinks. When prompted pls select Open then Save and Close. If ics files don’t work for you and you need to enter the information manually please contact me and I’ll send you the list of meetings in an Excel spreadsheet.

Grainne Wilkinson

 

Portable Appliance Testing (PAT)

Portable Appliance Testing (PAT) has started in Physics Building.
The PAT tester will be calling on you soon in both offices and laboratories.
Please can you help the tester by making all electrical equipment accessible i.e. remove items from drawers, cupboards,
filing cabinets etc.

Please power down office computers etc. at the end of the day and laboratory equipment if at all possible when asked.

Your cooperation will help make this operation run smoothly.

Stephen Holt

 

Performance Development Reviews for 2017/2018

The 2017/18 Performance Development Review (PDR) cycle is drawing to a close. All Lancaster University staff employed for more than 12 months continuously, including those on fixed-term contracts, are expected to take part in the PDR process. Staff who are on probation do not need to have a PDR but please read the section on probation below.

For full information on PDR policy, guidance and PDR forms please visit http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/pdr/ Research staff should use the Professional Services PDR form.

Grainne Wilkinson

 

FAO New staff and their line managers – probation

Line managers should note that if they are managing a new non-academic (i.e. admin/ technical / research) member of staff then regular reviews need to take place and paperwork completed.  There are two forms to complete – an initial PDR form and a Probation Review form (the latter at four months and eight months). Please visit the “Managing the Probation Period” of this webpage http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/hr/recruitment/inductionIndex.html  and scroll down to the Non Academic Staff Probation section for guidance and the forms.

Grainne Wilkinson

 

Room Bookings for Physics Building

Please could everyone ensure that they delete any room bookings that they have no longer need. Some staff are finding that they are having to book rooms in other buildings unnecessarily.

Grainne Wilkinson