IOP Trip
The IOP Branch is organising a trip to the Alston Observatory on the evening of Friday 23 November.
The event is open to all, not just IOP members. Because of limited parking at the observatory, we are asking people to go by our minibuses.
Lancaster University underpass 18:30
UCLan 19:15
Alston Observatory visit begins 20:00 and takes an hour and a half.
Registration essential, using the IOP Events website:
https://www.events.iop.org/e/alston-observatory-visit-b8e16a9c325449d8bf2c30b121245fe5/page.html
or search online for “IOP Events” then search there for “Alston”
Chris Bowdery
Where are the Women? Challenging Higher Education Leadership
10:00am – 2:30pm, Thursday, November 15, Private Dining Room (County)
In collaboration with OED, Lancaster University Women’s Network will host its official launch event on Thursday 15th November. Dr Paula Burkinshaw, an expert on diversity in leadership, will deliver a keynote on “Where are the women? Challenging Higher Education leadership”, which will be followed by opportunities for discussion and networking. Lunch and refreshments provided. Later that evening, there will be an informal social in Grizedale Bar, from 5pm to 6:30pm.
Whatever your gender or job title, regardless of whether you’re already a member of the Women’s Network or just want to find out more, you are welcome to come to whichever parts of the event you can attend.
Read more and register Join the network
Amanda Ross
Doing Business in Africa
Training Rooms 1 & 2
Gordon Manley Building
LEC Blue Zone (LEC 3)
Tuesday 13 November 2018, 10:30am to 1:00pm
Delivered by Dr. Akanimo Odon, CEO, Envirofly Consulting UK Limited
Akanimo Odon
Physics Colloquium
Cavendish Lecture Theatre
Faraday Building
Thursday 15 November 2018, 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Weak Measurement: A Peephole into the Quantum World
Speaker: Prof. Yuval Gefen
Sergey Kafanov
Condensed Matter Seminar
Physics C36
Friday 16 November 2018
3:00pm to 4:00pm
Progress in graphene-based single-molecule electronics
Speaker: Dr. Jan A. Mol
Sergey Kafanov
Recording Training
A recommendation from the safety audit was for managers to record all training undertaken by their staff once completed. For University run training this can be an automatic process with training appearing on the core HR portal once completed, but any additional or outside training should also be recorded. As line managers are currently unable to directly enter training received by their staff onto the core HR profile, please can you ask HR to log any additional training your staff receive, there for you.
I have the contact details of someone in HR who can enter this information for us, please contact me if this is required.
Shonah Ion
Departmental safety handbook
The new Departmental safety handbook is now available on the Departments web page About us – Information – Staff ~ safety. This exciting and highly sought after publication is compulsory reading for all research, academic and support staff of the Physics Department.
On the front page you will see a form that needs to be signed, after you have read the handbook, and placed in Grainne Wilkinson’s pigeon hole.
Any uncertainties, questions and typos please get in contact.
Shonah Ion
Physics Christmas lunch – Thursday 20 Dec 2018 @ 1300hrs
The Physics Christmas lunch will take place at 1300hrs on Thursday 20th December at the Toll House Inn, Lancaster. To secure your place please pay me £21 (for two courses) or £25 (for three courses).
I’ll take your menu choices once you have paid, (the menu has already been circulated by email). Please note that the venue has given me a deadline for a pre-order and you will need to book your place by COP Thursday 29th November.
As usual we will have drinks and mince pies in the Physics Atrium before the lunch, at 1100.
Grainne Wilkinson
IOP Institute of Physics – Lancashire and Cumbria Branch
Lancashire Lecture Programme 2018 – 2019
- 14 Nov 2018 – Preston – Photons and Nanoscale Forces Prof David Andrews (UEA)
- 12 Dec 2018 – Lancaster – Pluto’s ‘desert’: Methane ice dunes on a glacier on an airless world – Dr Matt Telfer (Plymouth)
- 16 Jan 2019 – Preston – The Physics of Thunderstorms Prof Paul Hardaker (IOP)
- 15 Feb 2019 – Lancaster – Mercury – first rock from the Sun – Dr Suzie Imber (Leicester) – Note this is a Friday talk.
- 13 Mar 2019 – Preston – What we can learn from Gaia about the origin and structure of galaxies – Prof James Binney (Oxford)
- 10 April 2019 – Lancaster – Galaxy formation and evolution: nature vs nurture – Dr David Sobral (Lancaster)
- 15 May 2019 – Preston – Asteroseismology: A New Keplerian Revolution Prof Don Kurtz (UCLan)
- 12 June 2019 – Lancaster – Infinite Differences: Lessons on Diversity from Women in Physics – Dr Frankie Doddato (Lancaster)
Start Times: 18:00 (refreshments) for 18:30
Venues:
- Preston: Lecture Theatre 2 or 3, Foster Building, University of Central Lancashire
- Lancaster: Cavendish Colloquium Room, Faraday Lecture Theatre Complex, Lancaster University
Chris Bowdery