New Open Mic Night! First Tuesday Tunes
Tuesday February 5th 8-10.30pm @ Pizzetta Republic & every first Tuesday of the month
Want to perform? Just show up on the night! Bring your instruments or sing with the host band!
Grab a pizza and check out the performances! All welcome.
Amanda Ross
Employee Assistance Programme
All staff members and their immediate family will be able to access a new and improved Employee Assistance Programme, including a brand new wellbeing portal, designed to give you easy access to help and support 24/7 at no cost. Partners/spouses at the same address and dependents aged 16 – 21 in full-time education can also receive telephone support by calling the helpline as staff are able to.
Read the full article here.
Amanda Ross
Eat and Meet Wellbeing Workshop
Thank you to those of you who attended the Eat and Meet Wellbeing Workshop on Wednesday 23rd January, it was great to see so many people there. The slides and handouts are available here if you missed the session. To find out more about the Wellbeing Workgroup, please contact Amanda Ross.
Amanda Ross
Fire Door Interface Inspections
Fire door interface inspections will take place in the Physics Building on the 6th of February 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 automatic doors.
This work is undertaken by Honeywell Control Systems Ltd and requires the physical inspection of all doors controlled by the access control system while the fire alarm is active and the doors are locked. This check is to ensure that all doors on escape routes will allow evacuation in the event that the fire alarm is activated. In most cases the alarm will be silenced during the inspection, but for some older systems, where it is not possible to silence the alarm, the checks have to be conducted while the alarm is sounding. Owing for the requirement for the doors to be locked during this test some buildings, where access is required during the week, will be tested at the weekend.
Shonah Ion
Condensed Matter Seminar
Physics C36
Friday 1 February 2019
3:00pm to 4:00pm
Thermodynamics of precision in quantum non equilibrium steady states.
Sergey Kafanov
Astrophysics Seminar
Physics C36
Tuesday 5 February 2019
3:00pm to 4:00pm
Characterizing the nature of Type Ia Supernovae.
Speaker: Paolo Mazzali
Steven Williams
Safety Induction
The next induction takes place on 7th February at 2:30 in B24 Physics. If you have recently taken on a new member of staff please ensure they attend.
Shonah Ion
Brexit Travel Advice
Brexit – travel on and around 29th March 2019 and other considerations:
Grainne Wilkinson
Safety Induction
The next safety Induction will be on Thursday 7th of February at 2:30pm in B24 Physics. All new members of staff must attend.
Shonah Ion
Departmental Safety handbook
Can all those members of staff who have not yet read this year’s safety handbook please do so. Then print out and sign the front page to say you have read it and return to G. Wilkinson’s pigeon hole. It our legal duty to provide you with guidance on how to stay safe whilst at work, this document is part of this process.
Shonah Ion
IOP Institute of Physics – Lancashire and Cumbria Branch
Lancashire Lecture Programme 2018 – 2019
- 13 Feb 2019 – Lancaster – Mercury – first rock from the Sun – Dr Suzie Imber (Leicester) – Physics A7
- 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