Facilities Works
We have been informed by Facilities of the following works.
Water Hygiene Testing in The Physics Building will take place week commencing the 1st of April 2019 from 9am daily. Two Lancaster University engineers will require access to kitchens and shared bathrooms to test hot water temperatures. The engineers will not test every kitchen/bathroom just a sample from different locations within the building. This brief survey will take approximately five minutes, and is to ensure that the hot water is maintained at the correct temperature to prevent any instances of legionella. There will be no shutdown of service.
Fire door interface inspections will take place in Physics Building on 3rd April 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
The Industrial Strategy – Making It Work For You
Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts (LICA)
Friday 5 April 2019, 9:00am to 1:30pm
Lancaster University would like to invite you to a unique event to find out about accessing the Government’s £279m Industrial Strategy fund to tackle the big societal and industrial challenges.
Lucy Hobbs
Safety Induction
The next safety induction takes place on Thursday 4th April at 2:30pm in B24 Physics. These normally take an hour. Please ensure your new staff attend.
Shonah Ion
Manual handling assessors
I’d like to have a few more manual handling assessors in the Department. Please let me know if you are interested and for more details of what is entailed in the role & the training required.
Shonah Ion
Campus in the City 2019
Campus in the City Shop –
St Nicholas Arcades
Saturday 2 March 2019, 10:30am to Saturday 6 April 2019, 3:30pm
Campus in the City 2019
Events
Physics Away Day
The next Physics Away Day will take place on Friday 26th April 2019 in Green Lane Conference Centre. An agenda will be circulated once finalised but will include the Curriculum Review.
Attendance is mandatory for academic staff and all other staff are welcome to attend if they wish. Please confirm your attendance and let me have any dietary requirements by COP Friday 29th March.
Grainne Wilkinson
Brexit Travel Advice
Brexit – travel on and around 29th March 2019 and other considerations:
Grainne Wilkinson
IOP Institute of Physics – Lancashire and Cumbria Branch
Lancashire Lecture Programme 2018 – 2019
- 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