University Safety Audit of the Department

The Department will be undergoing a safety audit from the University’s safety office beginning on the 16th March. This will be lead by Alan Deane, assisted by Wendy Guest. They will interview people and ask to see examples of risk, COSHH, manual handling assessments and other documentation.
Please give them every assistance and of course make sure your “own house is in order.” All existing documentation from the Departmental safety files on BOX is now on the S drive under Safety and then similar headings to what we had on BOX. So you can check and update as necessary.
Please, please, please use the current risk assessment form which is available from the University’s safety web pages ( under “Health and safety “ from the A – Z index on the staff intranet) in the risk assessment section.

Shonah Ion

 

Facilities works

Emergency Lighting Testing in Physics Building will take place week commencing 24th February 2020  from 9am daily.
Every month there is a quick test to ensure all Emergency Lighting fittings are operational.  This involves a quick visual test.  In residences, this applies to corridors and kitchens.  There are longer, more involved tests at 6 month and 12 month intervals

Shonah Ion

 

Safety Induction

The next safety induction will take place on Thursday 5th March at 2pm in B24. Please ensure any new members of staff attend.

Shonah Ion

 

Staff awards

You have until Friday 21st February to submit your nominations for a 2020 Staff Award. To find out more and submit a nomination, go to www.lancaster.ac.uk/staff-awards

Shonah Ion

 

Box to Onedrive

On 21st February your Box account will become ‘read only’, then on the 24th February the move is expected to be completed.
Find out more information and what this means for you on the Box to OneDrive webpage

Shonah Ion

 

All staff need to complete the new Diversity on-line module

A new Diversity module, launched last term, means the recorded completion rates for EDI mandatory training has been reset to 0%.
This means that all staff need to complete the new Diversity module, and then any of the other mandatory courses as necessary.
Dashboards are being developed for HoDs and PS Directors to be able to monitor the mandatory training completion rates for their teams around Information Governance, Health and Safety, EDI and, in time, mental health awareness. HoDs and PS Directors will receive a separate communication informing them of how to access the dashboards, once live.

Shonah Ion

 

Java

Just a reminder, if you’ve got Java on your computer you’ll need to uninstall it as it now carries a licence fee from Oracle.

Rob Lewsey

 

Staff Awards

The deadline for the staff awards is 21st of February.

https://portal.lancaster.ac.uk/intranet/news/article/staff-awards-2020-nominations-now-open

Lynne Haley

 

A better place? Fostering inclusion in academia and industry

A one-day event to discuss best practice for supporting the career progression of underrepresented groups in STEM, with the aim of sharing best practice between academia and industry.

Wednesday, March 4th –
Private Dining Room, Lancaster University

https://wp.lancs.ac.uk/a-better-place/

Follow the website for updates on the program of the event!

Elisabetta Boella