Building occupancy
Dear Colleagues,
The proposed changes to restrictions that were due to happen next week have been postponed, so the continuing message is to work from home if possible and only come onto campus if it is necessary. We recognise that it is necessary for some staff & students to come onto campus to complete experiments, attend in person events etc. Some limited more general working on campus can also be approved for those who find are finding home working unsuitable due to health and similar issues.
However, we are still operating under distancing and other restrictions and we need to keep the occupancy of the building low and managed to meet the Public Health requirements. This is a particular problem in multi-occupancy offices, but we also need to keep occupation of single occupancy offices low.
To manage occupancy in the Department and ensure we remain compliant with current regulations, we have designated a responsible person and booking system for the multiple occupancy offices used by many researchers & PG students.
If a multi occupancy office user needs to come in, they would first contact their line manager/supervisor and explain their request. If the supervisor approves the request they (the line manager/supervisor) would then contact the room manager and discuss the dates, time, frequency or duration of the access with the room manager, who would then book the access to allow occupancy management and social distancing.
The rooms and their managers are listed below.
| Room Number | Room Manager |
| A14 (within A15) | Sam Jones (PG Student) |
| A15 | Sam Jarvis |
| B06a | Andy Blake |
| B06b | Andy Wharton (PG student) |
| B06c | Rostislav Mikhaylovskiy |
| B504 | Jim Wild |
| C01 | Aneta Stefanovska |
| C07 | Adam Craig |
| C08 | Alessandro Romito |
| C14 | Colin Lambert |
| C45 | Brooke Simmons |
| C52 | Robert Young |
| C62 | Jonathon Gratus |
Please note that when you have to come in, you must continue to observe the Dept rules, wearing a face covering within the building, one way system and marked room occupancies. This particularly applies to kitchen spaces – please do not use these for prolonged periods, as it will block others from being able to use them.
Shonah Ion & Roger Jones.
Physics avenue closure 30th June
The Physics avenue will be closed on the 30th June for a crane lift.
Shonah Ion
Blackboards available.
2 old style ground glass(?) blackboards are available – free to a good home with strong walls, they are very heavy. Sizes approximately 183 cm x 91 cm and 122 cm x 91 cm. That’s 6 ft x 3 ft and 4 ft x 3 ft in old money.
Can be viewed in A11 Physics.
Shonah Ion
Quantum sensing of nanoscale magnetic phenomena
Online event
Friday 18 June 2021
3:00pm to 4:00pm
Condensed Matter webinar
Speaker: Christian Deger (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
Michael Thompson
Electroweak and Top Physics at LHCb
Online via MS Teams
Friday 25 June 2021
11:00am to 12:00pm
Experimental Particle Physics webinar
Speaker: Dr Stephen Farry
Jarek Nowak
Nanotube mechanical resonators – tiny electron forces and large electron backaction
Online event
Friday 25 June 2021
3:00pm to 4:00pm
Condensed Matter webinar
Speaker: Adrian Bachtold (ICFO, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology)
Michael Thompson