Research support drop ins
Systematic review Q&A’s.
Systematic review conversations, 1st Thursday in the month including a guest speaker
Evidence based research support.
Every Thursday during term time, 12.30pm to 3.00pm, supported learning area and online via Teams.
We also have the SR Teams Channel Systematic Review Forum which is accessible to students 24/7.
Louise Speakman
Use Lancaster Risk assessment forms
If you have worked at a different institution before coming to Lancaster please remember to follow Lancaster processes, this includes using the Lancaster University risk assessment form, when producing your risk assessments and from them safe operating procedures. The University safety offices risk assessment guidance includes a link to the Moodle training on this subject. Please complete this training if you haven’t in the last 3 years.
Shonah Ion
Reporting near miss and accidents
Please report any near misses or accidents via the University’s safety office pages, found here. No one gets into trouble for reporting incidents, it identifies problems and allows us to rectify them preventing more accidents.
Shonah Ion
Fire Door Interface Inspections
We have been informed by Facilities that the fire door interface inspections will take place in Physics on 20th October 2021 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 Cook Fire 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 a short sounding of the alarm ( less than 10 seconds) may occur.
Shonah Ion
The build-up of the Milky Way’s stellar halo
MS Teams event
Monday 18 October 2021
3:00pm to 4:00pm
Astrophysics webinar
Speaker: Dr. Azadeh Fattahi, Durham University
https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/physics/about-us/events/astrophysics-webinar-2021-10-18-15-00
Izzy Garland
“Equipartition and Entanglement”. Relation between ergodicity measures
MS Teams event
Friday 22 October 2021
3:00pm to 4:00pm
Condensed Matter online seminar
Speaker: Ivan Khaymovich, Max Planck Institute
https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/physics/about-us/events/condensed-matter-webinar-fc-2021-11-19-15-00-2
Michael Thompson
Dept Safety handbook 2021 edition
It’s that time again to read, mark, learn & inwardly digest the latest edition of the Dept. safety handbook. As always, it’s full of useful links and guidance to keep us all safe.
It can be found on the Dept. SharePoint site in the Departmental safety area under “General”.
Once read please confirm you have read and understood the contents by either signing the cover sheet and putting it in Grainne Wilkinson’s pigeon hole or by sending a electronic signed version to her. If you spot any typos or errors please let me know (and claim your prize!)
Shonah Ion
Performance Development Review
Just a reminder that it’s PDR (Performance Development Review) time. In case you have not seen it, HR put out a communication about PDRs for 20/21 which includes links to guidance, training and demos of the electronic form.
Please note that I only have access to my own PDR form so if you need technical assistance with yours, please contact HR Systems.
If your line manager/ PDR reviewer needs to be changed on Core HR so that they can access your form, HR systems can do that for you too.
FAO Non-academic staff on probation (and their line managers)
Staff that are on probation should have an initial PDR in place and complete the accompanying Probation Review form. These can be found in the bottom section of this webpage.
Services – Forms and Guidance | Staff Intranet (lancaster.ac.uk)
Grainne Wilkinson