Chemical Inventory

One of the long standing recommendations from past safety audits was the production of a chemical inventory for the Department. Thanks to efforts by Dr Zhuang & Rupert Prudom we now have an online system for Supervisors to log the chemicals they have in their labs. It is on the Physics SharePoint site Departmental safety section. There are some FAQ’s which hopefully will answer any queries.

Please can all supervisors who have chemicals within their labs log them on this inventory. We would like this to be completed by the end of November. If you do have any questions please get in touch.

Shonah Ion

 

 

A tidy lab is a safe lab

Housekeeping in labs is important and something that we find on our safety tours that can always be improved. In this vein, have a thought about what is stored at height in your work area. Do you need to keep it? If it’s heavy can be stored lower down? How do you access it when required? If you need some guidance please get in touch.

Shonah Ion

 

 

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 an electronic signed version to her. If you spot any typos or errors please let me know (and claim your prize!).

Shonah Ion

 

 

Inclusion in Physics 2021 kick-off meeting

Wednesday, November 3rd, 13.30-14.30
Room C36
Refreshment provided

Registration at: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inclusion-in-physics-2021-kick-off-meeting-tickets-191588124237

The event is open to all the Lancaster University Physics Community: undergrads, postgrads, researchers and staff.

Elisabetta Boella

 

 

LU Student Support for you (online event)

Wednesday 3rd November 2 – 2.50 p.m.
Link to LibCal event: https://lancaster-uk.libcal.com/calendar/libraryevents/LUStudentSupport4U

Want to find out more about the wellbeing support available at Lancaster?
Join us at this online event to meet staff from the College Advisory Teams, College Welfare Officers, the Counselling and Mental Health team & the Transitions Team.  They will tell you about the services and support that they deliver and how you can access the support available whether you are on campus or accessing services online. They will also explain how the teams operate and work together and form part of a joined-up student support model at the University for undergraduate and postgraduate students. The event will include presentations and time for Q&A

Who is the session for?
This session is for students at any level of study or location.

Jonathan Gratus / Lesley English

 

 

LU Student Support for you (and a brew) drop-in event

Thursday 4th November 10am – 2 pm
Library A Floor (near the living wall)
Link to LibCal event: https://lancaster-uk.libcal.com/calendar/libraryevents/StudentSuppportAndABrew
Poster (attached)

Want to find out more about the support and advice available at Lancaster?
Come along to the Library (A Floor, near the Living Wall) for coffee and a chat with the teams who can support you with wellbeing, career development, disability support, developing your academic skills and more.  No need to book!
Staff will be available from the:
·       College Advisory Teams (CAT)
·       Learning Development
·       Transitions Team
·       Disability Service
·       Faculty Librarians
·       Careers & Employability
·       LUSU Advice service
·       Chaplaincy
·       ASK
Library tours will also be during this time.

Who is the event for?
This session is for Lancaster University students at any level of study.

Thank-you so much.
Best wishes
Lesley
Lesley English SFHEA | Library Engagement Manager
Library & Learning Development | Lancaster University
www.lancaster.ac.uk/library

Jonathan Gratus / Lesley English

 

 

Isoelectronic doping atoms in III/V materials studied at the atomic scale by cross-sectional scanning tunnelling microscopy

C36 Physics and MS Teams
Friday 29 October 2021
3:00pm to 4:00pm

Condensed Matter seminar

Speaker: Prof. Paul Koenraad, Eindhoven University of Technology

Michael Thompson

 

 

AHA: The Accretion History of AGN

MS Teams event
Monday 1 November 2021
3:00pm to 4:00pm

Astrophysics webinar

Speaker: Prof. Meg Urry, Yale University

Izzy Garland

 

 

Physics-phd Science Communications training workshop, Friday 5th November

I just wanted to advertise a Science Communications workshop for Physics students that we’ll be running in a couple of weeks on Friday 5th November (10am-4pm). The interactive session will focus on communication skills for outreach, engagement and public speaking. The session will be facilitated by Andrew Jenkins, who’s a public engagement professional and a Lancaster Physics graduate (many of you know him!).

Thanks to those who have already signed up for this session. If you’d like to come along, you’d be most welcome. Please feel free to sign up using this link. Tea and coffee will be provided (and possibly a free lunch!).

If you’d like to get involved in our outreach activities, then feel free to get in touch with the Physics Department’s outreach coordinator, Andy Blake (a.blake@lancaster.ac.uk). We run a range of events and activities for schools, community groups and the public throughout the year. Whether it be Physics masterclasses, small-group mentoring, planetarium shows or science fairs, we engage with all audiences and age groups and we have something for everyone.

Andy Blake

 

 

Physics Sustainability Group – join us!

We are forming a Physics Sustainability Group, a diverse team of academics, researchers, non-academic staff and postgraduate students.  If you are interested in working together to enhance the environmental sustainability of the department and its community of staff, students and partners, please join us by contacting Laura Kormos at l.kormos@lancaster.ac.uk.  This is not meant to be an onerous task and even small amounts of commitment will be highly valued.  It is very important that the voice of Physics is heard in the broader discussions.

This group will develop ideas that, once approved by the members of the Department, will feed into the FST Sustainability Advisory Committee (SustAC), which liaises with departments and the University to develop and support procedures, changes and ideas that will help the University to meet its climate-emergency targets:

https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/sci-tech/about-us/sustainability-strategy/#

Each FST department has input into this process via their own Sustainability group.  In Physics, at present this is led by Laura Kormos.
As part of growing our group, we are calling for volunteers to brainstorm and discuss ideas with us, including a department “sustainability action plan” (some existing pledges from other departments are on the above website), ideas regarding sustainable travel, etc.  Any input to FST SustAC from Physics will first be made available for discussion by all members of the Department, and the membership of the Physics Sustainability group may also be engineered, in addition to accepting volunteers, in order to ensure a diverse group.

Laura Kormos

 

 

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