Water Hygiene Testing
Facilities have informed us they will be undertaking temperature checks in the Physics Department on the 10th February 2022, starting at 9am.
Two AEC 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.
If you have any queries regarding the timing of the work please contact Facilities Helpdesk as soon as possible, facilities.helpdesk@lancaster.ac.uk 01524 593333
Shonah Ion
Ubertechs in Lancaster Closed
I’m sorry to say that Ubertechs will be closing its doors with immediate effect.I started the business back in 2005 carrying out home PC repairs and in 2011 we became an Apple Authorised Service Provider, carrying out both in and out of warranty repairs for Apple.Covid hit the business hard but also Apple changed our contract and increased the minimum number of warranty repairs we had to complete drastically.
That coupled with the many whinging customers, wanting repairs done for nothing, or complaining our prices are too high, more than Apple etc, has led to where we are today. Those customers will now have to travel to Manchester or up to Carlisle to get service for their Apple devices 
Unfortunately this also means our many great customers who have supported us over the years will also have to do this, sorry folks 
but thank you so much for your support, you know who you are. So long…..
https://www.facebook.com/ubertechs/
Rob Lewsey
Magnets in the Sky
Online (MS Teams)
Monday 7 February 2022,
3:00pm to 4:00pm
Astrophysics Webinar
Speaker: Prof. Bryan Gaensler (University of Toronto)
Izzy Garland
Biological self assembly: from self tying proteins to microcrystalline suspensions of peptides
Microsoft Teams
Wednesday 9 February 2022,
2:00pm to 3:00pm
Professor Sophie Jackson
Nature is abundant with examples of self assembly processes and life would not exist without them. In this talk, I will discuss some of the examples from the research going on in my group.
John Hardy
Condensed Matter Seminar
PHS – Physics C036
Friday 11 February 2022,
3:00pm to 4:00pm
Title to follow
Speaker: Dom Lane (Lancaster University)
Michael Thompson
Sending International Mail – mandatory customs data
In order to meet International Shipping requirements for your exports, it is now a legal requirement that all non-personal correspondence items travelling internationally are accompanied by complete and accurate electronic customs data so they can be delivered successfully.
Electronic customs data is now mandatory when you send items/goods abroad (excluding personal correspondence). You are required to provide customs data electronically in addition to the physical customs declaration (CN22 or CN23). Failure to comply is likely to result in delays, having items returned or even destroyed.
Celine Neimark / Grainne Wilkinson
Updated COVID-19 reporting process
As the University has a public responsibility to report its staff and student COVID-19 cases to external agencies including Public Health England, it remains important that all staff report COVID-19 test results, in particular positive results, to their Line Manager. Line managers should then record these on People XD as soon as possible upon receipt of either a negative or positive, lateral flow or PCR test result. Please continue to familiarise yourself of the process and remind colleagues of their responsibility to report such cases.
If a staff member tests positive, as a line manager you should:
- Submit a Managers Request in PeopleXD to record the positive case
- If the member of staff has been on campus within 48 hours before receiving their positive test result, or you/employee believes this to be a workplace transmission, a short preliminary investigation should be carried out by you as line manager. This will help you and the University’s management understand where the suspected infection could have occurred. Please note, if the member of staff has not been on campus 48 hours before or there is no concern of workplace transmission, the short preliminary investigation (step 2) does not need to be completed.
The Covid Staff information pages will be updated to reflect the above.
Melanie Milne / Philip Simpson
New Research Ethics Application Management System (REAMS) Launch
The process of applying for research ethics approval for staff and PhD researchers is changing. The new online ethics application system ‘REAMS’ (Research Ethics Application Management System) which was launched initially for FASS and LUMS on 23rd August 2021 will launch for all Faculties from 1 November 2021. REAMS aims to streamline the ethical approval process for applicants.
The REAMS platform introduces a new process of ethical self-review where applicants complete a series of questions to identify the risk level of their proposed research project. The interactive programme leads applicants from one question to the next, so that only tailored questions which follow previous answers will appear. The system can determine if your project is low-risk and thus able to receive ethical approval without a review by your Faculty Research Ethics Committee (FREC). Answers that indicate a more complex project will be guided through the full form and to FREC review.
Further information regarding the REAMS system can be found here together with user guidance, video tutorials and access to the REAMS system.
If you have any questions, please contact REAMS-Support@lancaster.ac.uk.
NB. Paper based research ethics applications will not be accepted after 31 January 2021 therefore applicants are encouraged to consider using REAMS at the earliest opportunity.
Philip Simpson / Claire O’Donell