Physics Tuesday Bulletin 2021-11-09

DSI Wednesday Lunch Time Talks – Dr Stephen Remde, CTO – Gaist Online Microsoft Teams Wednesday 10 November 2021 12:30pm to 1:30pm Dr Stephen Remde, CTO – Gaist Julia CARRADUS   Quenching star formation in the distant Universe MS Teams event Monday 15 November 2021 3:00pm to 4:00pm Astrophysics webinar Speaker: Prof. Omar Almaini, University…

Physics Friday Bulletin 2021-10-29

  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…

Physics Monday Bulletin 2021-10-25

  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,…

Physics Monday Bulletin 2021-10-18

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…

Physics Friday Bulletin 2021-10-08

  Safety inductions for new staff members of the Dept The month I will be holding a couple of extra sessions for safety inductions. These will be on the 14th October, starting with a session for those PG students who missed the general PG orientation day,  at 10:00 – 11:00 in C36. Then at 14:30…

Physics Friday Bulletin 2021-09-24

To all Windows Users On October the 5th Microsoft will release Windows 11. You’ll see it on your home machines first just like a normal Windows 10 update. Don’t be alarmed when the desktop looks different this is normal, it’s not massively different but there are a few changes visually, if you want a nice…

Physics Wednesday Bulletin 2021-09-15

  3rd in the Guardian! Lancaster Physics is No 3 in the UK, after Oxford and St. Andrews! https://www.theguardian.com/education/ng-interactive/2021/sep/11/best-uk-universities-for-physics-league-table Kostas Dimopoulos     Increased use of own campus offices Now we are in September, we have had some experience of the increased use for office spaces in Physics. As indicated by our survey, thus far,…

Physics Friday Bulletin 2021-09-03

  Flexible Benefits A quick reminder to make your flexible benefit choices before the enrolment window closes on the 10th September , next Friday. This is the website https://portal.lancaster.ac.uk/intranet/services/people/flexible-benefits/flexible-benefits/ Shonah Ion     The Chemistry Building will be CLOSED TO ALL From Monday 6th September, for a period of up to 2 weeks. The anticipated…

Physics Friday Bulletin 2021-08-20

  Emergency Exits Please only use the emergency exits during an emergency evacuation. Using them for everyday use leaves the building insecure. Thank you. Ashley Wilson     PAT Testing PAT testing will commence in the department on the 23rd of August. As usual it will start with the Teaching Labs for the first couple…

Physics Friday Bulletin 2021-08-13

  PAT Testing PAT testing will commence in the department on the 23rd of August. As usual it will start with the Teaching Labs for the first couple of weeks taking us into early September. Any Lab’s that are in a state of down time or planned down time, please let me know and I…