Physics Friday Bulletin 2022-01-07

  Building power circuits testing Facilities have to test 25% of the electrical power supply circuits to maintain compliance with safety regulations and this testing is taking place over the next week. We will check all areas before the test is done to ensure nothing is obviously running. The test is of short duration, approximately…

Physics Christmas Bulletin 2021-12-21

  Power down over Christmas break & building circuit testing in New Year Power down over Christmas break & building circuit testing in New Year If you can turn off equipment over the Christmas break please do so. Facilities have to test 30% of the electrical power supply ciruits to maintain compliance with safety regulations…

Physics Friday Bulletin 2021-12-03

  Retirement gathering for Martin Ward & Alan Stokes Martin & Alan retired during the lockdown in the Department so we are having a belated gathering to celebrate their time in the department, on Thursday 9th Dec at 12 in C36. Light refreshments will be provided. Please come along and wish them well. Shonah Ion…

Physics Friday Bulletin 2021-11-26

  Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) declaration It’s that time of year when we need to gather the records for the declarations under the Chemical Weapons Act to comply with the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). We are legally required to submit a declaration for CWC if we produce, process, consume (i.e. use), import or export any…

Physics Monday Bulletin 2021-11-15

  Roof repairs above C66 & C67 The roof at the eastern end of the building is due for some repairs within the next couple of weeks. These will be weather dependent and make cause the shutting of the C66 & C67 toilets with short notice. Please be alert for local signage. Shonah Ion  …

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…