RCM Staff Change The Department’s Recruitment, Conversion and Marketing Coordinator, Helen McAlley, has now left to start her maternity leave. Gemma Miller has returned to the department to cover Helen’s role. Gemma Miller Message from Alan Stokes As some of you may already know, after 12 and a half years I will be retiring…
Space and Planetary Physics seminar Thursday 28 January 2021 2:00pm to 3:00pm Observations of decaying and decay-less kink oscillations in the solar corona Speaker: Tim Duckenfield (University of Warwick) Wayne Gould Experimental Particle Physics seminar Friday 29 January 2021 11:00am to 12:00pm Recent results from the NA62 experiments at CERN SPS Speaker: Angela…
New Lockdown requirements All those who are accessing or planning to access the building for essential activities during this current national lockdown must review their risk assessments in light of the increased risk of infection due to the highly transmissible virus currently in circulation. It is strongly suspected that the new strain is more…
New Lockdown requirements All those who are accessing or planning to access the building for essential activities during this current national lockdown must review their risk assessments in light of the increased risk of infection due to the highly transmissible virus currently in circulation. It is strongly suspected that the new strain is more…
Accident causing magnet A cleaner was injured on shards of metal stuck to a magnet whilst removing the rubbish bag from the bins outside A02. This was very avoidable incident and shouldn’t have happened. Dispose of all waste appropriately. If in doubt contact your line manager or supervisor. Shonah Ion Lab shut…
Recent searches for Dark Matter with the DarkSide Experiment Online via MS Teams Friday 4 December 2020, 11:00am to 12:00pm EPP webinar. Speaker: Paolo Agnes (University of Houston) Jarek Nowak Graphene and Derivatives Based Electronic Memory and Sensor Devices Online via MS Teams Friday 4 December 2020, 3:00pm to 4:00pm Condensed Matter…
COVID working Risk Assessments review. All the risk assessments that have been written for the work being undertaken during the COVID restrictions should be reviewed. Many have expiry dates that assumed a shorter period of interruption than was the reality, and all need to be reviewed in the light of experience. Please log these…
Mandatory H & S training The mandatory University general Health & Safety training has a 3 year shelf life and it ran out earlier this year, meaning that we all have to retake it. It can be found on the University mandatory training page https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/staff-development/mandatory-training/ . The link there takes you to a moodle…
Are you a researcher and/or a manager of researchers? We want know more about your experiences of the current research environment that you work in, by inviting you to complete the Culture, Employment and Development in Academic Research Survey (CEDARS). Lancaster is running CEDARS as part of our actions in implementing the Principles of…
Congratulations We offer our warm congratulations to our colleague Ashley Wilson and his fiancée Laura Wilkinson who have announced their engagement. For those who don’t know, Ashley is a member of the electronics workshop team and Laura works in DELC (Department of Languages and Cultures) here on campus. Ashley proposed, down on one knee,…