Learn about how Able Futures supports employers and employees with managing mental health at work. Tuesday 10th March – LEC 3 – Training Room 1 & 2, 10-11.30 am Lancaster University has formed a partnership with Able Futures, which provides the Access to Work Mental Health Support Service for people working and living with…
Radiotherapy and Machine Learning for Head and Neck Cancer Calendar entry: 10th March 2020, Lancaster University Details: This one day workshop aims to provide a platform to exchange ideas, raise awareness of recent developments and stimulate discussion on data oriented research into Head and Neck (H&N) cancer. This is a free event funded by…
University Safety Audit of the Department The Department will be undergoing a safety audit from the University’s safety office beginning on the 16th March. This will be lead by Alan Deane, assisted by Wendy Guest. They will interview people and ask to see examples of risk, COSHH, manual handling assessments and other documentation. Please…
Staff Awards The deadline for the staff awards is 21st of February. https://portal.lancaster.ac.uk/intranet/news/article/staff-awards-2020-nominations-now-open Lynne Haley Help Needed Are you interested in helping the University to become more environmentally sustainable? Would you like to be part of a team in Physics that meets to brainstorm and come up with ways to reduce our department’s…
Hate Crime Workshops for staff and students The Law Department with the support of Student and Education Services have produced some workshops for staff and students. The workshops are part of the Law Departments ‘Street Law’ project and will be presented by Law students. The workshops are running on the following days and times…
Lifting equipment store clear out A524, the lifting equipment store near the back door will be cleared out next week. Anything other than Departmental equipment will be disposed of. Shonah Ion The Inclusion in Physics group presents “Should I do a PhD?” A PhD journey from Physics to Art by Giannandrea Inchingolo Tuesday,…
Risk assessment forms A reminder to all those who produce risk assessments that we need to use the current document template from the University Safety Office. From the staff intranet A to Z listing – Health and safety – Risk Assessment – scroll down to ‘5 step’ risk assessment form. If everyone has the…
Soldering Focus There is a focus across campus on the safety issues associated with soldering. If you didn’t receive a request for information from me previously and do indeed solder please let me know. I have had responses from the ULT labs and workshops. The issues are the lead content and also the fumes…
Manual Handling Any member of staff starting a new project please consider any manual handling issues. Please see Phelton Stephenson, Alan Stokes and Martin Ward for advice. Martin Ward Safety Induction The first safety induction of 2020 will take place on Thursday 9th of January at 2pm in B24. Please ensure any new staff attend.…
Important changes to the Library Digitisation Service The Library Digitisation Service provides links to accessible, CLA licence-compliant digitised readings for use on Moodle. Improvements to the service The scans are currently stored on a University server but in 2020 we are joining the Copyright Licensing Agency’s collaborative web-based service, the Digital Content Store (DCS)…