Change to evening cleaning in the building We have a proposal from Facilities to move our cleaning from day shifts to evening shifts. Cleaners would start at 4pm and finish around 9:30pm. I have asked for more details on this. Cleaning of labs would still be by invitation only, staff have to arrange directly…

  Fire Door Interface Inspections Facilities have informed us that Fire door interface inspections will take place in The Physics Building on the 4th of December 2019 from 9am. Every month the University is required to test the interface between the fire alarm system and door control systems in all buildings with access control and/or…

  Condensed Matter Seminar Physics C36 Friday 6 December 2019 3:00pm to 4:00pm Superconducting boron-doped nanocrystalline diamond: Fluctuations, frustration, and dimensionality Speaker: Georgina M. Klemencic Sergey Kafanov   Safety Induction The next safety Induction will be on Friday 6th December at 2pm in B24, the usual duration is approximately 1 hour. Please ensure any new…

  Safety Induction The next safety Induction will be on Friday 6th December at 2pm in B24, the usual duration is approximately 1 hour. Please ensure any new members of staff attend. Shonah Ion   Emergency light testing We have been informed by Facilities that emergency light testing in the Physics building will take place…

  The Northern Chords Ensemble The Northern Chords Ensemble (piano trio) will perform in the Great Hall on Thursday 28 November, playing music by Beethoven, Poulenc and Mendelssohn. For details and advance booking see https://www.lancasterarts.org/whats-on/event/northern-chords-ensemble-piano-trio/ Peter McClintock   Recruiting the Best Training Staff that are involved with recruitment are reminded that attending Recruiting the Best…

  Water Testing Water Hygiene Testing in Physics will take place week commencing 11th November 2019 from 9am daily. Two Lancaster University 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…

  Generator Test On the 14 of December the new generator that’s down Physics AV Will be tested. This will involve a start-up of the generator, power to the Physics building being switched off. The Department will then run for approx. 20 minutes on the generator before being switched back onto mains. This date is…

  Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships Lancaster University is inviting applications from early career researchers seeking support for their application to the Leverhulme Trust’s Early Career Fellowship scheme 2020. The Funding Opportunity The Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowships scheme supports early career researchers, with a research record but who have not yet held a full-time permanent academic…

  SUstainability Ideas Conference 2019 Your Students’ Union is hosting a Sustainability Ideas Conference on Wednesday 30th October, 17:30-19:00 in LICA.This will provide an opportunity for Students’ Union societies, students and staff to come together, share ideas and plan collaborative initiatives to shape the Students’ Union environmental sustainability agenda for 2019/2020. The event will begin with with refreshments provided by Green Lancaster…

  Professor Walter Fairbairn Many people will know of Walter’s sad death on August 18th , having only recently moved house from Lancaster.  Walter was a founder member of the department in 1964, a keen Scottish country dancer, and was for several years before retirement the University’s senior pro-VC.  He was one of the most…