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Quick reminder to staff that the University will close at 5.30 pm on Wednesday 12 April 2017 and reopen at 9.00 am on Thursday 20 April 2017.<\/p>\n
Lynne Haley<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Will take place week commencing 17th April 2017 from 9am daily.<\/p>\n Shonah Ion<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Accessible Toilets Alarms, associated alarms and fire refuge point alarms testing in Physics Building will take place week commencing Monday 1st May 2017 from 9am daily.<\/p>\n Every 2nd week there is a quick test to ensure all Emergency Alarms \u00a0are operational.<\/p>\n Shonah Ion<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Department will shortly be undergoing a safety audit from the University safety office. So I suggest this may be a good time to have your own mini audit in your work areas. How do you manage the hazards associated with your work? Take a few minutes to review your risk assessments, do they cover your activities? Are you doing new stuff, in a new place? If things do go wrong, do you have a plan to deal with it? How is safety information available to those that need it?<\/p>\n Interviews with a representative cross section of the Department will take place in late April.<\/p>\n Shonah Ion<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n STFC is planning a series of events on Oct 31st as part of an international dark matter day. The events will target both traditional outreach audiences and government to raise the profile of dark matter research in the UK and beyond. I’m looking to organise some activities related to non-WIMP dark matter searches but I know that various members of the department are also involved with dark matter research from a variety of different perspectives. If anyone else is already planning an event for dark matter day or would be interested in being involved with one then please get in touch so that we can coordinate.<\/p>\n Ian Bailey<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n As part of the University\u2019s Community Day (http:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/events\/community-day\/<\/a>) the Space and Planetary Physics group will be running several displays and an interactive workshop.<\/p>\n For this, I\u2019d kindly like to request that you save any empty 2-litre pop bottles (e.g. Coke\/Pepsi\/lemonade) you might have and donate them to the SPP group. They will be used to build \u201cpop-bottle magnetometers\u201d (http:\/\/aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk\/detectors\/<\/a>). We need to around 60 bottles by Saturday 6th May.<\/strong><\/p>\n Please feel free to donate your empty pop bottles to any member of the SPP group, or you can drop them off at my office (B505b – Physics).<\/p>\n Many thanks for your help!<\/p>\n Nathan Case<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Please see below details of scheduled works on the Physics refurbishment project for week commencing Monday 3rd April.<\/p>\n Physics scheduled works:<\/strong><\/p>\nEmergency Lighting Testing in Science & Technology Building<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Alarm Testing<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Safety Audit<\/strong><\/h2>\n
STFC Events<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Request for 2L Pop Bottles<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Physics refurbishment update<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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