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The Department will be undergoing a safety audit from the University\u2019s 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.
\nPlease give them every assistance and of course make sure your \u201cown house is in order.\u201d All existing documentation from the Departmental safety files on BOX is now on the S drive under Safety and then similar headings to what we had on BOX. So you can check and update as necessary.
\nPlease, please, please use the current risk assessment form which is available from the University\u2019s safety web pages ( under \u201cHealth and safety \u201c from the A \u2013 Z index on the staff intranet) in the risk assessment section.<\/p>\n
Shonah Ion<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Emergency Lighting Testing in Physics Building will take place week commencing 24th February 2020 \u00a0from 9am daily. Shonah Ion<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The next safety induction will take place on Thursday 5th March at 2pm in B24. Please ensure any new members of staff attend.<\/p>\n Shonah Ion<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n You have until Friday 21st February to submit your nominations for a 2020 Staff Award. To find out more and submit a nomination, go to www.lancaster.ac.uk\/staff-awards<\/a><\/p>\n Shonah Ion<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n On 21st February<\/strong> your Box account will become \u2018read only\u2019, then on the 24th February<\/strong> the move is expected to be completed. Shonah Ion<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n A new Diversity module, launched last term, means the recorded completion rates for EDI mandatory training has been reset to 0%. Shonah Ion<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Just a reminder, if you’ve got Java on your computer you’ll need to uninstall it as it now carries a licence fee from Oracle.<\/p>\n Rob Lewsey<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The deadline for the staff awards is 21st of February.<\/p>\nFacilities works<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nEvery month there is a quick test to ensure all Emergency Lighting fittings are operational.\u00a0 This involves a quick visual test.\u00a0 In residences, this applies to corridors and kitchens.\u00a0 There are longer, more involved tests at 6 month and 12 month intervals<\/p>\n Safety Induction<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Staff awards<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Box to Onedrive<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nFind out more information and what this means for you on the Box to OneDrive webpage<\/a><\/p>\n All staff need to complete the new Diversity on-line module<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nThis means that all staff need to complete the new Diversity module, and then any of the other mandatory courses as necessary.
\nDashboards are being developed for HoDs and PS Directors to be able to monitor the mandatory training completion rates for their teams around Information Governance, Health and Safety, EDI and, in time, mental health awareness.\u00a0HoDs and PS Directors will receive a separate communication informing them of how to access the dashboards, once live.<\/p>\n Java<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Staff Awards<\/strong><\/h2>\n