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Online Microsoft Teams
\n Wednesday 10 November 2021
\n 12:30pm to 1:30pm<\/p>\n
Dr Stephen Remde, CTO – Gaist<\/p>\n
\tJulia CARRADUS <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \t\t<\/p>\n MS Teams event Astrophysics webinar <\/p>\n Speaker: Prof. Omar Almaini, University of Nottingham<\/p>\n Izzy Garland<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \t\t<\/p>\n We are delighted to announce the start of a new programme of workshops aimed at skills development for Computationally Intensive research, courtesy of our new N8CIR Research Software Engineer Robin Long. All the workshops are designed to help researchers (PhD students and staff) with skills, they need for using and developing software as part of their research.<\/p>\n This terms schedule (starting in week 6) is <\/p>\n Week 6: Introduction to Linux and the command line.<\/strong> <\/strong> Week 7: Plotting in Python<\/strong> <\/strong> Week 8: Version Control with Git<\/strong> Week 9: Plotting in Python part 2<\/strong> <\/strong> Week 10: Git 2: Sharing your development with others using Github<\/strong> <\/strong> Have you ever been confused about how to start a Pull Request or how to fork a repository and merge your changes back. Perhaps you know and want to gain confidence in doing so? This course will teach you how to collaborate using git, and give you an environment in which to practise. Manus Hayne \/ Robin Long<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \t<\/p>\n My mum recently replaced her old bike pump and asked me if I wanted her old one. I don’t have a bike myself but remembered we used to have one in Physics, Dima said it wondered off during the refurb. So I’ve brought the pump up and left it in A524 for anyone to use. It does trolly and car tyres as well as bikes so hopefully it’s useful. It’s called the Great Inflato (I thought giving it a name might make it less likely to wonder off). Feel free to use it.<\/p>\n Rob Lewsey<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \t<\/p>\n We have been informed by Facilities that water hygiene testing will be taking place in Physics next week. These will be temperature checks taking place on the 8th November 2021 from 9am daily. The engineers will not test every kitchen\/bathroom just a sample from different locations within the building. This brief survey will take approximately five minutes, and is to ensure that the hot water is maintained at the correct temperature to prevent any instances of legionella. There will be no shutdown of service. Shonah Ion<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \t<\/p>\n An External Caterers Policy is in place and has been approved by the university until 31st July 2022. Pls find details below.<\/p>\n The University has taken the decision to restrict the use of catering on campus to only booked and delivered via University Hospitality. Whilst the majority of catering on campus is already undertaken by the Hospitality team, they will be very happy to discuss a range of options and personalisation to enable dietary, cultural, and budgetary needs are met. <\/p>\n The procurement team are working with the Internal Catering team on this and will not authorise payments for any external use without the approval of the Hospitality Department.<\/p>\n Grainne Wilkinson<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \t<\/p>\n One of the long standing recommendations from past safety audits was the production of a chemical inventory for the Department. Thanks to efforts by Dr Zhuang & Rupert Prudom we now have an online system for Supervisors to log the chemicals they have in their labs. It is on the Physics SharePoint site<\/a> Departmental safety section. There are some FAQ’s which hopefully will answer any queries.<\/p>\n Please can all supervisors who have chemicals within their labs log them on this inventory. We would like this to be completed by the end of November. If you do have any questions please get in touch.<\/p>\n Shonah Ion<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \t<\/p>\n It’s that time again to read, mark, learn & inwardly digest the latest edition of the Dept. safety handbook. As always, it’s full of useful links and guidance to keep us all safe. https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/physics\/information\/staff\/#safety-472462-3<\/a><\/p>\n Once read please confirm you have read and understood the contents by either signing the cover sheet and putting it in Grainne Wilkinson’s pigeon hole or by sending an electronic signed version to her. If you spot any typos or errors please let me know (and claim your prize!).<\/p>\n Shonah Ion<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \t<\/p>\n We are forming a Physics Sustainability Group, a diverse team of academics, researchers, non-academic staff and postgraduate students.\u00a0 If you are interested in working together to enhance the environmental sustainability of the department and its community of staff, students and partners, please join us by contacting Laura Kormos at l.kormos@lancaster.ac.uk<\/a>.\u00a0 This is not meant to be an onerous task and even small amounts of commitment will be highly valued.\u00a0 It is very important that the voice of Physics is heard in the broader discussions.<\/p>\n This group will develop ideas that, once approved by the members of the Department, will feed into the FST Sustainability Advisory Committee (SustAC), which liaises with departments and the University to develop and support procedures, changes and ideas that will help the University to meet its climate-emergency targets:<\/p>\nQuenching star formation in the distant Universe <\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nMonday 15 November 2021
\n3:00pm to 4:00pm<\/p>\nResearch Software Skills Workshops <\/strong><\/h2>\n
\n Want to know how to navigate the Linux command line, and use it to automate your research? Then this course is for you.
\n https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/introduction-to-the-linux-command-line-tickets-199725974767<\/a><\/p>\n
\n This course introduces python with learning to load in and plot data as the motivation. If you have never used Python before and want to learn, or even if you want to improve your skills, this is the course for you.
\n https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/plotting-and-programming-in-python-tickets-204450435757<\/a> <\/p>\n
\n This course introduces the concept of version control and teaches it using Git. If file names such as mycode_version5 and mycode_fixed look familiar to you then you need this course!
\n https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/version-control-with-git-tickets-205538008717<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n
\n This is the second part of the introduction to Python course. Here you will learn about how to run the same tasks multiple times with loops; getting your code to run depending on the data with if statements; re-using code with functions and more.
\nhttps:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/plotting-and-programming-in-python-part-2-tickets-205548811027<\/a><\/p>\n
\n This course will show you how to take your usage of Git and Github to the next level by harnessing the power of GitHub for collaboration. <\/p>\n
\n https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/intermediate-git-sharing-and-collaborating-with-github-tickets-205600756397<\/a><\/p>\nBike Pump Aviliable For All Cyclists<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Water Hygiene Testing next week<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nTwo AEC engineers will require access to kitchens and shared bathrooms to test hot water temperatures. <\/p>\n
\n Shonah Ion <\/p>\nExternal Caterers\u2019 Policy <\/strong><\/h2>\n
Chemical Inventory<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Dept Safety handbook 2021 edition<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\n It can be found on the Dept. SharePoint site in the Departmental safety area under “General”.<\/p>\nPhysics Sustainability Group – join us! <\/strong><\/h2>\n