Emergency Lighting Testing<\/strong> in Physics <\/strong>will take place week commencing 23rd May 2022 <\/strong>from 9am daily.<\/p>\n Every 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.\u00a0 I will notify you should any of these be occurring.<\/p>\n If you have any queries regarding the timing of the work please contact Facilities Helpdesk as soon as possible, facilities.helpdesk@lancaster.ac.uk<\/a>\u00a0 or 01524 593333<\/strong><\/p>\n Philip Simpson<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Could anyone unlocking the rear door of the building (the one oposite Iso Lab) be really careful to reset the side locks back when you’re done.<\/p>\n i.e. occasionally the side locks in the door that allow you to open both doors to get a wide item into the building are the being left unlocked which nearly caused a break in last night.<\/p>\n Just be careful to re lock it after you’re done.<\/p>\n Rob Lewsey<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The University is looking to appoint a lecturer from FST to be on Senate. Appointments are for three years to 31 July 2025.<\/p>\n Details regarding the Senate\u2019s membership and its primary responsibilities can be found here:\u00a0 https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/strategic-planning-and-governance\/governance\/senate\/<\/a>.\u00a0 Senate is responsible for the academic work of the University, including to promote the strategic development activities of the University, to promote and enhance the academic work of the University both in teaching and research, and for the regulation and superintendence of the education and discipline of the students of the University.\u00a0 Senate meets ordinarily four times a year.<\/p>\n Staff interested in serving in this position are encouraged to discuss their nomination with their Head of Department or Dean of Faculty to understand the role and commitment required.<\/p>\n Nominees should complete the Nomination Form found here<\/a>.\u00a0 Please note the requirement to have a proposer who is a member of Senate and a seconder. Philip Simpson<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Physics KPI\u2019s have been uploaded on sharepoint and can be accessed here – Physics – Staff Information – All Documents (sharepoint.com)<\/a> Philip Simpson<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Jonathan Hughes joins Physics on Monday (9th May) as part-time Administrative Assistant. Jonathan\u2019s work pattern will be 10:00 \u2013 17:30 on Mondays and Wednesdays, and 10:00 \u2013 14:00 on Tuesdays and Fridays. Please use the physics@lancaster.ac.uk<\/a> to contact Jonathan and me.<\/p>\n Jonathan will be working in B9a so feel free to pop in to say hello.<\/p>\n Grainne Wilkinson<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n We are working on a possible demand study to help inform potential investment for the new engineering facilities on campus. We\u2019re still scoping this out, but the initial plan is that it would be aimed at the \u2018Electech\u2019 sector (building on the recent UKRI Roadmap Report<\/a>) to support\u00a0testing, reliability assessment and validation of electrical based technology in devices such as instruments that need at least some degree of automation or inbuilt intelligence.<\/p>\n Some examples of embedded technologies we\u2019re considering are listed below:<\/p>\n We plan to host a workshop with academics across the University and external organisations in May or June to understand the likely demand for such a centre and to finalise the brief for the fuller demand study.<\/p>\n If this is of interest to you and you think it may benefit your research, please get in touch with myself outlining the potential fit with your work. I\u2019m also happy to answer questions or provide clarification.<\/p>\n Best wishes,<\/p>\n Dr Nilla Karlsen-Davies<\/p>\n Philip Simpson<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Fire door interface inspections will take place in The Physics Building <\/strong>on\u00a018\/05\/22 <\/strong>\u00a0from 9am. This work is undertaken by Cook Fire and requires the physical inspection of all doors controlled by the access control system while the fire alarm is active and the doors are locked. This check is to ensure that all doors on escape routes will allow evacuation in the event that the fire alarm is activated. In most cases the alarm will be silenced during the inspection, but for some older systems, where it is not possible to silence the alarm, the checks have to be conducted while the alarm is sounding. Owing for the requirement for the doors to be locked during this test some buildings, where access is required during the week, will be tested at the weekend.<\/p>\n Philip Simpson<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Microsoft Teams Title: A bounded-time approach to dynamics analysis<\/p>\n Julia Carradus<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n C36 Physics and MS Teams Space and Planetary Physics seminar<\/p>\n Speaker: Dr Henrik Melin (University of Leicester)<\/p>\n Neil Rogers<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n C36 Physics and MS Teams Condensed Matter seminar<\/p>\n Speaker: Julian Newman and Joe Rowland-Adams (University of Exeter and Lancaster University)<\/p>\n Michael Thompson<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n venue tbc Astrophysics seminar<\/p>\n Speaker: Dr. Chris Frohmaier (University of Southampton)<\/p>\n Izzy Garland<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n joining info tbc Condensed Matter seminar<\/p>\n Speaker: Anasua Chatterjee (Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen)<\/p>\n Michael Thompson<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Due to the recent relaxations of travel restrictions the department has organised for a central travel fund for PhD students within the Physics department. This fund is to help support travel and collaborations for students which will benefit their studies and can be used for conferences, national and international meetings. Any students wanting to use this fund to contribute towards the costs of attending such meetings must apply for it by emailing Roger Jones and Philip Simpson with a brief statement on how these funds will be used, the benefits it will provide for their PhD and the estimated costs. Funds are awarded on a competitive basis and costs should be reasonable and will be made available subject to demand.<\/p>\n All travel\/expenditure relating to this travel must be incurred before the 31st\u00a0July 2022.<\/p>\n If you have any questions about this please email Philip Simpson (py-deptofficer@lancaster.ac.uk<\/a>)<\/p>\n Philip Simpson<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Now it\u2019s the summer term and the days are warmer and sunnier, it\u2019s a good time to start up the Physics Summer Sports again.<\/p>\n We go out occasionally if the weathers good, for about an hour at lunchtime to play either cricket (with a tennis ball so nothing full on) If you\u2019d like to be on the mailing list then send me an email and I\u2019ll add you.<\/p>\n Rob Lewsey<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Please join us at the next DSI Wednesday Lunch Time Talk<\/strong> Abstract:\u00a0Traditional analysis of dynamics is in terms of coordinate-invariant long-time-asymptotic properties of time-independent (or more general infinite-time) dynamical systems. However, through a simple and instructive model of phase-stabilisation of an oscillator by slow-timescale external forcing, we identify three limitations of such traditional approaches, that can be overcome by analysis in terms of dynamical systems defined on a bounded time-interval.<\/p>\n Firstly and most fundamentally, a prescribed indefinite-time deterministic or stochastic model will not take into account the true time-variable nature of dynamics of open systems. Secondly, bounded-time dynamical models that admit no natural extension to infinite time can exhibit important dynamical phenomena, which will not be identifiable by application of asymptotic-time methods.<\/p>\n Thirdly, even when a time-dependent model is well-defined on infinite time, an asymptotic approach may obscure dynamical phenomena that are more readily understood within the framework of finite-time dynamical systems. We conclude that theoretical and experimental analysis of dynamics throughout the sciences may crucially need to rely on approaches that are rooted in concepts of finite-time nonautonomous dynamics. Julia Carradus\u00a0 | Data Science Institute<\/strong><\/p>\n Aneta Stefanovska<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Annual Fire Protection Inspection \u2013 Fire Doors in Physics & Isolab<\/p>\n Your fire door inspection will take place week commencing 16th May 2022.<\/p>\n Lancaster University has a responsibility to inspect Fire Protection on site every 12 months.<\/p>\n Fire Protection Inspection involves assessing compartmentation, fire stopping, signage, combustible materials and more.<\/p>\n Part of this inspection will involve two members of the Lancaster University Facilities Maintenance team checking many of the parts of every fire door in the buildings. This usually takes less than five minutes per door.<\/p>\n We schedule approximately one week per building, though this may vary depending upon the size and complexity of the building.<\/p>\n Please note – Technicians will need to come back within the following three weeks should any faults be found that they are not able to repair during the inspection.<\/p>\n Information on the schedule can be found on the Facilities website If you have any queries regarding the timing of the work please contact Facilities Helpdesk<\/p>\n Facilities Helpdesk<\/p>\n Philip Simpson<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Development opportunities for staff:<\/p>\n All panel chairs and all members of the recruiting panel are required to participate in this training prior to engaging in any recruitment activity at the University. Please note that places on these events are limited and in high demand. We ask that you only book a place if you have recruitment activity coming up, and if this is the case book the session closest to the recruitment activity. Scheduled dates for 2021\/22 are below:<\/p>\n Committee servicing <\/u><\/strong> Manager@Lancaster is a development programme with a difference. Tailored to the needs of Lancaster University managers the programme supports and challenges managers to develop the knowledge, skills and behaviours required to build and develop high performing teams. This workshop is appropriate for anyone that may need to have one-to-one conversations such as about poor performance, student conduct, or negative attitudes.<\/p>\n As the University has a public responsibility to report its staff and student COVID-19 cases to external agencies including Public Health England, it remains important that all staff report COVID-19 test results, in particular positive results, to their Line Manager. Line managers should then record these on People XD as soon as possible upon receipt of either a negative or positive, lateral flow or PCR test result. Please continue to familiarise yourself of the process and remind colleagues of their responsibility to report such cases. If a staff member tests positive, as a line manager you should:<\/p>\n The HR Partnering team are carrying out an ongoing review of current redundancy, restructuring and redeployment processes across the University. Commencing in time for June Redundancy Committee and with the agreement of the Dean, FST will be trailing the new paperwork and template documents which were approved for use by th1qae University\u2019s Redundancy Committee in January. Briefing sessions with the Designated Officers and further communication will follow after Easter. Work is also ongoing to review the University Redundancy, Restructuring, Redeployment Policies, Procedures and Guidelines and is in the early stages. We are working to bring the documents up to date and in line with best practice, to streamline and to combine in to one policy document. This is a significant piece of work and no timescales set for at the moment however further information will follow in due course in relation to focus groups and consultation both across Faculties and Departments and with the trade unions.\u201d<\/p>\nPhysics Rear Door<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Call for Academic member to sit on University Senate <\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nCompleted Nominations Forms should reach Angela Potter via email (angela.potter@lancaster.ac.uk<\/a>), no later than 5.00 p.m. on Friday 13 May 2022<\/strong>.<\/p>\nPhysics KPI\u2019s <\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nThe KPIs have been set by the Faculty and are intended to be stretch KPIs – achievable but challenging – and are for a 5 year period. As such, if we meet a significant number of the KPIs in the period, it is a reasonable success. The KPIs also allow the Department to argue for actions and resources to support them. These requests may not be met, which will allow a narrative to explain why some KPIs are not met (if indeed they are missed)<\/p>\nWelcome to Jonathan Hughes <\/strong><\/h2>\n
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\n12:30pm to 1:30pm<\/p>\nWhat we have learned about giant planet ionospheres from over 30 years of observations of H3<\/strong>+<\/h2>\n
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\n2:00pm to 3:00pm<\/p>\nNon-autonomous determinism and noise: more in common than previously thought? <\/strong><\/h2>\n
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\n3:00pm to 4:00pm<\/p>\nTitle tbc <\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Physics Summer Sports<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nOr football golf<\/p>\nDSI Wednesday Lunch Time Talk – 11th May @ 12.30 – Dr Julian Newman, Exeter University<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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\nSpeaker Dr Julian Newman, Exeter University<\/strong>
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\nPlease connect to the talk via the Teams link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nAnnual Fire Protection Inspection \u2013 Fire Doors in Physics & Isolab- Your fire door inspection will take place week commencing 16th May 2022.<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Recruiting the best training.<\/h2>\n
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Manager@Lancaster Programme<\/h2>\n
\nThe programme incorporates a range of activities that are practical and highly relevant to the managers role. This is the ninth cohort of this programme which has consistently received strong reviews and has supported managers in enhancing their practice and finding solutions to common management challenges.
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If the member of staff has been on campus within 48 hours before receiving their positive test result, or <\/em>you\/employee believes this to be a workplace transmission, a short preliminary investigation<\/strong> <\/a>should be carried out by you as line manager. This will help you and the University\u2019s management understand where the suspected infection could have occurred. Please note, if the member of staff has not been on campus 48 hours before or there is no concern of workplace transmission, the short preliminary investigation<\/strong> <\/a>(step 2) does not need to be completed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Review of Redundancy, Restructuring and Redeployment<\/h1>\n
Redundancy Committee Reminder of key dates:<\/h1>\n