Outreach
The technical support available for outreach activities including external and internal visits and impact activities including hosting courses/conferences for external organisations, Open Days and Visit Days
Services include...
Outreach activities *
Planning Outreach
- Consulting with person responsible with regards to scheduling and practicality of the chosen activities (e.g. availability of space and equipment)
- Training University staff on operating the equipment
- When agreed, and within University of Reading campuses (UK), laying out equipment and materials as required
- Providing any H&S documentations (e.g. SOP, RA, etc.) if controlled by Technical Services
- Providing information required by the organiser to allow an informed induction to external visitors
- Issuing a permit to work for external individuals who are operating in a professional capacity (e.g. film crew, interviewers, etc.) in areas supported by Technical Services
- Providing PPE and waste container if required
- Providing access to teaching collections (e.g. specimens, data, fabric, etc.)
- Demonstrating and preparing equipment for external/internal visits*
During Outreach
- When required and agreed, providing demonstration and support during the activities
- Providing a safe environment for outreach activities in areas supported by Technical Services
After Outreach
- Receipting of allocated equipment or specimens from collections from organiser as soon as practical after the event
- Decontamination of laboratory areas and waste processing
Hosting Courses and Conferences for External Organisations*
- Liaising with external contacts and School requestors
- Agreeing technical support for course
- Ordering consumables and equipment as requested
- Co-ordinating activities as agreed during course/conference
Open Days and Visit Days*
- Liaising with School staff and teaching office staff to determine requirements*
- Preparing demonstrations
- Liaising with visitors on Open Days and Visit Days*
Additional services with a charge for Technician time
Outreach activities
- Training and support of any visiting students and researchers (e.g. external UG students, UROP students, external PG students)
- Analysis of samples generated by outreach and impact activities
- Participation in outreach activities outside of normal working hours/outside UoR campuses
Hosting Courses and Conferences for External Organisations
- All time to be charged
What's not included
Outreach activities
- Creation of risk assessments
- Build and design of new equipment
What we need from our service users
Outreach and external courses
- 6 months' notice for new Outreach support requests
- 2 weeks' notice for training requests
- Access to account codes to the specific purpose of ordering and disposing of items as required
- Information regarding the outreach and impact activities and anticipated technical support required at least two months in advance
- Information regarding new external courses at least six months in advance
- Where insufficient resource available, prioritisation by HoS
- Suitable and sufficient risk assessment
- To organise and pay for travel arrangement when agreed activities are arranged outside of University of Reading UK campuses