Project students
The technical support available to taught Undergraduate and
Postgraduate project students
Services include...
Management of specialist areas (laboratories, classrooms,
teaching workshops, Observatory, studios, glasshouses, experimental plots and
theatres) where taught UG and PG carry out their projects *
Preparation for project
- Consulting
academics on project content (initiated by School staff)
- Consulting
students on project content (initiated by students)
- Placing
orders for authorised equipment/consumables*
- Providing
student PPE supplied by the School or purchased by the student
During project
- Inducting,
using Local Rules, of students into specialist areas*
- Training
against SOPs for safety critical equipment*
- Training
against safety critical procedures*
- Core
equipment training*
- Training
on general procedures and more specialist techniques and equipment*
- Advising
and assisting with problem solving
- Identifying
and ordering specialist materials and equipment*
- Predefined
availability for assistance during projects*
- Operating
specialist equipment and instruments*
- Providing
access to adequate sample/material storage if required*
- Providing
access to teaching collections if required
- Advising
on item restocking, equipment failure, clarification of items available or
equipment configuration
After project
- Guidance
on disposal/removal of project materials
Management of project areas
- To
provide annual teaching equipment status report and inform when equipment
is time served/beyond repair
- Perform
/organise programmed maintenance, calibration, data collection and
monitoring of defined teaching equipment*
- Organising
repair and maintenance by external engineers*
WHAT'S NOT INCLUDED
- Creation
of risk assessments for projects
- Supervision
unless part of a rota with School staff
- Training
and support of work experience students
- Training
and support of any visiting students (e.g. external UG students) beyond
0.5 day
WHAT WE NEED FROM OUR SERVICE USERS
- 6
months' notice of significant changes to technical resource requirements
for project students (may result from changes in student numbers)
- 2
weeks' notice of technical support requirements for each project student
- 2
weeks' notice of project proposal and associated information
- Risk
assessment relating to each project provided to the Technical Manager 2
weeks before the start of the project
- Access to account codes for ordering project items
+44 (0) 118 378 7069