Hi everyone
Happy New Year! I hope you all enjoyed a nice break over the holidays.
IT updates were completed at YNiC over the closure period; if you experience any technical issues on return to the centre please drop us a ticket to it-support@ynic.york.ac.uk.
We're kicking off the New Year with some training this week:
*YNiC User Inductions* If you are aware of any new students/staff that will require access to YNiC and/or an IT account, they must attend a YNiC user induction. Our next induction will be *Wednesday 8th January at 10am*. Please ask them to contact support@ynic.york.ac.uk to sign up.
*Level 0 operator training:* There are two more places available on our next scheduled Level 0 training session for the Siemens scanner tomorrow, *Tuesday 7th January at 1pm*. The following L0 training session (for either Siemens or GE) will be held on *Wednesday 5th February at 10am*. Please note that users requesting Level 0 training should be a PhD, RA/Postdoc, or staff, and should already have a project proposal submitted to YNiC. Please email support@ynic.york.ac.uk if you have any questions or wish to book on to either of these sessions, and include which scanner you wish to be trained on. *Please note that sessions are limited to 4 trainees, which will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis. Training on the 5th Feb must be booked at least a week before the session date, in order to reserve the scanner booking.*
*First Aid Training Requirement for Operators* *ALL* operators must attend an 'Emergency First Aid at Work' one-day training course. We will enforce this requirement from March 2020, to give current Level 0 users time to arrange the training course. Courses should be organised by the project PI with a relevant training provider (e.g. St Johns Ambulance, Red Cross); these providers can also run group training sessions (8 or more people) on-site, so labs may wish to coordinate their operators to all attend training on the same day, at a location of your choice.
Hope you have a good week! Kind regards Lauren