We are trialing a 'reserved slot' model for some scanning activities at YNiC.  What does this mean?

1. In general terms, it means that the system we use to reserve slots for teaching is being rolled out for some grant funded research activity.  There are however some differences in the timing of when unused reserved slots become available to others to book.

2. The reserved slots open up 6 weeks in advance - coinciding with the booking access that externally funded projects have.

3. If reserved slots have not been booked one week ahead of those reserved slots, they will become available to others to book.  This means that those researchers who have one week booking access are unaffected.

The rationale behind this change is to allow funded researchers to plan ahead, which can be very valuable when high participant throughput is needed.  At the same time however we are happy to reserve slots for any funded researchers even if they intend only to scan a few participants. As part of the trial we will also monitor the use of reserved slots by the researchers who requested them.

Best wishes

Tony
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