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(a)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(a)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(a)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 -- Lauren Welbourne, PhD Senior Research Technician lauren.welbourne(a)york.ac.uk York Neuroimaging Centre University of York Innovation Way Heslington York YO10 5NY