Hello Everyone,

Please see below for information regarding open plan availability this week, dates for user inductions/training, information about YNiC data storage and our monthly YNiC seminar.

*Taught course tutorials in YNiC open plan* YNiC will be hosting taught course tutorials in open plan every Thursday for the next three weeks, so please be warned that there will be *reduced access to desktop computers in YNiC*, and more noise/ disruption than usual. *This week's session will run from 11:00-13:00 on Thursday the 26th.*

*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 on *Tuesday the 7th of February, at 10:00*. Please ask them to contact support@ynic.york.ac.uk to sign up.

*Level 0 operator training* *The next L0 training session will be held on Wednesday the 8th of February, 13:00-15:00. * 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 this session. Please note that sessions are limited to 4 trainees, which will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis. Training must be booked at least a week before the session date, in order to reserve the scanner booking.

*Storage Space at YNiC* We are reaching data storage capacity, so kindly ask that *all users review the data stored within their scratch spaces*. Please remove any files that are not currently in use. To free up space, YNIC is able to safely archive older projects, please email support@ynic.york.ac.uk for us to do this for you.

*YNiC Seminar* Our monthly YNiC seminar will return next *Thursday the 2nd of February* with a talk from *Dr Andre Gouws, *who will provide further information regarding *YNiC's Appropriate Data Usage Documentation and the implications for users*. This talk will be held at YNiC at 4pm and over zoom. Refreshments will be provided for those attending in person, we hope to see you there!

Have a great week!

Many thanks, Jennifer