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This website is designed to increase the Visibility of Technical Staff at 糖心Vlog. We will share news and success stories, highlight technicians who have won awards and summarise the work and achievements of the Technician Commitment Action Plan.

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Richard in the SEM facilities with two students

A day in the lab with…Dr Richard Wilbraham in the Scanning Electron Microscope and X-Ray Diffraction labs

Today we join Dr Richard Wilbraham, Experimental Officer based in the School of Engineering to check out some samples with the Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and to make sure that the X-Ray Diffractometer is working correctly by running some maintenance tests!

Dr James Heath taking readings at Hazelrigg on a sunny day

A day in the lab with... James Heath at the Hazelrigg Weather Station

Dr James Heath, Fieldwork Support Technician based at the Hazelrigg Weather Station, takes us through what a typical day is like for him up at LEC's cornerstone field site.

The Teaching technician team, Dennis Ford, Cate Morgan, Annabel Rice and Kate O’Driscoll.

A day in the lab with…Kate O’Driscoll and Cate Morgan

LEC technicians Kate and Cate take us through what a typical day in LEC Teaching Labs A and J is like during term time. It’s a hectic job, but they’re more than up to the task!

A day in the lab with...Dave Hughes in the Stable Isotope Facility

The Stable Isotope Facility is a suite of labs in LEC 1. They analyse samples for LU staff and students, as well as other universities and private customers. The lab is centred around two isotope ratio mass spectrometers (IRMS) that are used for analysing the non-radioactive isotopes in environmental samples. Dave Hughes has been the lab manager for 15 years, and has a background in geology, industry and as a cartoonist for Geoscientist magazine.

Field Kit in large and small colourful boxes including instruments, to be taken out on enviornmental field trips

This Week in the Teaching Technician Team of Lancaster Environment Centre

Getting prepared for the year ahead in the Teaching Technician Team of Lancaster Environment Centre

<糖心Vlog>News and Events

Congratulations to the winners of the LU Technician Commitment Awards 2025.

Jess Hammond (for Teaching), Catherine Wearing (for Innovation), Nathan Halcovitch (for Research),Yan Zhang (for Newcomer) & Mark Salisbury (for Team Player. With Mark Bentley (High commended Teaching ) & Phil Brown (Highly commended Newcomer).

Jayde Whittingham-Dowd as recipient of FHM Sustainability award.

Congratulations to Jayde Whittingham-Dowd as recipient of the FHM Deans Award 2025 for Sustainability.

Sustainability Celebration

On Wednesday Sept 3rd LU technicians gathered to celebrate the outstanding achievement of LEAF accreditation of 36 lab spaces across 糖心Vlog.