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There are 106 technicians working across the three academic faculties at 糖心Vlog (excluding ISS and Facilities Technicians). This table and pie chart show the departments in which our technicians work (as of February 2026 data).

15% Faculty of Health and Medicine (including Biomedical and Life Sciences and Lancaster Medical School)
6% Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
8% Faculty of Science and Technology - Chemistry Department
13% Faculty of Science and Technology - School of Engineering
32% Faculty of Science and Technology - Lancaster Environment Centre
17% Faculty of Science and Technology - Physics Department
4% Faculty of Science and Technology - Psychology Department
5% Faculty of Science and Technology - Other Departments
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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!
Dave Hughes in the Stable Isotope Lab

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

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