Accessing S&T Technical Resources

Access to some School of Science and Technology resources for some purposes is almost unrestricted and may simply require a request to the appropriate member of the School technical staff. Access to other resources, or to resources for some purposes, requires case by case approval of the controlling individual, by defaut the School Technical Manager.

Below are guidelines and links to request forms for accessing and using School technical resources - for School staff and students and for others.

S&T Tech Requests

General Guidelines

Requests for technical resources are assessed on a case by case basis. Here is some guidance about expectations:

Priorities, in default order of precedence:

  1. Undergraduate teaching
  2. HDR student support
  3. Other research support
  4. Outreach and Engagement
  5. Other

Technical resources and HDR student projects:

  • Technical staff do not do routine research work for students.
  • Technical staff will train students in elements of routine research work (although supervisors have the priniciple responsibility for training).
  • Student access to instruments will be approved on a case by case basis.
  • Resourcing of HDR projects should be addressed at the planning stage.

Stakeholders - School of Science and Technology and Others:

  • School technical resources, including staff, are primarily deployed on teaching, research and operational tasks within the School of Science and Technology.
  • All uses of School technical resources on tasks and projects not clearly and explictly owned by the School of Science and Technology must be approved by the Head of School or School Technical Manager.
  • School of Science and Technology technical resources are available for deployment in Faculty and University teaching and research with approval.
Consumables Store

School tech staff maintain a consumables store that is available for use by UNE staff and students, and others who can arrange payment. The store is located in the McClymont building (W034).

Items available in the store include:

  • laboratory plasticware, e.g. tubes, petri dishes, tips;
  • sampling tubes and vials, plastic containers;
  • paperware, e.g. tissues, kimwipes;
  • PPE, e.g. gloves.

To access the store you must contact the S&T technical staff in person or by phone or using this email address:

st-consumables@une.edu.au

You will be required to pay for items you take, e.g. via a UNE cost code. Pricing is available.

Chemicals and Cryogens

The School of Science and Technology supplies liquid nitrogen and dry ice to research and teaching staff and students of the School and University at the discretion of the School Technical Manager.

The School will supply other chemicals in School reserves to research and teaching staff and students of the University at the discretion of the School Technical Manager and other stakeholders.

To lodge a request for the supply of liquid nitrogen, dry ice or other chemical please use this request form:

Chem Request

If you use liquid nitrogen or dry ice you may be required to complete the School's Working Safely with Cryogens at UNE online training course (Moodle). If you are inexperienced or unsure about safely handling or working with these substances please complete this training module.

Online Cryo Safety Training

Ordering

School technical staff manage procurement of all teaching consumables. Changes to teaching activities that require procurement must be made in consultation with technical staff and with sufficient lead time.

Procurement of equipment and capital items must be made in consultation with the School Technical Manager.

Ordering of consumables for research work, including HDR projects, is primarily the responsibility of academic research staff and supervisors.

Technical staff provide ordering advice and services for research projects within the School at the discretion of the School Technical Manager. To lodge a request for ordering by School technical staff use this request form:

Order Request

Order Request Template (multiple items) - use this Excel file as a template if you want to submit an order request for multiple items using the link above

Technical Services/Resources/Projects

The technical staff in S&T provide limited technical support and analytical services for research purposes.

Services include analytical chemistry, automated biochemistry, histology, microscopy and physiology.

To make a request for analytical services, technical contributions to research, use of facilities and other resources follow this link:

S&T Tech Resources Request

If you have a question about access to School technical resources for research contact the School Technical Manager:

Daniel Ebert - daniel.ebert@une.edu.au