Opening hours

• Department core working hours are Monday - Friday 9am to 5pm; the main entrance doors are open Monday - Friday 7am to 6pm and Saturdays (during term time) 7am to 1pm. 
• The department is closed over the Christmas/New Year period and Easter weekend.  You will get an email telling you the exact hours and days it is closed.  

Out of hours procedures

• Out of hours experimental work is only permitted as follows:
  • Monday - Friday, 5pm - midnight
  • Saturday - Sunday, 7am - midnight
  • Experimental research workers must never work alone in the lab.  There must be at least one other person within easy call in the event of a mishap.  
  • Enter through the East entrance (by the car park) using your mifare card.
  • You MUST sign the book on the table in the foyer if you enter or leave the department Monday - Friday after 7pm or any time on weekends, so that you can be found in the event of an emergency evacuation.

Contacts

• Key contacts
• Department phone book
• Mailing lists and how to use them
• Administrative Assistant contact list
• University email and phone search
• University lookup service

Security & Mifare cards

• Getting, using and replacing your Mifare card
• Safety in the department

General admin

• Car parking:  The department has extremely limited car parking availability, which MUST be booked in advance. To request a space, please email car.parking@ch.cam.ac.uk.  
• Booking meeting rooms
• Booking taxis:  Reception book all taxis - you will need an account code to charge.
• Botanic garden passes:  Reception hold free entry tickets which you can borrow for up to a day (available Monday - Friday).
• Catering
• Cybercafé and beyond
• Email, phones, Raven Authentication, network connections:  Computing and IT.
• Personal data and data protection
• Visitors:  Please sign all guests in and out of the department and request a temporary mifare card.  Notify Reception in advance if you have several guests arriving.

Useful information for administrators