Sport, Exercise and Nutrition Sciences

Laboratory and equipment booking

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How to book equipment

Undergraduate students and taught postgraduate students:

  1. Ensure you have obtained ethical approval for your study
  2. Make sure you have had training on the equipment you require. Email the technical services team at phsstechsupport@exeter.ac.uk – ensure you bring your training log sheet to be signed off and something to make notes on.
  3. Once you have gained ethical approval and received training, you will be set up on LabCup, our lab booking system.
  4. Check the equipment you want to use is available and submit a request for the equipment you need on LabCup.
  5. Make your bookings between 8am and 6pm Monday-Friday for a maximum of 2 hours. Please allow a 48-hour notice period for bookings or let the lab technicians know for any bookings made at short notice.

An email will be sent to you from LabCup once your account is set up. This will include login details and instructions.

Staff and postgraduate research students:

Please use LabCup to make your booking. Contact the Technical Team at phsstechsupport@exeter.ac.uk to be registered on LabCup.

Who can book equipment? 

The booking system is based on the principle that all equipment in Sport, Exercise and Nutrition Sciences laboratories in both the Richards Building and Baring Court is available for use by staff, postgraduate research students, and students on taught courses undertaking dissertation projects.

This general principle is subject to the following conditions:

  • There are certain areas and pieces of equipment to which access is restricted to approved persons only on Health and Safety grounds.
  • Equipment must only be used by persons who have received the appropriate training in its use. Training should be arranged prior to booking the equipment (see above);
  • In some instances, access to sensitive or complex pieces of laboratory equipment may be limited to staff and research postgraduate students. This will be at the discretion of the Lab manager (Charlie Male) in consultation with the Director of Research.