I totally agree with your point. Actually, in our department, students are also not allowed to do any experiments on weekends and bank holidays without getting a safety approval. To apply for the safety approval, students have to clearly address the reason and necessity of taking experiments on holidays. ※ 引述《lerudit (l'Erudit)》之铭言： : In some schools, experimental works usually involve devices or techniques, : which are at some risks of safety. I don't know how this issue is treated : everywhere. What I saw in Taiwan was, nobody cared when the machines were run. : Safety risks would only be discussed when something happens... : Surely, you can always go to laboratory and run experiments at any time. : Nobody cared... : I also saw some schools (not in Taiwan) dealing with this issue differently. : The rules were quite strict that no experiments were allowed to be performed : without any qualified experienced technicians standing by. This means : no experimental work within non-working hours, weekends and public : holidays. However, if you go to school on 9 o'clock Monday morning, you are : welcome to do your work with assistance. The schools are still open on the : other time, but only offices and computers are allowed to be used. : Certainly, data processing, analyses and thinking all take time. : Does the latter make any research not efficient? Will the former get better : efficiency? It depends on the situations and the researchers. : For myself, I cannot see any problem with the latter arrangement. : That just means the students have to plan their time better, and that is even : better for the researchers themselves ---- they can have better social lives, : healthy and natural tempo. The most important thing is the safety issue is : seriously concerned. Additionally, the energy cost is reasonably lowered down : because everybody working together within daylight hours. -- ※ 编辑: nightcatman 来自: 163.1.159.199 (04/18 09:39)