CPD – what is it and where does it come from?   Continuing Professional Development is the means by which people maintain their knowledge and skills related to their professional lives both currently and in the future. CPD comprises updating particular areas of competence, developing personal and managerial skills and broadening experience and expertise.   […]

This week’s guest post is a member of a critical, but sometimes unsung, community at Edinburgh – our technical staff.  Marianne Keith is currently a research technician based at The Roslin Institute.   I am currently working in a research environment, having chopped and changed several times since starting on my career path back in […]

Technicians and their work are vital to the research and teaching work undertaken within universities, but they have become unsung heroes. Andrew Arnott explains how a dedicated group is now trying to change that at University of Edinburgh.   #TechniciansMakeItHappen. This is the hashtag of an awareness raising campaign run by the Gatsby Foundation and the Science Council aiming to improve […]

Andrew Arnott, Lab Sustainability Coordinator, reflects on the recent HEaTED event at Easter Bush. Will this year be a turning point for technical staff? Over 60 people made the journey to attend the latest HEaTED Scotland Network event on our Easter Bush Campus on 30th May. For those unfamiliar with the group, HEaTED is a membership organisation which works […]