Tag: Mentoring
Stuart Martin is a Wet Laboratory Support Technician in the School of Engineering and shared the School’s experience of hosting a Foundation Apprentice in their team. “There has been a bit of concern amongst technicians about the sustainability of our jobs and the work that we do due to the lack of visibility around […]
We asked Caroline Delahoyde, Technical Support Officer in the School of Engineering to tell us a little about her and her teams’ experience hosting a local high school pupil who is working toward Foundation Apprenticeship. Caroline tells us more: We have been hosting a Foundation Apprentice here in the School of Engineering within our […]
The first TechNet event for Edinburgh University technicians based at the Western General Campus took place on Thursday the 13th of June. What is TechNet I hear you ask? TechNet is an opportunity for you to join a group that feeds in to a larger network of University of Edinburgh technicians. TechNet meetings are […]
A recent survey from technicians across the University highlighted that over 83% of individuals had not accessed any CPD (Continuous Professional Development) in the last 12 months. When looking at the top barriers it was a lack of time to undertake training, a lack of funding and people not being clear on what CPD to […]
For a mentee, mentoring provides an excellent chance to learn from someone with more experience, insight and connections. Here is our guide to exceptional menteeship. 1. Be clear about what you’re trying to achieve It’s a common issue that mentees think they ought to have a mentor, without having a specific end goal or purpose […]
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