The 4th Technician Commitment signatory event was an opportunity for signatories to come together to share ideas and their experiences of the Technician Commitment so far – what is working, successful and to be celebrated and what is more challenging and requires further effort, resource and perhaps a re-think. The event also saw 8 new […]

We had our QMRI TechNet launch last Thursday with representatives from TSSG (Natalie Homer), central HR (Joanna Fairweather), IAD (Nicola Cuthbert), Go Abroad (Lesley Balharry), Athena Swan (Carmel Moran) and Sustainability (Andrew Arnott) delivering us much sought after information and resources.  The aim of the meeting was to bring together the technical community across the […]

As a member of the Technicians Support Steering Group, the Launch Event of Edinburgh University’s Technicians Commitment at McEwan Hall on the 5th of December was a fantastic day, and I was so proud to see our year’s work and effort rewarded with so many engaged and enthused technicians attending. It was such a fantastic […]

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 […]