University of Edinburgh Technicians
@UoETechnicians
#UoETech The page for all technical staff at The University of Edinburgh. Share ideas and opinions and find out about the events and news that concern you.
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Places are going QUICK for @MI_TechTalent WinterFest, beginning this month. Book your place: eventbrite.com/cc/winterfest-…
#12DaysOfTechnician This year we have released 5 issues of our newsletter, each focusing on a different pillar of @TechsCommit: visibility, recognition, career development & sustainability with the 5th issue as a festive round up of the year!
We are looking back at the past year in our #12DaysOfTechnician 1 New @TechsCommit Action Plan 2 Sustainable Lab Award Sessions 3 Image Comp Winners 4 TSC Meetings
NOW OPEN: We warmly invite members of our signatory insititutions to apply for the Technician Commitment Collaboration Fund, a small grants scheme for signatories to undertake projects with external partners. Read more and apply before 7 Feb 2025: techniciancommitment.org.uk/the-technician…
Episode 6 of our #TechnicallyEdinburghPodcast is live! buzzsprout.com/2388868/episod…
Our Podcast #TechnicallyEdinburghPodcast is hosting @DawkinsHal12504 next month for a discussion about Professional Registration for Technicians. Please send us any questions you have for the process and Laurence will help us answer them
Preparing for the last @EdinburghUni Technicians Steering Committee meeting of 2024 this morning! Want to join us in 2025? We have open spaces on the committee and would love for more @UoETechnicians to get involved and drive positive change in our technical environment!
Today our @UoETechnicians chairperson Sally Morgan collected a @TechsCommit Impact Award on behalf of @EdinburghUni at the Technician Commitment Signatory Event #techniciansmakeithappen
On our way!
All set up for our next signatory event at Events @ No. 6 in London ❄️
NEW research report spotlights significant senior strategic technical workforce gap in most UK universities Strategic Technical Leadership: Advocacy, Empowerment and Transformation has been published by @MI_TechTalent & @UK_ITSS, thanks to funding from @ResEngland 1/5
⭕ The first article in this year's RSC series consists of a useful list of some of the free and open information and training resources available to technical staff and Research Software Engineers (RSEs). Access the full article at software.ac.uk/blog/free-reso…
You can register for the annual NTDC conference taking place in January 2025 at the University of Birmingham. IST are proud to support our partners at the @NTDC for the work they do in supporting and empowering the technical workforce. #Technicians #development #Empowerment
📢 Register for our annual conference in January! ✨ Technicians: Empowering Your Future ✨ 📅16th January 2025 📍 @unibirmingham 🌐 Open to technical staff at Partner Affiliate organisations Book your place now: eventbrite.co.uk/e/100831205750…
Big shoutout to Ana and Helen, our #sustainability champions at @edgenome! 🌟 Achieving this sustainability award is no small feat in a #genomics lab! So proud of the hard work they’ve put into creating a more sustainable future for our lab and beyond! 🌍 @UoETechnicians @SBSatEd
We love this photo of our wonderful EdGe members, Ana and Helen, showing off our lab #Sustainability award from @EdSust! 💚 We're incredibly proud to work toward a #sustainable future and thrilled to see our team’s hard work recognised on this journey! #SustainabilityInScience
Only a few days left to apply for this!
Closing this Friday! Share with your technical colleagues and gain access to equipment not available in your home institution.
Join our upcoming TechMeet: an informal quarterly event that brings technical staff from across our network together! 🤩 TechMeet 4: Apprentice Showcase 🗓️Date: Nov 13th 🕛Time: 12pm - 1pm 📍Location: Online eventbrite.co.uk/e/880697970337…
We are now also on Linked In! Find us here: linkedin.com/company/uoetec… and follow us for #UoETechnician news, events and resources
Episode 5 of our podcast is now live!! open.spotify.com/episode/3qyCNy…
Have you say! 💬 How can your organisation be better supported to offer technical education placements? Our friends at the @Science_Council are gathering new insights. Survey closes on Monday⤵️ @TechsCommit @MI_TechTalent
How can your organisation be best supported to offer technical education placements? Share your views on support mechanisms for employers in this 5-minute survey for a chance to win one of three £100 prizes. research.shift-insight.co.uk/Science-Counci… Responses close: 9am on Monday 4th November