Technician Commitment

CASE STUDY | Herschel participant secures new research role Dr Monika Chhetry PhD takes her technical career forward with the help of the Research England Herschel Programme for Women in Technical Leadership. She took part in the Herschel Programme in 2023 whilst at the John Innes Centre. After Herschel, Monika went on to complete her PRINCE 2 certification in project management and began to recognise how much she had to offer beyond her former role. Monika was empowered to apply for a new role outside her institution but still closely linked to her research background at Anglia Innovation Partnership LLP. She said: “That wouldn’t have happened if I hadn’t taken a risk, and I wouldn’t have taken that risk if I hadn’t done the Herschel Programme.” 💬 Read her story here https://lnkd.in/emWc37vu ➡️ There's two week's left to apply for the 2025 programme. Deadline is 4 November 2024 https://lnkd.in/e3NZcbSA #HerschelProgramme #TechsWhoLead #TechnicalLeadership #LeadershipProgrammes

Children's Cancer Institute has become the first Australian medical research institute to commit to the Technician Commitment, ensuring the equity, strength and longevity of a workforce that is critical to achieving our vision of curing every child of cancer. The Technician Commitment is an internationally recognised initiative that aims to improve the standing of technicians amongst the international scientific community. Since its inception in 2017, it has helped pave the way for ongoing career sustainability of those that play key support roles and enable academic scientists to achieve traditional measures of academic success, such as papers, grants, talks, supervision etc. Technology and innovation platforms within medical research are rapidly evolving and require professionals with specialised skill sets and knowledge to manage them effectively. But these careers don’t align with traditional academic pathways and historically, there has been a shortage of frameworks to support them, resulting in challenges around gaining recognition, visibility and career progression. “For me, the #TechnicianCommitment is fundamentally about respect and recognition. Respect for our non-academic scientists, engineers, technical specialists, technicians, research assistants, really anyone that has developed a unique, technical skillset that supports the Institute to achieve its research objectives.”, says Associate Professor Mark Cowley, Deputy Director, Enabling Platforms and Collaboration. Around 120 organisations worldwide are signatories that have committed to the four pillars of the Commitment, and the only other Australian signatory is the University of Sydney. “Achievements reported by existing TC signatories, include elevated staff engagement, improved morale and motivation, a more productive and skilled research professional workforce, and increased staff retention” says A/Prof Cowley. Robert Salomon, Technology Innovation Platform Lead adds, “This is absolutely essential if we are to continue to improve outcomes for children with cancer.” Read more about the Commitment at https://lnkd.in/gWemF2tr The UK Institute for Technical Skills & Strategy #MedicalResearch #ChildhoodCancerResearch #ALifeShouldBeLong #CuringChildhoodCancer #ItsNotIfItsWhen

OPPORTUNITY | Showcase your research equipment & technical expertise UK technical professionals can now promote research facilities and their technical expertise through the new ITSS Technology Capabilities Showcase. 55 listings currently feature in the national showcase, from specialist glasshouses at University of Birmingham, state-of-the-art flow cytometry equipment from University of Nottingham Research and molecular collections at the Natural History Museum, to name a few. View the showcase and submit your facility to maximise the potential of cutting-edge research equipment https://lnkd.in/epB9mCkJ Learn more about the initiative https://lnkd.in/eSrJ5tMM Coming soon - Equipment Sharing Fund for researchers, RTPs and PhD students to access state-of-the-art research equipment featured in the showcase, and its technical expertise https://lnkd.in/efdXY42j 📸 University of Chester #EquipmentSharing #Research #Innovation #RTPs #TechnicalProfessionals #Technicians

NEWS | 22 organisations spearhead change for UK technical careers A new Career Pathways Action Group will experiment with new ways of working to cultivate change that improves career pathways for technical professionals. We welcome 44 technical and HR professionals from the following organisations to our action group, which is part of our Technical Career Pathways Lab, funded by Research England. Birmingham City University, British Geological Survey, Cranfield University, Durham University, Imperial College London, King's College London, Liverpool John Moores University, De Montfort University, The Manchester Metropolitan University, Northumbria University, Nottingham Trent University, Queen's University Belfast, STFC, University of Cambridge UCL, University of Essex, University of Leeds, University of Warwick, The University of Salford, University of Warwick, Ulster University, University of York Read more about the action group, led by Sarah Allen https://lnkd.in/e3YGUvKz #TechnicalCareers #CareerPathways #SkillsForLife #DegreeApprenticeships #TLevels