Absolutely delighted to see the Chair of Technician Commitment Steering Board & The UK Institute for Technical Skills & Strategy Advisory Board Helen Pain awarded a MBE in the #NewYearHonours. Helen has been an amazing advocate for the technical community & this is so richly deserved! 👏

A pleasure to speak at RMS’s Flow Facilities Meeting 2024 to discuss how the landscape for technical professionals is evolving through Technician Commitment, MI TechTALENT & The UK Institute for Technical Skills & Strategy.

Great opening talks at RMS’s Flow Facilities Meeting by MI TechTALENT’s Ed Bowerman, University of Warwick’s Ian Hancox & Newcastle University’s Newcastle FCCF conveying opportunity & positive change for the technical community 👏

Today in Wonkhe, The UK Institute for Technical Skills & Strategy’s Research Lead Andy Noyes argues for the need for better data on technical staff in higher education & research👇

Thought provoking & helpful discussions at both yesterday’s Technician Commitment Steering Board and today’s MI TechTALENT Advisory Board! Lots to take away - grateful as always for the advice, challenge, steer & enthusiasm from all members for our work to support the technical community

A huge thank you to Paul Gilbert & all The UK Institute for Technical Skills & Strategy Technical Council members for a fantastic meeting this week UCL. Technical colleagues from across the UK came together to provide authentic technical guidance, steer and support for the work of our new Institute - lots to take away!

Wonderful to hear that Keir Starmer met some of the amazing technical staff at WMG today to see first hand how they enable research, innovation & education on so many levels. Well done Paul Johnson! 👏

A great example of how #techniciansmakeithappen! Fantastic to see RAL Space’s Multilayer Insulation Technician Angela on THE CHASE demonstrating perfectly how science, engineering & the creative industries work together to drive innovation 👏 🛰️

So excited to launch our 2024 Herschel Programme for Women in Technical Leadership tomorrow with over 200 participants! 💫

Our #Herschel2024 participants are enjoying an inspiring keynote from Britain’s first astronaut and iST President Helen Sharman 🧑‍🚀

Looking forward to discussing the vital roles of technical staff to research & innovation with Sir Paul Nurse, Lord Sainsbury (Gatsby Education) & Rob Buckle (Medical Research Council) at this afternoon’s The Crick Lecture, part of the Crick’s Technician Week.

Delighted we’ve announced our The UK Institute for Technical Skills & Strategy external advisory board - I’m excited & grateful to be working with such amazing people to make positive change & impact together for technical skills, roles & careers in UK HE, research & innovation.

Delighted to welcome Munster Technological University to the Technician Commitment community! 👏

An international day today! Great to meet with KNUST to discuss The UK Institute for Technical Skills & Strategy 🇬🇭 & Institut Pasteur Montevideo’s Mariela Bollati re the upcoming ISAC conference 🇺🇾, followed by a talk at Chief Officer for Scientific Workforce Diversity’s & UK Research and Innovation’ seminar on Team Science 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 & a meeting on Technician Commitment with Australia 🇦🇺

Thrilled to see these projects announced & delighted this investment aligns to the strategic insights of the Gatsby Education funded Technician Commitment, the Research England funded MI TechTALENT programme & the UK Institute for Technical Skills and Strategy (The UK Institute for Technical Skills & Strategy) - fantastic work by Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council!

A fantastic opportunity for technicians in physics to receive recognition for their achievements 🏆⤵️ Technician Commitment MI TechTALENT

Really pleased to be part of this dynamic team that will provide opportunities and development activities for the research technical professional (RTP) community and the UK Technology Specialists Network. See below for details Technician Commitment The UK Institute for Technical Skills & Strategy Core Technologies for Life Sciences ABRF RMS

This time next week...we'll be in Cardiff for our #TechsCommit signatory event More than 100 leads from our community are joining us @UK_itss Wales Innovation Network Cardiff University @KellyVere 📍 Techniquest We can't wait to see you / allwn ni ddim aros i'ch gweld

Professor Pippa Hawes, Chair of the BBSRC ALERT Panel, talks about her experience on the panel and the importance of recognition for Research Technical Professionals (RTPs). Hear about the impact of ALERT supporting world-class biosciences: orlo.uk/ZLhxh

Thank you to everyone who travelled from 🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 and even 🇦🇺for today’s #HerschelLeaders celebration event. There’s now 700+ in this vibrant, supportive and passionate community doing amazing things in science, engineering, technology & creative arts. This is just the beginning