{"id":1125,"date":"2019-06-26T10:15:23","date_gmt":"2019-06-26T09:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/landodlatestnews\/?p=1125"},"modified":"2019-06-26T10:15:23","modified_gmt":"2019-06-26T09:15:23","slug":"technician-commitment-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/landodlatestnews\/2019\/06\/26\/technician-commitment-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Technician Commitment update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Ellis, Assistant Director of University Operations and Chair of Kent&#8217;s Technician Commitment Working Group and Paul Sinnock, Director of IT and Technical Services, School of Engineering &amp; Digital Arts represented the University at the Technician Commitment signatory event held on 24 June 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The University collected an Award of Submission in recognition of progress made towards the principles of the Technician Commitment.<\/p>\n<p>The University of Kent signed up to the Technician Commitment in September 2017, The Technician Commitment is a sector wide, collaborative initiative led by the Science Council and supported by the Gatsby Charitable Foundation\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/technicians.org.uk\/\">Technicians Make It Happen campaign<\/a>, to ensure visibility, recognition, career development and sustainability for technicians working in higher education and research. 83 institutions have pledged action to support technicians through visibility, recognition and development.<\/p>\n<p>If you are a technical member of staff interested in finding out more about the Technician Commitment at Kent, information including the current action plan can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/hr-learninganddevelopment\/documents\/Technicians\/index.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dedicated web pages for the Technician Commitment at Kent are planned to be launched over the summer &#8211; 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