Early July 2024 I had the opportunity to attend and support performance testing days for an esteemed professional Women’s football team in the Midlands, alongside … Read more
Technician publishes five papers on the same day!
Matthias van Ginneken is an expert in the study of extraterrestrial materials, focusing on micrometeorites and impact spherules. Micrometeorites are tiny particles from space that … Read more
ENFSI Conference: Visualising the Future
At the end of May 2024, I had the incredible opportunity to attend and speak at the European Network of Forensic Science Institutes (ENFSI) conference … Read more
Technician Commitment Turns 7!
The Technician Commitment is seven years old today! As a signatory we’re committed to greater visibility, recognition, sustainability and career development for our technicians, and … Read more
Achieving Professional Registration
I have been a professional member of the British Computer Society (BCS) for over 20 years now, and consider it an important part of my … Read more
Herschel Programme Women in Technical Leadership Celebration Event
The Herschel Programme ended its 6 month training with an in-person celebration event at Birmingham’s Macdonald Burlington Hotel yesterday. The programme welcomed over 300 women … Read more
EARC Technicians’ Network Launch Symposium
On Friday technical staff, from the Universities of Kent, Essex and East Anglia, got together for the Eastern Arc (EARC) Technicians’ Network Launch Symposium. The … Read more
UK HE Technicians Summit
The Higher Education Technicians Summit (HETS23) took place yesterday and saw 500 technicians across the UK attend. This year the event took place at The … Read more
Kent Technician Network Symposium
The Technician Symposium events were established in 2017 to bring together technical staff from across the higher education institutions in Kent to network, create a … Read more
Amity Visit
As most of you know we had students from Amity come and visit us a few weeks ago. The technical staff pulled together to create … Read more