{"id":352,"date":"2025-01-10T10:51:36","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T10:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/technicians\/?p=352"},"modified":"2025-10-22T13:01:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T12:01:22","slug":"t-pike-knowledge-exchange-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/technicians\/2025\/01\/10\/t-pike-knowledge-exchange-officer\/","title":{"rendered":"T-PIKE Knowledge Exchange Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Kent welcomes Bethany Dawson as the T-PIKE Knowledge Exchange Officer.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_354\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-354\" style=\"width: 5184px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-354\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/technicians\/files\/2025\/01\/Bethany_Dawson_2.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Bethany Dawson\" width=\"5184\" height=\"3888\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-354\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bethany Dawson, T-PIKE Knowledge Exchange Officer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bethany Dawson is Kent\u2019s Knowledge Exchange Officer for T-PIKE. She works closely with the other Eastern Arc Universities on the operational running of T-PIKE to enhance knowledge exchange and professional development for Kent\u2019s Technical Staff. Bethany started her career as a secondary school English Teacher but prior to joining Kent in 2025 she worked in EDI at University Arts London. Since 2019 Bethany has also been a part of the editorial team for Feminist Encounters: A Journal of Critical Studies in Culture and Politics.<\/p>\n<p>Bethany will be an integral part of the Operational Team for <a href=\"https:\/\/easternarc.ac.uk\/news\/t-pikeannouncement\/\">Eastern Arc&#8217;s EPSRC funded Technical Platform for Innovation and Knowledge Exchange (T-PIKE)<\/a>. T-PIKE is a part of <a href=\"https:\/\/itss.org.uk\/ambitious-rtp-projects-showcase-solutions-to-boost-skills-and-technical-capacity\/\">EPSRC&#8217;s Strategic Technical Platforms<\/a> that will develop training on innovation and knowledge exchange, work with industry to create placements, offer career development opportunities for those within the sector, and champion the work of technicians. T-PIKE was crafted by and for technicians, the <span data-contrast=\"auto\">Technical Platform for Innovation and Knowledge Exchange (T-PIKE)\u00a0<\/span>goes beyond a traditional program, it\u2019s an exchange where university and industry technicians share wisdom, shaping a new era of technical collaboration, skills and opportunities. From seasoned mentors to aspiring innovators, T-PIKE nurtures every participant\u2019s potential. T<span data-contrast=\"auto\">he project is being led by technical staff from each of the Eastern Arc universities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Kent welcomes Bethany Dawson as the T-PIKE Knowledge Exchange Officer. Bethany Dawson is Kent\u2019s Knowledge Exchange Officer for T-PIKE. She works closely &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/technicians\/2025\/01\/10\/t-pike-knowledge-exchange-officer\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78409,"featured_media":366,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[212657,241885,241887,1],"tags":[241887],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/technicians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/technicians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/technicians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/technicians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/78409"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/technicians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/technicians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":367,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/technicians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352\/revisions\/367"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/technicians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/technicians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/technicians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/technicians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}