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I’m a Scientist get me out of here!

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Are you passionate about speaking about science and bringing ideas to life for young people? In that case, you should apply for November’s edition of I’m a Scientist, Get Me Out of Here!

The popular competition is looking for technical staff in science to join the X-Factor style online competition that asks participants to answer the questions of curious school students. The lucky winner will be awarded £500 to spend on further public engagement.

So what are you waiting for? Sign up and take part – good luck!

Applications are open all year round – The next event is 11–22 November 2019

Apply!

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Technician Award

Technician Award
The IOP Technician Award enables the community to recognise and celebrate the skills and experience of technicians and their contribution to physics.

With the aim of raising the professional status of technicians, the IOP Technician Award highlights the diverse role of technicians in education, research and industry.

The winner receives a prize of £1,000, a trophy and a certificate presented at the IOP annual awards dinner.

Eligibility
Eligible technicians will work in a diverse range of organisations across the UK and Ireland – schools, colleges, universities, research institutions, NHS, defence or industry. They may, for example, plan and prepare teaching experiments, build and maintain infrastructure and laboratory equipment and software to support research and innovation, or install manufacturing systems or process control instrumentation.

Eligibility criteria:

  • the nominee(s) must be an individual or team employed by an organisation in the UK or Ireland either part- or full-time, on a fixed term or permanent basis for at least one year
  • nominees, nominators and referees do not need to be members of the IOP
  • nominees, nominators and referees cannot be members of the IOP Council
  • nominators and referees may be working in the same organisation as the nominee(s)
  • an individual or team cannot be rewarded twice for substantially the same body of work
  • an individual must have a sustainable track record as this is not an early career award.
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I’m a Scientist/Engineer, Get me out of here! are looking for technicians

Just a reminder of the amazing opportunity to be a part of ‘I’m a Scientist/Engineer, Get me out of here!’ The team are looking for technicians who work in fields related to physics, biomedicine, psychology, space and energy. Competitors of the X-Factor style online competition must answer the questions of curious school students.  The lucky winner will be awarded £500 to spend on further public engagement. 

With the next event running 4–15 March 2019 which is British Science Week, applications are currently open. So, what are you waiting for? Click one of the links below to apply: 

Find out more: I’m a Scientist 

Find out more: I’m an Engineer

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HEaTED Scotland Regional Network Meeting – University of Stirling 21st Jan 2019 12:00 – 16:00

The HEaTED regional network provides a forum for discussion and communication between technicians, technical managers and staff developers. It promotes training events, the sharing of knowledge, skills and best practice amongst technical staff and increased awareness of the opportunities and facilities provided by HEaTED and member institutions.

Book your place here

Agenda:

12.00 – Registration, lunch and networking

12.50 – Welcome to Stirling University, James Dick/Lorna Prince

13.00 – Welcome and Icebreaker – Val Gordon, HEaTED’s Scotland Regional Network Coordinator
  
13.20 – The Technician Commitment Initiative (TCI):  What has HEaTED done to support TCI signatory members so far? Suhel Miah, HEaTED Programme Manager

13.30 – Breakout Session 1: TCI action plans and implementation

Where are the similarities and the differences? How will it be implemented? Who is leading efforts and how in your organisation? Who do you need in the working group to make things happen?

14.30 – Break and refreshment

14.45 – Break out Session 2: How can HEaTED help implement our TCI plans?

15.30 – Looking ahead at the next Scotland RNM

15.45 – Evaluation

15.50 – Final Summary

16.00 – End

Outcomes

The outcomes of this event are to:

  • Identify and develop an action plan for personal/team CPD needs 
  • Make productive connections through networking in the region  
  • Share ideas and seize opportunities to develop technical services 
  • Discover training and development events for the technical workforce
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Animal Technologist Month

Technologist month is aimed at celebrating the hard work that technologists carry out on a day to day basis within research facilities. It will be held over the Month of March 2019 in the lead up to IAT congress. We would like establishments to participate by holding events of some description at their establishments to celebrate the technologists working there. We would like to reach out to all establishment holders in order to promote this event and get them on board by participating. Please see the attached letter describing in more detail what we are trying to achieve.

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HEaTED course at the University of Edinburgh

Teaching and Learning for technical staff  29th & 30th October

Technical staff are increasingly taking on teaching and demonstrating roles. Whether it is one-to-one training on specific techniques, or small group training and demonstrating, this course will equip you with the tools you need to perform this role and contribute more effectively to the student experience.

Project planning for technical staff  31st October

This workshop is aimed at technicians involved in running small to medium sized projects in the workplace who have had little or no project management training. The workshop will focus on planning as the foundation for successful project management and participants will take away an accessible, flexible and scalable…