Technically Scotland

A short announcement from Technically Edinburgh and our friends at University of Liverpool Tech Talk announcing our appearance at the Higher Education Technicians Summit in July. 

We will be recording a live episode with special guest Kelly Vere, and we will be releasing it where ever you get your podcasts in July, so don't miss out!

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Sally Morgan, the School of Engineering's Technical Manager and Chair of our Technician Steering Committee, joins us to discuss the upcoming Scottish Technical Conference.

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Mike Capeness is the Lab Manager for Professor Louise Horsfall’s lab in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Edinburgh. With a background in microbiology and a career that began as a trainee technician at the University of Nottingham, Mike has built up a wide range of experience in lab management, health and safety, training, purchasing, sustainability, and research. He has a strong interest in the varied nature of technical careers and in promoting technician visibility and recognition. Mike recently won a College of Science and Engineering Staff Recognition Award in the Sustainability category for his work leading greener lab practices and sharing best practice across the community. 

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Charli and Lee chat to Laurence Dawkins-Hall about professional registration for technicians.  Find out what it is, why you should consider it and how the university can support your application in this feature-length episode with our special guest. 

Laurence Dawkins-Hall is a professional registration assessor and mentor for the Science Council alongside his job as a laboratory technicians.  He has also won awards for his contributions to STEM education, recently being awarded the Life Time Achievement award from Lab Innovations.

Laurence joins us to discuss his experience of professional registration, the positive impact that it can have on your career and how we can get started on our applications.

Useful Links and Further Reading: 

https://technicians.ed.ac.uk/professional-registration/prof-reg-fund?check_logged_in=1

https://uoe.sharepoint.com/sites/UoETechnicianHub/SitePages/Professional-Registration.aspx

https://sciencecouncil.org/scientists-science-technicians/apply-for-professional-registration/

https://www.labnews.co.uk/article/2096956/letters-of-mark
https://istonline.org.uk/resources/the-tech-magazine/ Vol 5 no2 2024, pp. 35-39, "The landscape of Professional registration" Laurence Dawkins-Hall 

https://www.lab-innovations.com/2024/07/19/opinion-piece-the-landscape-of-professional-registration-and-its-impact-within-the-wider-technician-commitment/?

https://www.ntdc.ac.uk/resources/professional-registration

Finding your competency examples: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ChIYQ-NdgC8

Winterfest Introduction to Professional Registration: https://mediaspace.nottingham.ac.uk/media/t/1_bkogg4da

Completion of registration competency forms: https://mediaspace.nottingham.ac.uk/media/t/1_3qa9cu3u

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Charli and Imogen chat to Paul Strachan, BVS Aquatics Facility Deputy Manager & NACWO about his role managing a technical team, their work facilitating Aquatics research and how fish are the future.

This episode is split into two parts, both now available to download.

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Charli and Imogen chat to Paul Strachan, BVS Aquatics Facility Deputy Manager & NACWO about his role managing a technical team, their work facilitating Aquatics research and how fish are the future.

This episode is split into two parts, both now available to download.

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In the 6th Episode of Technically Edinburgh we are joined by Marta Esquiva Diaz, a research technician in the Baker lab in Cardiovascular Sciences (CVS) in the Queens Medical Research Institute.

Marta moved to the UK in 2019 after completing her degrees in Spain and worked in industry for a few years before joining the University earlier this year.  She chats to Charli and Imogen about the challenges that she faced moving to a different country, how working in industry has helped prepare her for working at the university, and the work she is doing now.

Check out the link to MITalent's Winterfest

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Selina Aragon from the Sustainable Software Institute joins hosts Lee Murphy and Charli Corcoran to discuss their upcoming Research Software Camp, running from the 18th - 29th November 2024 with the theme Digital Skills for Research Technical Staff

Selina talks to us about what research software is, who works with it, why its important for technicians to be able to access training in research software and how it can help with technical career progression.

Useful links: 
More information/Register for the camp: https://www.software.ac.uk/training/research-software-camps

Contact SSI: [email protected]

Technically Edinburgh Website: https://technicians.ed.ac.uk/technically-edinburgh-podcast

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Dr David Brown is the Estates and Technical Manager for the School of Chemistry.  He recently won the 2024 Technician Award for Contributions to Infrastructure and Facilities for his efforts in helping the school to overcome the challenges caused by losing access to large areas of lab and office space due to RAAC.  David talks to hosts Lee Murphy and Charli Corcoran about his career, what he enjoys about his current work and his Technician Award.

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Lindsay Jarvis is a Clinical Skills Teaching Technician at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Medicine.  She chats to Lee and Charli about her experiences of secondments, her application to be an Associate Fellow of the HEA, the Edinburgh Technical Collaboration's mentoring scheme and her experience of Imposter Syndrome.

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