This space is to learn about all of the ways MI supports our technicians.
The Midlands Innovation Technical Managers Strategy Committee is a collaborative assembly of technical managers from the eight universities within the Midlands Innovation partnership representing and supporting our 2100 technicians within MI. This group was formed in 2017 alongside the Technician Commitment work, aiming to enhance the visibility, recognition, career development, and sustainability of technicians in higher education and research. The group's remit includes helping to identify and forge cross-MI working relationships between technicians, through identifying those working with similar equipment, arranging placements, visits etc, sharing learnings and experiences among technical managers, developing strategies to attract future generations into the technical profession, and implementing best practices across institutions. By fostering collaboration, the group seeks to create a research culture of strengthening the technical community's role in supporting research excellence within the Midlands region.
HETS 2021, for which the MI Technical Managers shortlist for the Papin Prizes awards, a series of awards to celebrate all the work technicians across the country do spanning from research, teaching, to knowledge exchange, and more.
Jiteen Ahmed, Head of Technical Services in HLS, Aston University.
Karen Willis, Deputy Director of Operations, Infrastructure and Facilities, University of Birmingham
Jane Hubble, Head of Technical Services (SWEE), Cranfield University
Dr Dom Banks, Head of Technical Services , Keele University
Gemma Black, Head of Technical Services Development and Strategy, University of Leicester
Julie Turner, Strategic Scientific Technical Lead, Lead on Technician Commitment and Radioactive Waste Advisor (No.51)/Biosafety Consultant, Loughborough University
Natalie Prytherch, Technician Commitment Project Coordinator, Loughborough University
Midlands Innovation aims to develop the skills of our people whilst empowering and celebrating our diverse research and innovation community. We deliver world-class research that impacts our people living in our communities.
Midlands Open Bioimaging (MOB) is a collaborative network that facilitates remote training and access to advanced microscopy.
Based at the University of Warwick, the Midlands Tier 2 high-performance computer (HPC) system Sulis focuses on enhanced ensemble computing workflows. Funded by EPSRC and the HPC Midlands+ Consortium, the facility is the first machine of its kind in the UK to vastly increase research potential for ensemble computing.
As part of our commitment to promoting the sharing of publicly-funded research infrastructure, our research community can access over 1000 items of scientific equipment from across Midlands Innovation – from electron microscopes to MRIs to 3D printers - through the Jisc Equipment Database. The database is freely available to use for anyone, whether you are a researcher, technician, research manager, funding body or policy maker.
Midlands Innovation aims to develop the skills of our people whilst empowering and celebrating our diverse research and innovation community. We deliver world-class research that impacts our people living in our communities.
