Registrations now open for two more online courses

The TALENT project team is pleased to provide two further online courses, Influencing Skills and Building Confidence. Spaces are available separately for each as they are standalone courses, but please do note that you will need to attend both p...

Registrations now open for two online courses

The TALENT project team is pleased to provide two online courses, Being Effective When Having Difficult Conversations and Change Management, that are particularly timely given the current situation. Spaces are available separately for each as th...

Members of the UK’s first policy commission focused on vital technical community named

Leading experts across the higher education and research sector are named as commissioners on the country’s first policy commission focused on the advancement of the sector’s 30,000 strong technical community. Technicians play a...

COVID-19: The Impact on Technicians in UK Higher Education & Research

The Technician Commitment, in partnership with the Science Council, Institute of Physics, Royal Society of Chemistry, Royal Society of Biology, Wellcome and the Research England funded TALENT programme are undertaking a survey to understand more...

The UK’s largest programme on HE technicians commences

A new project which could become the blueprint for the career advancement of 30,000 higher education technicians is now officially underway. The innovative new UK-first programme is being delivered by Midlands Innovation, a partnership of e...

The Response of Midlands Innovation Technicians to COVID-19

Here at Midlands Innovation we have always known that our ‘technicians make it happen’ but we’ve been blown away by the response and dedication of our technical teams to the COVID-19 crisis.  Technical staff have been at...