Peter Walker (Histology Facility Manager) and Sanjai Patel (Fly Facility Manager) were two of the many volunteers and > 80 researchers to host an interactive stand as part of the ‘FBMH Body Experience’ at Manchester Museum on March 18th 2017. The event saw over 2000 visitors, of all ages, explore the human body from head-to-toe as part of British Science Week 2017.
“On behalf of the Steering Group, I would like to welcome you to the 2nd edition of the newsletter for Technical Excellence at Manchester (TEaM), which has now 264 people subscribed to the TEaM email distribution list.
In this issue, in addition to the quarterly round-up of TEaM news, technical achievements, welcoming and introducing new starters and dates for our diaries, we have:
Article: Manchester signs up to the Technician Commitment
Promotion or Event: TEaM feedback sessions
Article: Apprenticeship Technical Vacancies – Live Now!
Staff Profiles: Peter Leigh (Hum), Marie Emerson (FSE), Brian Landamore (FBMH)
Article: Academic Perspective with Prof Andrew Horn (Director of Teaching and Learning) and Prof Tony Whetton (Director of Stoller Discovery Centre and Manchester Precision Medicine Institute)
Editorial: How has CPD given my career a new lease of life? By Sandra Taylor
As the new academic year approaches, you can see that there are lots of changes underway – the Technician Commitment by the University is a great step forward for an institution that previously didn’t acknowledge technical staff as a grouping in its published literature. Likewise, the new intake of apprentices should change the dynamic of the technical cohort, just as our new academic champion will bring a different flavour to the support we receive at the highest level. Hopefully, you’ll see TEaM changing too: to increase the relevance of the events and tours we put on and explore new ways we can fulfil our mission statement. We need your views for this, so please sign up for the feedback sessions we are running over the next 3 months via Staff Learning and Development. (https://app.manchester.ac.uk/HUMNS8596).
I would speculate that the majority of you reading this are already engaged with TEaM, but for those of you who aren’t, I would like to encourage you to ‘subscribe’ to TEaM for emails and visit the TEaM blog, (details below), so that you can enjoy all the benefits that our network offers; TEaM is a cross-Faculty network, open to all staff with a technical role.
Don’t forget, we are always looking for contributions to bring together technical staff from all areas of the University, to share our experiences and celebrate our vital contribution to teaching and research within our University and beyond. So, if you have a news story or announcement for the next issue please email: technical.excellence@manchester.ac.uk. For further editorial details, please see the TEaM blog (http://blogging2.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/team/).”
Rae Watkins (Chair)
School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science had a group of young professionals working at Siemens over the summer period visit to experience their Siemens hands-on PCS7 workshop.
Over two days the group worked with four different experimental instruments using the control system. This included: – the Froth Flotation, Absorption Column, Three Tank Control and the Liquid Ring Pump. They followed a set of instructions which told them how to use the piece of equipment and also gave an activity specific to each one.
Both days ran smoothly and the group had a great time working with them and will consider visiting again next year!
